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Young Gods, The

Real Name:
Alain Monod, Bernard Trontin, Franz Treichler
Profile:
Influential Swiss industrial rock band. Formed in 1985, The Young Gods took their name from one of Swans early EPs. They are notable for their distinctive sound, in which a sampler is utilized to create the sound of electric guitar and bass guitars, whilst retaining a live drummer and vocalist.
Sites:
younggods.com, MySpace
Members:
Al Monod, Bernard Trontin, Cesare Pizzi, Frank Bagnoud, Franz Treichler, Urs Hiestand
Variations:
All | Young Gods, The | T.Y.G. | Young Gods
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Discography

Releases:
Envoyé! ◄ (2 versions)   Wax Trax! Records ... 1986
Did You Miss Me? ◄ (2 versions)   Organik (Switzerland) ... 1987
The Young Gods (Album) ◄ (11 versions)   Wax Trax! Records ... 1987
L'Amourir (Single) ◄ (4 versions)   Wax Trax! Records ... 1988
L'Eau Rouge - Red Water (Album) ◄ (9 versions)   Play It Again Sam Records USA ... 1989
Longue Route (Remix) (Maxi) ◄ (4 versions)   Play It Again Sam Records USA ... 1990
Skinflowers (Maxi) ◄ (4 versions)   Play It Again Sam [PIAS] ... 1991
The Young Gods Play Kurt Weill (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Play It Again Sam [PIAS] ... 1991
Gasoline Man (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions)   Play It Again Sam Records ... 1992
T.V. Sky (Album) ◄ (12 versions)   Play It Again Sam Records ... 1992
Live Sky Tour ◄ (4 versions)   Play It Again Sam Records ... 1993
Kissing The Sun (Maxi, Single) ◄ (5 versions)   Interscope Records ... 1995
Only Heaven (Album) ◄ (10 versions)   Interscope Records ... 1995
Untitled (Cass, EP, Promo)   Interscope Records, Play It Again Sam Records 1995
Young Gods, The (CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Car)   Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1995
Heaven Deconstruction (Album) ◄ (2 versions)   Play It Again Sam Records ... 1996
Retrospective (CD, Comp, Promo)   Interscope Records 1996
Lucidogen (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions)   Intoxygene 2000
Second Nature (Album) ◄ (3 versions)   Intoxygene ... 2000
Live Noumatrouff 1997 (CD)   Intoxygene 2001
Denature.1 Astronomic (12")   Intoxygene 2002
Six Dew Points (CD, Promo, Ltd)   BAG OFSP UFSP SFOPH 2002
Music For Artificial Clouds (CD, Album)   Intoxygene, Make Up 2004
XX Years 1985-2005 (Comp, Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Play It Again Sam [PIAS] ... 2005
C'Est Quoi C'Est Ca (CD, Single, Promo)   [PIAS] Recordings, Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 2007
I'm The Drug / Everythere / About Time (CD, Smplr, Promo)   Play It Again Sam [PIAS], Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 2007
Super Ready / Fragmenté (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Play It Again Sam [PIAS] ... 2007
Knock On Wood - The Acoustic Sessions (Comp) ◄ (3 versions)   Play It Again Sam [PIAS] ... 2008
Remixes:
These Things Are Worth Fighting For (Maxi) ◄ (5 versions) These Things Are Worth... Perfecto ... 1993
Appears On:
Sliver (Music From The Motion Picture) (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Skinflowers Virgin ... 1993
Man-Made Hell ◄ (2 versions) TV Sky Food 1994
All My Lives (CD, Sma) TV Sky Hands Productions 2007
1998 - 2008 (CD, Album, Comp, Promo) TV Sky (Live - Maschin... Les Arts Minis 2008
Tracks Appear On:
Batongen (Cass) Comme Si C' Était La D.. Omnium Gatherum 1986
Fight! (LP, Comp) Irrtum Boys Cathexis Recordings 1987
Best Of Berlin: Independence Days '88 (VHS) Irrtum Boys Studio !K7 1988
Dub Dance Hip Tron Versions Volume 1 (LP, Whi) Did You Miss Me (The V... Trance Records 1988
Sonique Suisse ...Alternative Soundscapes From Switzerland (Cass, Comp, C90) Feu Audiofile Tapes, Calypso Now ! 1988
Generate ◄ (3 versions) L'Amourir Play It Again Sam [PIAS] ... 1989
Indie Top 20 Vol. VI - Pride Of Independents (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Pas Mal Beechwood Music 1989
Out Of Nowhere (CD, Mini, Ltd) Irrtum Boys (Live) Out Of Nowhere 1989
Best Of Berlin: Independence Days Volume II (VHS) The Irrtum Boys, Jimmy... Studio !K7 1990
Borderline (CD, Comp) September Song (Live) Simbiose Records 1993
Hot Wired Monstertrux (CD) Skinflower (Brain Fore... EastWest 1993
Play Free Music (CD) Skin Flowers Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1993
Sliver (Music From The Motion Picture) (Comp) ◄ (5 versions) Skinflowers Virgin ... 1993
Trans Europa 2 (Swiss-Italian Techno-Crossover) (CD, Comp) Criez Les Chiens (Live... 150 BPM Records 1993
Black Box (A Video Retrospect) Volume 2 (VHS, NTSC) Envoye Wax Trax! Records 1994
Blackbox - Wax Trax! Records: The First 13 Years. (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Envoye (12" Version) TVT Records ... 1994
E-Beat (2xCD, Comp) Kissing The Sun Polymedia Marketing Group GmbH, Polymedia Marketing Group GmbH 1995
Metallurgy (CD, Comp) Kissing The Sun Hard Stuff Division 1995
Showgirls (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Kissing The Sun Interscope Records 1995
4ZzZ's Hot 100 (2xCD) Kissing The Sun Shock (2) 1996
Electrocity Vol. 7 (CD, Comp) Skinflowers Ausfahrt 1996
King Size Dub Volume 2 (CD, Comp) Dub The Sun (Mad Profe... Echo Beach, Echo Beach, Indigo (2) 1996
Calambre Techno (3xCD) Kissing The Sun Arcade España (Spain) 1997
Les 1000 Merveilles De L'Univers (CD) Moon Revolutions (Edit) Philips 1997
Mask Of The People (CD, Comp, Album) Brainforest N° 2 Ramses Records 1999
Swiss-Kult-Hits - 1970-1996 - Vol. 1 (CD) Did You Miss Me CSR Records 1999
CD Side 1 (CD, Smplr) Astronomic D-Side 2000
Dark Millennium (CD, Album) Dame Chance (Live) XIII BIS Records 2000
Elegy - Numéro 9 (CD, Smplr) L'Amourir (Live Mulhou... Elegy 2000
Industrial: Music Of The Shadows Vol. 3 (CD, Comp) Longue Route K-Tel International (USA), Inc. 2000
Music With Attitude Volume 14 (CD, Comp + CD, Comp) L'Amourir (Live) Rock Sound 2000
18-Track Guide To The Month's Best Music (CD) Astronomic Uncut Magazine 2001
Braindance (CD, Dig) Lucidogen (Braindance ... Intoxygene 2001
Cyberl@b V3.0 (2xCD, Comp) Astronomic Alfa Matrix 2002
Intox (CD) In The Otherlands, Ast... Intoxygene 2002
CD Side 22 (CD, Smplr) Eregeen D-Side 2004
La Suisse (CD, Comp) Eregreen Swiss Music Export 2004
Obscur (2xCD + CD, Enh, Dig) Envoyés, Lucidogen EMI Music (France) 2004
Elegy Sampler 38 (CD, Smplr) Secret Elegy 2005
Method To The Madness - Two Decades Of Crazy Dubs - A Triphop, Techno, Dubwise Vibe (2xCD, Album, Comp) Dub The Sun Trojan Records 2005
CD Side 40 (CD, Smplr) Everythere D-Side 2007
Die Grössten Schweizer Hits: Spezielles & Verrücktes (2xCD) Envoyé Universal Music (Switzerland) 2007
Elegy Sampler 47 (CD, Smplr) C'Est Quoi C'Est Ca Elegy 2007
Independent Innovative Creative (CD, Comp, Promo) I'm The Drug Vital Sales & Marketing 2007
Elegy Sampler 53 (CD, Smplr) Longue Route (Acoustique) Elegy 2008
La Planète Bleue Vol. 5 (CD, Comp, Dig) Stay With Us Radio Suisse Romande 2008
O Melhor Do SuperBock SuperRock (CD, Comp, Promo) I'm The Drug Not On Label 2008
Abby - The Compilation Part 3 (2xCD, Comp) L'Amourir UpScene, Indigo (2), Indigo (2) 2009
Berlin 61 / 89 - Wall Of Sound (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Salomon Song, Speak Low Le Maquis 2009
Video Sampler 1 (VHS, Comp, Promo) Envoye Wax Trax! Records  
♪ (A Play ♪t Aga♪n Sam[pler] US) (Cass, Smplr) September Song Play It Again Sam Records USA  
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Review by doors Feb 08, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)
They started with alternative industrial rock, and then they slowly shifted to a more ambient, melodic sound. The music they released in the 90' is the powerful alternative rock they are known to play on stage, while the last albums are really the achievement of theirs career... evolution I should say. They are the pionneers of alternative-industrial.

In my opinion, the album "TV Sky" is what they were, and "Love 2.7", from the album Second Nature, is what they become.

They are the perfect example of evolution of music.
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