Mouse Blood

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Mouse Blood
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Studio album by Theatre of Ice
Released 1985
Genre Deathrock
Label Demented Mind Mill Records
Theatre of Ice chronology
A Cool Dark Place to Die
(1984)
Mouse Blood
(1985)
The Resurrection
(1986)

Mouse Blood was intended to be Theatre of Ice's final offering as brothers Brent and John moved to Utah to attend college at Brigham Young University and brothers Eric and Mark departed on missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Georgia and Connecticut. Labeled as "A limited edition sampling of the works of Theatre of Ice as chosen by friends who hate the band" it included songs from their first three albums as well as a few new releases. The album, however, was heralded by the music press as one of the most innovative albums of the decade. [1]

Theatre of Ice were an early deathrock band that formed in the Nevada desert in December 1978. Initially formed to record a soundtrack for a horror movie, the members instead evolved into what some claim was the first deathrock band. Owing more initially to experimental groups such as Throbbing Gristle, Suicide and Chrome, the band also cited bands as diverse as Iron Butterfly, Blue Öyster Cult, The Moody Blues and Roxy Music as major influences. Theatre of Ice brought a modern approach to gothic-horror themes by tackling the idea of an underground spook show in the contemporary world.

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Contents

Musicians

Track listing

  1. It's All Over Now
  2. Driven
  3. Fox
  4. Just Let It Go
  5. A Cool Dark Place To Die
  6. The Burning Man
  7. The Last
  8. Starlight Drive
  9. Watch The Skies
  10. Chill Factor
  11. In The Burning Church
  12. One Two
  13. From the Ruins of my Mind
  14. Miron
  15. Beneath the Stones
  16. Life is a Circus

Notes

  1. "Mouse Blood and the New Romanticism". (June 1986, Vol 2, No 8). Alternative Press, p.26

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