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 active | 1986–2000, 2019 |
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| Members | Don Gordon |
| Past members | David 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]
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 .
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