Razor Skyline
US musical group
The Razor Skyline is an American, San Francisco, United States–based goth/industrial band.
History
Formed in Seattle in 1994, the band began life as Journal of Trauma and consisted of members Karen Kardell and Corey Wittenberg (using the stage name "the_gun"). The chemistry was instant, and the songs and shows quickly followed. It took less than a year and a half for the band (now a 3-piece with the addition of ioejekta on electronic percussion) to be signed to the C.O.P. International label and have their first CD recorded. The band changed their name to The RaZor Skyline but was allowed to use the name Journal of Trauma for their debut album. In a 1999 interview, the_gun said he chose the name The RaZor Skyline when he looked up at the night sky to see the stars but found they were blocked by the buildings, lights, telephone wires, etc. There were only a few slices of the sky in between these man-made structures and he felt the skyline was like a razor, "slicing the sky into pieces."
As the band started work on their second album in 1997, artistic differences saw Karen Kardell leaving the band. The_gun and ioejekta auditioned several singers to find a replacement, including Debra Fogarty (who later formed Diva Destruction) SeVerina X Sol (who went on to be in Fockewolfe, Diva Destruction, Cylab, The Break Up and currently, Sol Sirenn) before deciding on Charlotte Shai and moving the band to San Francisco. The band began recording their 2nd CD with Mark27 who had played with Assemblage 23, Dead Language and later Sunshine Blind. Four singles were recorded - "Exit Zero", "Torture Chamber", "Vespertine" and "One Night in Bangkok", which featured the_gun singing in Russian.
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