John Balance
Known for SoundBorn 1962-02-16 — died 2004-11-13Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Geoffrey Nigel Laurence Rushton (16 February 1962 – 13 November 2004), better known under the pseudonyms John Balance or the later variation Jhonn Balance, was an English musician, occultist, artist and poet.
He was best known as a co-founder of the experimental music group Coil, in collaboration with his partner Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson. Coil was active from 1982 to Balance's death in 2004. He was responsible for the majority of Coil's vocals, lyrics and chants, along with synthesizers and various other instruments both commonplace and esoteric.
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Outside Coil he collaborated with Cultural Amnesia (at the beginning of the 1980s), Nurse with Wound, Death in June, Psychic TV, Current 93, Chris & Cosey, Thighpaulsandra, and produced several Nine Inch Nails remixes.
Known for
Coil: Colour Sound Oblivion
2010 · as Himself
Coil: Dublin 2004
2004 · as Himself
Coil: Paris 2004
2004 · as Himself
Coil, the death of Jhon Balance
2020 · as himself
Coil: Prague 2002
2002 · as Himself
A Way to Die: The Films of Peter Christopherson and John Balance
2023
Coil: Live in Moscow 2001
2002 · as Himself
The Sound of Progress
1988 · as Himself
A Well Hung Monk
2008 · as Himself