John Doran of The Quietus uncoils Coil

Stuart Maconie's Freakier Zone
John Doran from The Quietus un-coil's the complex history of Coil. Formed by visionary poet John Balance and his partner Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson in the early 80s the British avant-garde group covered transgressive psychedelia, neo-folk, deep house as well as European industrial music and never shied away from embracing dark brutal themes.

Music played:
Restless Day ~ Coil (Scatology)

Dark River ~ Coil (Love's Secret Domain)

Ether ~ Coil (Music To Play In The Dark 2)

Remote Viewing ~ Coil (The Remote Viewer)

Going Up ~ Coil (The Ape Of Naples)

The episode aired on Sun 15 Nov 2015

[williamlee]

One of the most important band in the history of music

[myneighbourjohnturturro]

Their music speaks to me like no other. Dark River, Ether & Going Up have all moved me to tears on occasion.

[tonverfall_studio]

Coil is a band I have remained fascinated by ever since I bought "Horse Rotorvator" on cassette from Grunts & Postures in Salt Lake City in 1989 I think it was. Truly their own thing, even in the realm of underground and industrial of the time. Thanks so much for putting up this great interview.

[reddsdeville]

Very earrly on, John Doran gets muddled up about John Balance's schooldays, & conflates several different stories. John Balance did NOT go to Oundle Public School, & therefore was NOT the schoolboy who was responsible for getting TG a gig there.

[synapticmemoryseepage]

This is so cool - brief history of Coil!

[groovynut]

What a great programme. Inconsistencies or factual errors aside, it's great that this was able to be made and broadcast for so many people to be introduced to such a strange and mesmerising band.

[anarchoautism]

Restless Day (Scatology) - 3:43
Dark River (Love's Secret Domain) - 10:45
Ether (Musick To Play In The Dark, Volume 2) - 18:42
Remote Viewing (The Remote Viewer) - 27:53
Going Up (The Ape Of Naples) - 35:11

[Stensilhead]

Geoff passed 19 year ago this week. Hard to believe it's been so long. Miss them both still. Nothing has really come along to fill the void of their output, they covered so much ground sonically. One of the few bands that up till there termination used so much new technology to drive their sound (amongst other catalysts).

[musicuniverse]

Coil are my favorite band, thanks for the interview! Dark River is amazing, one of their best, I remember listening to this on my brother’s cassette when I was a teenager in 1996

[neilmason]

I was in the same year as John/Geoff..Lord Williams School, Thame Oxon. A Comprehensive, though he was a border. Composer Howard Goodall went there also.

[clebras]

I thought knew this band but it turns out I only had three albums and a couple singles and there was still more to learn and hear. What a great discovery! I am sad to learn they are both gone now, though. I still listen to what I have, I will try to get other recordings.

[goddy]

I don't say anything new, but this music is amazing!

[robertmunro]

if you want more info on coil /current 93/nurse with wound/the great book england's hidden reverse has been re published and is a great deal cheaper than the original

[clungebucket]

The Horse Rotorvator title and imagary was, in part, reference to the IRA bombing at Hyde Park that killed both servicemen and horses near the bandstand.
And Restless Day was penned whilst housebound with a delerious fever hence the claustrophobic and queasy themes

[nickmoran]

Coil rereleased quite alot of their previous albums with the help of Thighpaulsandra, contrary to what this chap John Doran says.

[williamlee]

One of the most important band in the history of music