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The musicians would also mobilize their instruments on and off the stage into the middle of the audience (or outside), lighting explosives and hosing down the crowd with various liquids creating an atmosphere of celebratory abandon and mirth. Strobe lights, nudity, mysterious liquids, sex and smoke filled rooms (at next to zero visibility) were all a part of the average show. The chaos of these events often invited unwanted attention from police who would later forcibly shut down a large percentage of the band's performances.
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Worship also released several albums and singles of both live and studio-recorded music. Mostly self-produced (unusually packaged and laboriously handcrafted) works in visually stunning screen printed metal splattered with paint, urine, blood and other esoterica. Although they toured playing music from their recorded material, the celebratory nature of these events left each show open to spontaneity and improvisation.
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493:- VHS (1994), ¡Alarma!
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520:Rick Froberg
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181:Zoli Zombori
175:Past members
151:Jeff Mattson
147:Markus Wolff
119:Rocco Fresco
93:Years active
78:Experimental
594:synthesizer
497:Japan Promo
462:Cold Spring
370:Discography
344:New Orleans
204:Nadia Hagan
201:Madam Saruh
163:Ryan Jencks
112:Cold Spring
907:Categories
891:6 November
851:2010-10-25
826:2010-09-13
801:2008-07-08
775:6 November
751:"Jackpot!"
701:2008-07-08
673:2010-05-11
652:2008-07-08
627:2008-07-09
600:References
514:percussion
491:Euro Promo
279:industrial
232:Seth Rosko
97:1986–2000s
83:industrial
61:California
886:0890-0795
770:0890-0795
733:1081-8065
529:John Goff
360:San Diego
336:San Diego
286:Biography
257:or ADRV (
240:Tim North
190:John Goff
57:San Diego
647:Allmusic
574:, vocals
541:, vocals
458:Asesinos
364:Bay Area
362:and the
348:Portland
116:¡Alarma!
522:- drums
427:Singles
340:Physics
221:C. Wssl
207:Trachio
136:Members
108:Charnel
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547:JXL –
539:guitar
479:Videos
439:¡Pyru!
352:Tucson
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