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Gitane DeMone is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She is best known as the lead singer of the band Christian Death, which she co-founded with her then-husband Rozz Williams in 1979. She has also released several solo albums, including her debut album, Gitane DeMone, in 1988.
Gitane DeMone was born on May 16, 1958 in San Francisco, California. She is the daughter of a French-American father and a Mexican-American mother. She began her musical career in the late 1970s, playing in various punk and gothic rock bands in the Los Angeles area. In 1979, she co-founded the band Christian Death with her then-husband Rozz Williams. The band released several albums and toured extensively throughout the 1980s.
In 1988, Gitane released her debut solo album, Gitane DeMone. The album featured a mix of gothic rock and new wave music, and was well-received by critics. She followed up with two more solo albums, The Spell in 1991 and The Heretic in 1994.
Gitane DeMone has continued to perform and record music over the years, and has collaborated with a number of other artists, including Nick Cave, The Cure, and Siouxsie and the Banshees. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
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16 May, 1958 |
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16 May |
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San Francisco, California, U.S. |
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United States |
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Timeline
In mid–1985, after Williams left, Kand took over leadership of the band, working as lead vocalist and songwriter. With bassist Johann Schumann and guitarist/keyboardist Barry Galvin, the band recorded an EP for the Italian label Supporti Fonografici titled The Wind Kissed Pictures, credited to "The Sin and Sacrifice of Christian Death". The EP was later reissued in Germany and the U.S., credited only to Christian Death.
In 2013, she collaborated with Loopool and Syphilis Sauna under the name Hedone Tears, self-releasing a digital single, "Moonlit Paradise". "Moonlit Paradise", backed by an untitled track, was released again in 2015 as the Hedone Tears 7" single (Mystic Moon Records), under her own name.
Besides being partners in Pompeii 99, DeMone and Kand were married in 1983. They had a son together, Sevan Kand (né 1984), and later a daughter, Zara Kand. DeMone became engaged to fellow former Christian Death member Rikk Agnew on May 3, 2013.
In 2008, a two-disc DVD by DeMone titled Life After Death was released by Cult Epics, featuring footage from throughout her career, including a live performance with Williams. From 2008-2011, DeMone was involved in a project called the Crystelles with daughter Zara Kand, and also performed with the experimental noise band +DOG+.
In 1996, DeMone recorded her first studio album, Am I Wrong?, released by Apollyon in 1998. The following year she released a second studio album, Stars of Trash (Andromeda), composed by DeMone and recorded with the assistance of the band Dreadful Shadows.
She renewed her friendship with former Christian Death band member Williams, and the pair toured together and recorded the album Dream Home Heartache in 1995, which included both cover versions and their own material. DeMone then paired up with Mark Ickx to produce a studio album, Never Felt So Alive, released in 1994; it was reissued under the title Demonix in 1996 by Cleopatra.
DeMone's first two solo releases, the "A Heavenly Melancholy" maxi-single (1992, Torso Dance) and Lullabies for a Troubled World EP (1993, Cult Music), were collected, along with some 1993 live tracks, as the 1993 Cleopatra Records compilation Facets in Blue. She also issued two live albums during this period,Love for Sale (1993, Cult Music) and With Love & Dementia (Live in Cannes 1994) (1995, Hypnobeat).
In 1989, DeMone relocated to Amsterdam and began a solo career, combining her background in punk, deathrock and gothic rock with a passion for jazz and legendary female vocalists, most notably Billie Holiday. She maintained a rubber-clad S&M visual image, and the fetish theme carried through into her lyrics.
The band's first post-Williams album was 1986's Atrocities, a concept album about the aftereffects of World War II on the European psyche. This was followed by 1987's The Scriptures, recorded by a revamped lineup of Kand, DeMone, Glass, guitarist James Beam and bassist Kota. During this period, the band found their biggest successes on the UK Independent Chart with the 1987–89 singles "Sick of Love", "Church of No Return" and "Zero Sex" and the 1988 album Sex and Drugs and Jesus Christ. Following the release of the "Zero Sex" single, Demone split from both Kand and Christian Death in 1989.
The new lineup of Christian Death, including DeMone, went on to record two new albums, 1984's Catastrophe Ballet (with bassist Constance Smith) and 1985's Ashes (with bassist Randy Wilde).
In 1981, DeMone placed an ad in The Recycler newspaper, reading "female vocalist available". The ad was answered by Australian-born guitarist and singer Valor Kand, who had just left high school, and the two formed Pompeii 99. Kand was fascinated by Nostradamus and took the band name from a prophecy. Kand and DeMone found drummer David Glass through auditions, also working with members Marc Doten and Polly Klemmer.
Pompeii 99 gained an audience in the Los Angeles club scene, and in 1981, formed a record label, Nostradamus, to release their debut album Look at Yourself, which was financed in part by their parents. In 1982, they followed this with an EP, Ignorance Is the Control. Pompeii 99 were scheduled to open for Christian Death on a European tour, but when that band's lineup collapsed, lead singer Rozz Williams decided along with Kand, DeMone and Glass to combine the two bands into a new version of Christian Death.
DeMone's music career spans more than 30 years. She came to prominence in the mid 1980s as keyboardist and backing vocalist of the influential deathrock band Christian Death.
Around 1980, DeMone became interested in songwriting and singing. She wrote songs with the aid of a small Casio keyboard and started her singing career with a heavy metal band. After one performance without amplification, she found that she had damaged her voice and went in search of singing lessons. During lessons with a teacher whose favorite singer was Barbra Streisand, DeMone found a few useful techniques and changed her singing style.
Gitane DeMone (born May 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, musician and visual artist.
