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Stephen Thrower

Profile:Born December 9th 1963 in Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire. Birth certificate name: Andrew Stephens. Adopted 1964 and re-named Stephen Thrower. Brought up in Yorkshire (apart from two years in Cheshire, directly beside the Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope). Schooled in various comprehensives: Marsden, Kinsley and Hemsworth.
In 1980, Stephen formed POSSESSION with Victor Watkins and Anna Virgina War (aka Tiny, currently singer of indie group Ultrasound). They released one album: The Thin White Arms, Obtusely Angled At The Elbow, Methodically Dipping And Emerging (A-Mission, 1984). Label boss Gordon Hope was also briefly a member.

Stephen made contact with Throbbing Gristle by letter in 1979 and followed up his interest in the particular contribution of Peter Christopherson after learning that he and John Balance had left PSYCHIC TV to found their own group, Coil. An exchange of letters exposed many shared interests and in 1984 a meeting was arranged. Following this, he was invited to join them in the studio to record tracks for the first Coil album, Scatology (co-writing the tracks At The Heart Of It All and Solar Lodge). He moved to London in the summer of 1985 and by the second album, Horse Rotorvator, was an integrated member of the line-up. A decision was made in December 1987 to split from Possession and work solely on Coil recordings (including Gold is the Metal..., Angelic Conversation and Themes for Hellraiser). He then became embroiled in the recording of Love's Secret Domain, a long period of heightened creativity and escalating excess for all concerned. Visions and visitations were followed by a complex 'down' period as personal relationships deteriorated. After minimal contribution to Stolen and Contaminated Songs (the track Wrim Wram Wrom is his last Coil recording) Stephen left Coil in 1992. However, certain demons have departed and new ideas are being formed towards a possible collaboration in the future.
In Groups:Coil, Cyclobe, Possession, Put Put, Satin Chickens
Name Variations: All | Stephen Thrower | S. Thrower | S.E. Thrower | Stephen E Thrower | Stephen E. Thrower | Stephen F. Thrower | Stephen I. Thrower | Stephen Wyndham Thrower | Steve Thrower | Steven Thrower | Thrower
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Appears On:
Life At The Top (LP, Comp) Performance Parts 1-3,... Third Mind Records 1984
Scatology (Album) ◄ (4 versions) At The Heart Of It All... Force And Form 1984
Horse Rotorvator (Album) ◄ (7 versions)   Force And Form ... 1986
The Anal Staircase EP (EP) ◄ (3 versions)   Force And Form ... 1986
F/Ear This! - A Collection Of Unheard Music, Unwritten Words And Unseen Images Inspired By Fear (2xLP, Comp) De Vermis P.E.A.C.E. 1987
Gold Is The Metal (With The Broadest Shoulders) (Album, Comp) ◄ (8 versions)   Threshold House ... 1987
Form Destroyer (LP)   Broken Flag 1989
Ruins (CD)   Shock 1990
Love's Secret Domain (LP, Album)   Torso 1991
The Portable Altamont (CD, Comp)   Shock 1991
The Angelic Conversation (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Threshold House 1994
Mesmer Variations (2xCD, Comp) Scheme Of Consciousness Ash International 1995
The Red Rose Concerts 1995 (Cass, Comp, C90) Indentical Trio MTB 1995
A History Of Hardcore Part 1 (CD) Up Keys, Sonic Rush, X... Sub Base Records USA 1996
Unnatural History III (CD, Comp) Feeder, Wrong Eye, Mea... Threshold House 1997
Luminous Darkness (CD, Album)   Phantom Code 1999
Aether 2 (CDr, Album, Ltd)   Not On Label 2000
Brain In The Wire - Disc A (CD, Comp) Replaced By His Conste... Wire Magazine, Brainwashed Recordings 2000
Emre [Dark Matter] (CD, Comp, Ltd) Silent Key Source Research 2000
Love Uncut (CD) Prayer For Russell, Pr... Eskaton 2000
A Chance To Cut Is A Chance To Cure (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Lipostudio... And So On Matador 2001
Aether 3 (CDr, Album, Ltd)   Not On Label 2001
The Visitors (CD, Album, Dig)   Phantom Code 2001
sR:ample ::: A Source Research Recordings Sampler (CD, Album, Smplr, Ltd) Silent Key (Excerpt) Source Research 2001
Пособие Для Кончающих: Волос Злата (CD, Comp)   Feelee 2001
Пособие Для Начинающих: Глас Сѐребра (CD, Comp)   Feelee 2001
Brain In The Wire (3xCD, Comp, Ltd) Replaced By His Conste... Brainwashed Recordings 2002
CD Side 8 (CD, Smplr) Strix Nebulosa D-Side 2002
The Wire 20 1982 - 2002: Audio Issue (3xCD, Comp + Box) Wrong Eye Mute Records Ltd. 2002
Each And Every Word Must Die (II) (CDr, Single, Ltd)   Phantom Code 2004
Paraparaparallelogrammatica (Angry Eelectric Finger 2) (CD, Album, Dig)   Beta-lactam Ring Records 2004
Not Alone (5xCD, Comp) Indulge Yourselves Wit... Durtro, Jnana Records 2006
The Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth Of A Beast (Album) ◄ (5 versions) Public Sex For Boyd Mc... Matador ... 2006
Unofficial Releases:
Gold Is The Metal (With The Broadest Shoulders) (CD, Album, Ltd)   ArsNova 2000
The Angelic Conversation (CD, Album, Ltd)   ArsNova 2000
Unnatural History III (CD, Comp, Ltd) Feeder, Wrong Eye, Mea... ArsNova 2000
Scatology (CD, Enh) At The Heart Of It All... Force And Form  
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