The Last Days of Jesus

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Name = The Last Days Of Jesus


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Origin = Slovakia
Genre = Deathrock, Post-punk, Gothic
Years_active = 1993-present
Label = Strobelight
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Current_members = MaryO Vajco Feššy Anjou
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The Last Days Of Jesus is a Slovak Progressive Goth Rock band. They formed in Bratislava in May 1993 to combine the spirit of old school Batcave and Deathrock with new musical sounds and patterns. The name originates from a headline MaryO read in an American newspaper. He formed the band with Vajco on drums and Sulo, an organist. They then collected Feššy and Andrea, an early bass player. During 2004 this line-up recorded their first demotape and played several shows around Slovakia culminating in a support slot for Das Ich and Faith and the Muse. They continued to tour throughout 2005 including Germany with Marquee Moon and Forthcoming Fire and completed another demo tape, gaining considerable interest within the European goth scene. A few lineup changes have occurred since then and apart from bringing in a session bass player for their studio albums their current lineup continues to record and play live.The band have made many (mainly gothic) festival appearances almost every year since their formation including Wave-Gotik-Treffen five times. In 2003 and 2004 they did two mini-tours of the UK which included Beyond the Veil and Dead and Buried. Also in 2004 they were featured in a Slovak music TV show which resulted in their only live album to date. On the side MaryO and the bands manager Martin (aka DJ Sexdwarf) run a club they have fashioned after the classic London club [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batcave_%28London_nightclub%29] of the same name, Batcave in Bratislava. [http://www.batcave.sk]

"Mary0 and his compagnions resurrect the straightness, the honesty, and crudeness of old, and transform them from their own perspectives, adding new sounds and various layers of subtexts, criticisms and irony." [http://www.myspace.com/thelastdaysofjesus]

Personnel

* MaryO (vocals)
* Feššy (guitar)
* Anjou (keyboards)
* Vajco (drums)

Discography

Albums

*"The Time Of Crucifixtion" (Demotape) (1994)
*"Sepulcrum Christi Viventis" (Demotape) (1995)
*"Arma Christi" (Alice in...) (1997)
*"Narrentanz" (Musik für die Massen) (New Christian Music, 1999)
*"Songs From The Psycho TV" (Monitor-EMI, 2001)
*"Monsters Paranoia Circus" (live TV) (2004)
*"Alien Road"(Strobelight Records, 2004)
*"Dead Machines' Revolution!" (Strobelight Records, 2007)

ingles

* Guns'n'Drums'n'March'n'Fun (Batcave.sk, 2003)

Other releases

* Animal Boy & Mechanical Toy (2005) (CD Single supplement for a book "Kvapky krvi, štruktúry sadomasochizmu" Drops of Blood, Structures of Sadomasochism" by Martin Gerboc)

Compilation tracks

*"Der Trug" on "The Gothic Grimore Compilation Vol.2" (1996)
*"Dark Side Of My Mind" on "The Sounds Of New Hope" (1997)
*"Still Alive" (f.r.s.t. version) on " _de. Künstler zum 7. Wave- und Gotik-Treffen" (Orkus, 1998)
*"Still Alive" on "New Alternatives Vol.5" (Nightbreed, 2001)
*"Arrest The Angels" on "Cold" (2001)
*"Guns'n'Drums'n'March'n'Fun" on "New Dark Age Vol.1" (Strobelight Records, 2004)
*"Everyday Is Halloween" on "Gothic Compilation XXIV" (Batbeliever, 2004)
*"Guns'n'Drums'n'March'n'Fun" on "Death Dizko Vol.1" (Death Dizko Division, 2005)
*"Death Song" on "Sonic seducer/Cold Hands Seduction" (Sonic seducer, 2005)
*"Connected or Infected" on "New Dark Age Vol.2" (Strobelight Records, 2005)
*"Everyday Is Halloween" on "Castle Party 2005" (Metal Mind Records, 2005)

ound samples

* [http://www.thelastdaysofjesus.sk/tmp/asset_cache/link/0000012926/TLDOJ_EverydayIsHalloween_90sec.mp3 Everyday is Halloween]
* [http://www.thelastdaysofjesus.sk/tmp/asset_cache/link/0000012929/TLDOJ_DeathSong_90sec.mp3 Deathsong]

Both tracks and more available at their website.

External links

* [http://www.thelastdaysofjesus.sk/ Official Website]
* [http://www.batcave.sk/ Batcave] - Batcave club ran by MaryO and DJ SexDwarf
* [http://www.strobelight-records.com/ Strobelight Records]
* [http://www.dropdeadmagazine.com/ Drop Dead Magazine] Look for the new LDOJ interview in issue 3
* [http://www.wave-gotik-treffen.de/english/ Official Website Wave-Gotik-Treffen Leipzig]
* [http://www.dropdeadfestival.com/ Drop Dead Festival] LDOJ to Play DDF in Prague 2007
* [http://talesfromtheshadows.blogspot.com/2007/03/into-batcave-with-last-days-of-jesus.html New interview @ Talesfromtheshadows]