Artist: Rosetta Stone
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
The Tyranny Of Inaction
Year: 1995
Tracks: 9
Goth rock outfit Rosetta Stone started in 1988 when vocalist/guitarist Porl King and bassist Karl North yearned to leak the traditional Brit-pop scene occurrence in their native Liverpool. A year later, the couple met the Mission's Wayne Hussey, wHO offered to produce Rosetta Stone's starting time album. Shortly thenceforth, Hussey pulled prohibited of production duties and 1990's self-titled album was released without him. Several singles were put out through the '90s, and Rosetta Stone issued their starting time uncut, Epinephrine, in 1993. Foundation Stones and the Epitome EP also followed that same year. It was during this time that Rosetta Stone lead the naturally overlooked goth rock/darkwave movement into other musical outlets. Bands such as Nine Inch Nails and the Cult were getting brief national exposure. Drawing from musical influences such as Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus, and the Cure, Rosetta Stone was delving into their have sonic seascape of brooding vocals and synth-inspired sounds. The band returned with Tyranny of Inaction in 1995 and Concealing in Waiting in 1996 piece establishing themselves as peerless of Cleopatra's house names. Their fifth album, Chemical, was released in 1998 and the band continued to carry the gothic blowlamp into the mainstream rock candy & roll circuit. Two years later, Rosetta Stone issued their biggest release, Unerotica.
