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John Balance

Real Name:
Geff Rushton
Profile:
Born 16th February 1962. In Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, as Geoffrey Laurence Burton. Rushton is the Sir-name of his step-father and Rushton was the surname he carried thru school etc.

Coil co-founder, writer, producer, remixer, has been a member of 23 Skidoo, Psychic TV, Zos Kia, and Current 93.

He died on Nov 13th, 2004 in an accident at his house while being under the influence of alcohol.
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Discography

Remixes:
The Snow EP (EP, Maxi) (8 versions) The Snow (As Pure As?) Torso ... 1991
Closer: Further Away (CD, Maxi) Closer (Precursor) Island Records, TVT Records 1994
Further Down The Spiral (EP) (6 versions) The Downward Spiral (T... Nothing Records ... 1995
Windowpane & The Snow (CD, Comp) The Snow (As Pure As?) Threshold House 1995
En-Co-D-Esplendor (CD) Villa Esplendor (Coil ... Gift 1998
The Downward Spiral (Deluxe Edition) (Album, Comp) (2 versions) The Downward Spiral (T... Interscope Records 2004
Production:
A Diamond Hidden In The Mouth Of A Corpse (CD, Comp, RE) Neither His Nor Yours Visionary Communications 1997
Mix:
How To Destroy Angels (Remixes And Re-Recordings) (CD)   Threshold House 1992
Switchblade (CD, Album) Olive, Visual Cortex Victor Entertainment Japan 1994
Appears On:
Endzeit (Cass, Comp, Ltd)   Datenverarbeitung 1982
The Beast 666 (Cass, Comp, C60) Here To Here (Double H... Nekrophile Rekords 1983
LAShTAL (2 versions)   L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords 1984
Transparent (4 versions)   Nekrophile Rekords ... 1984
A Diamond Hidden In The Mouth Of A Corpse (Comp) (2 versions) Neither His Nor Yours Giorno Poetry Systems ... 1985
Aqua Regis · Panic · Tainted Love (Maxi) (4 versions) Panic, Tainted Love Wax Trax! Records ... 1985
Bar Maldoror (Album) (5 versions)   Mi Mort ... 1985
If You Can't Please Yourself You Can't, Please Your Soul (Comp) (5 versions) The Wheel, The Wheel EMI Records ... 1985
Live At Bar Maldoror (2 versions)   Mi Mort ... 1985
Nightmare Culture (LP, MiniAlbum)   L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords 1985
The Sylvie And Babs Hi-Fi Companion (3 versions)   L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords ... 1985
Horse Rotorvator (Album) (7 versions)   Force And Form ... 1986
In Menstrual Night (Album) (5 versions)   United Dairies ... 1986
The Anal Staircase EP (EP) (3 versions)   Force And Form ... 1986
Brown Book (Album) (4 versions)   New European Recordings ... 1987
Dawn (Album) (3 versions)   Maldoror ... 1987
Gold Is The Metal (With The Broadest Shoulders) (Album, Comp) (9 versions)   Threshold House ... 1987
Happy Birthday Pigface Christus (12")   L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords 1987
Imperium (Album) (5 versions)   Maldoror ... 1987
To Drown A Rose (EP) (2 versions) Europa: The Gates Of H... New European Recordings 1987
Christ And The Pale Queens Mighty In Sorrow (2xLP, Ltd, Etch)   Maldoror 1988
Earth Covers Earth (Album) (3 versions)   United Dairies ... 1988
Peyrere (Cass, Comp, C60) Anti-Christ Anti-Chris... Peyrere 1988
Scatology (Album) (2 versions) Panic, At The Heart Of... Force And Form 1988
Swastikas For Noddy (Album) (3 versions) The Final Church L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords ... 1988
The Red Face Of God (12", Ltd)   Maldoror 1988
Crooked Crosses For The Nodding God (CD, Album)   United Dairies 1989
The Corn Years (CD, Comp)   New European Recordings 1989
Unnatural History (CD, Comp) Comfortable Threshold House 1990
Windowpane (Maxi) (3 versions)   Wax Trax! Records ... 1990
Live At Bar Maldoror (CD)   United Dairies 1991
Love's Secret Domain (Album) (2 versions)   Torso 1991
The Portable Altamont (CD, Comp)   Shock 1991
Nature Unveiled (CD, Album) LAShTAL, Salt Durtro 1992
Thunder Perfect Mind (2 versions)   United Dairies ... 1992
Thunder Perfect Mind (Album) (6 versions) All The Stars Are Dead... Durtro ... 1992
Blue (Album) (4 versions)   Mute Records Ltd. ... 1993
Emblems: The Menstrual Years (2xCD, Comp)   Durtro 1993
Hitler As Kalki (CD, Album) Hitler As Kalki (SDM),... Durtro 1993
The Apocalyptic Folk In The Nodding God Unveiled (CD, Maxi)   Durtro 1993
Born Again Pagans (CD, EP) Protection, Protection Eskaton 1994
Chaos In Expansion (CD, Comp) Baby Food Utopian Diaries, Sub Rosa 1994
Lucifer Over London (MiniAlbum, Maxi) (3 versions) Lucifer Over London Pa... Durtro 1994
Out There - A Thread Through Time (2xCD, Comp) Nasa Arab Pi Recordings 1994
Space Daze (2xCD, Comp) Nasa Arab Cleopatra, CEMA Special Markets 1994
The Angelic Conversation (Album) (3 versions)   Threshold House 1994
Macro Dub Infection Volume One (2xCD, Comp) The Hills Are Alive Virgin, Virgin 1995
Where The Long Shadows Fall (Beforetheinmostlight) (EP) (3 versions)   Durtro 1995
Windowpane & The Snow (CD, Comp)   Threshold House 1995
A Thousand Lights In A Darkened Room (Album) (3 versions)   Eskaton 1996
All The Pretty Little Horses (Album) (6 versions)   Durtro 1996
City Of Light (CD, Album) Kála Sub Rosa 1997
Unnatural History III (CD, Comp) Baby Food, Feeder Threshold House 1997
Foxtrot (CD) Blue Rats (Blue Cheese... Chalice 1998
Take Care And Control (LP, Ltd + CD, Maxi, Ltd) To Drown A Rose (John ... New European Recordings 1998
Time Machines (Album) (3 versions)   Eskaton 1998
Borderlands (CD) Grief Sentrax 1999
Calling For Vanished Faces (2xCD, Comp) Lucifer Over London Durtro 1999
Musick To Play In The Dark (Album) (3 versions)   Chalice 1999
Vox Tinnitus (2 versions)   Raster-Noton 1999
Astral Disaster (Album) (3 versions)   Threshold House 2000
Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil (CD, Album)   Eskaton 2000
Emre [Dark Matter] (CD, Comp, Ltd) Broken Aura Source Research 2000
Love Uncut (CD) Health And Deficiency:... Eskaton 2000
Musick To Play In The Dark² (Album) (7 versions)   Chalice 2000
Queens Of The Circulating Library (CD)   Eskaton 2000
Some Head (CD, EP, Ltd)   Eskaton 2000
The Final Solstice II (CD, Comp)   Piski Disk Records 2000
Cats Drunk On Copper (CD, Dig)   Durtro 2001
I, Thighpaulsandra (2xCD) Optical Black Eskaton 2001
Live In NYC August 18, 2001 (CDr)   Mute Elation 2001
The Michel Publicity Window E.P. (CD, EP, Dig) Fouled Eskaton 2001
sR:ample ::: A Source Research Recordings Sampler (CD, Album, Smplr, Ltd) Broken Aura (Excerpt) Source Research 2001
Пособие Для Кончающих: Волос Злата (CD, Comp)   Feelee 2001
Пособие Для Начинающих: Глас Сѐребра (CD, Comp)   Feelee 2001
Moon's Milk (In Four Phases) (2xCD)   Eskaton 2002
Rough Trade Shops - Electronic 01 (2xCD, Comp) Ended Mute Records Ltd. 2002
The Remote Viewer (Album) (2 versions)   Threshold House 2002
The Wire 20 1982 - 2002: Audio Issue (3xCD, Comp + Box) Wrong Eye Mute Records Ltd. 2002
X-Rated: The Electronic Files (2xCD, Comp) Remote Viewing 1 (Exce... Boudisque Records 2002
Live Four (CD, Album, Dig)   Threshold House 2003
Live One (2xCD, Album, Dig)   Threshold House 2003
Live Three (CD, Album, Dig)   Threshold House, Threshold House 2003
Live Two (CD, Album, Dig)   Threshold House 2003
Megalithomania! (CDr, Ltd)   Threshold House 2003
Mutek 03 (CD, Album, Comp) The Test Mutek_Rec 2003
The Restitution Of Decayed Intelligence (2 versions)   Beta-lactam Ring Records 2003
ANS (3xCD, Album + DVD-V)   Threshold House 2004
SixSixSix: SickSickSick (Comp) (2 versions) Lucifer Over London Durtro ... 2004
...And The Ambulance Died In His Arms (CD, Album, Dig)   Threshold House 2005
...It Just Is (In Memoriam: Jhonn Balance) (2xCD) Christ's Teeth Nocharizma, Fulldozer Records 2005
A Nature Of Nonsense (CD) Fj Nettlefold, Make Ro... Not On Label 2005
Grief (7", Pic, Ltd) Grief, The Snowman Divine Frequency 2005
How He Loved The Moon (Moonsongs For Jhonn Balance) (Album) (2 versions)   Beta-lactam Ring Records 2005
The Ape Of Naples (CD, Album)   Threshold House 2005
The Melancholy Mad Tenant (Album) (3 versions)   Black Rose Recordings ... 2005
Black Antlers (CD, Album + Minimax)   Threshold House 2006
CD Side 33 (CD, Smplr) Cold Cell D-Side 2006
Enormous Savages (Album) (3 versions)   Anna Logue Records ... 2006
Not Alone (5xCD, Comp) Star Malloy, Broccoli,... Durtro, Jnana Records 2006
Sinsemilla Dreams (CD, Dig)   Divine Frequency 2006
The Impossibility Of Silence (Comp) (2 versions) A Tree Now Old Europa Cafe ... 2006
Press My Hungry Button (Comp) (2 versions)   Vinyl-on-demand ... 2007
The Ape Of Naples / The New Backwards (Album) (3 versions)   Important Records (2) 2007
The Inmost Light (4 versions)   Durtro ... 2007
Sleepwalk: A Selection By Optimo (Espacio) (CD, Comp) A Cold Cell In Bangkok... Domino Recording Company Ltd. 2008
Elegy Sampler 61 (CD, Smplr) Ostia Elegy 2009
The Dark Age Of Love (CD, Album, dig + CD, Ltd, car)   Ici D'Ailleurs 2009
Unofficial Releases:
L'Age D'Or (LP, Ltd)   Concrete Company 1985
With All Its Special Effects (LP, Ltd)   Concrete Company 1985
Live At Bar Maldoror: Gyllensköld, Geijerstam And Friends (Cass)   RRRecords 1987
Further Down The Spiral (CD) The Downward Spiral (T... ООО "ДОРА" 1997
Astral Disaster (CD, Album, Ltd)   ArsNova 2000
Emblems: The Menstrual Years (2xCD, Comp, Ltd)   ArsNova 2000
Gold Is The Metal (With The Broadest Shoulders) (CD, Album, Ltd)   ArsNova 2000
How To Destroy Angels (Remixes And Re-Recordings) (CD, Album, Ltd)   ArsNova 2000
The Angelic Conversation (CD, Album, Ltd)   ArsNova 2000
Time Machines (CD, Album, Ltd)   ArsNova 2000
Unnatural History (CD, Comp, Unofficial, Ltd) Comfortable ArsNova, ArsNova 2000
Unnatural History III (CD, Comp, Ltd) Feeder ArsNova 2000
City Of Light (CD)   Par Media Music  
Live In Barcelona 17th June 2000 (DVDr, Ltd)   Not On Label (Coil)  
Live In Berlin 12th April 2002 (DVDr, Ltd)   Not On Label (Coil)  
Live In Moscow September 15, 2001 (DVDr)   Not On Label (Coil)  
Live In NYC August 18, 2001 (DVDr)   Not On Label (Coil)  
Musick To Play In The Dark² (CD, Album, Unofficial)   ArsNova  
The Corn Years (CD, Comp, Unofficial, Ltd)   ArsNova  
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Review by liamster Dec 28, 2004 (edited over 4 years ago)
An official notice from Coil:

"We are greatly saddened to have to you that at about 5.30 pm Saturday Nov 13th, Jhonn Balance, was killed in an accident at home. Under the influence of alcohol he fell from the first floor landing, hitting his head on the floor some 15ft below. Peter/Sleazy who was in the front room heard the noise, came out investigate and found him unconscious, though still breathing. Balance was rushed to hospital, where his condition deteriorated, and he died soon after, without ever regaining consciousness. There is no suggestion that this event was in any way deliberate, in fact, anything other than a tragic accident. Unusually, Balance had been cheerfull during the day, and was looking forward to seeing Ian at the weekend, and working on new recordings this week."
Review by nothinger Jun 03, 2004
The man standing behind it all. Possessed by vision. Leading his own path. Innovative. Creative. Brilliant.
Musical Prometheus. A demon. A genius.

Active since his first works with Throbbing Gristle in late 70s, through contributions to such bands as Psychic TV, Zos Kia, Murderwerks and finally Coil, till this day creates magical visions which can only be admired by the others. One of this few unique ones who gets better and better in music with time.

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