John Balance

Also Known As: Jhonn Balance, Geoff Rushton, Coil

Biography: 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. 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.

Department: Sound

Place of Birth: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Adult: No

Birthday: February 16, 1962

Age: 63 years old

Gender: Male

Deathday: November 13, 2004

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Known For:

Coil, the death of Jhon Balance
A Way to Die: The Films of Peter Christopherson and John Balance
The Sound of Progress
A Well Hung Monk
Coil: Dublin 2004
Coil: Paris 2004
Coil: Colour Sound Oblivion
Coil: Live in Moscow 2001
Coil: Prague 2002