Numb (band)

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Numb
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NUMB original lineup 1986: (L-R) Don Gordon, Sean St. Hubbs (Sean Stubbs), David Hall.
Background information
Origin Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres Electro-industrial, industrial rock
Years active1986–2000, 2019
Labels
MembersDon Gordon
Past membersDavid Collings
Conan Hunter
Blair Dobson
David Hall
Sean Stubbs

Numb is a Canadian electro-industrial band that is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [1]

Contents

History

Numb was founded by Don Gordon, David Hall and Sean Stubbs in 1986. [2] [3] The band issued their self-titled debut studio album Numb in 1987 on Edge and World Records. [4] Their second album Christmeister was released by Lively Art in 1989. [5] [6] [7]

The band's third album Death on the Installment Plan , released in 1993, featured weird electronic tape-loops overlaid with heavily distorted vocals. [8] The 1994 album Wasted Sky used some of the same techniques, but with a darker feel and more technically varied approach. [9] [10]

Singer David Collins joined the band in 1995; the band released its fifth album, Blood Meridian , which contained strong, violent electronic sound but no guitar music, in 1997. [11] [12] [13] Two years later, Numb recorded the electronic dance album Language of Silence , released through Metropolis. [14] The tracks on this album were somewhat quieter and darkly intense. [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

Following the release of one final single, "Suspended", Numb disbanded in 1998, and Gordon moved to Vietnam to live with his wife. [20]

After what was considered by many to be a retirement of the project and Don Gordon from the music scene in general, an album of new material was made available via Bandcamp on August 23, 2019 titled Mortal Geometry .

Members

Discography

Full length albums and EPs

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Singles & EPs

Compilation appearances

Side projects

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