Lucid Dementia

Artist Information

Biography

The legendary Lucid Dementia performance is a cross between a b-movie slasher flick, a David Lynch film, and a children's puppet show gone horribly wrong. You have to see it to believe it.
"I don’t know quite what I was expecting, but quite frankly, I was blown away!!! this band is great! They’re goth, punk, and tight as hell. I couldn’t stop pounding my feet and bobbing my head. I defy you not to get off!"
-John Aielli, KUT radio 90.5FM –OCT 2007
Lucid Dementia is currently playing live in support of their newest self released cd, "Trickery".

Awards:
The 2004-05 and 2006-07Austin Music Awards:
Voted Best Industrial/Goth Band
Voted 4th Best Metal Band
Voted 3rd Best Punk Band
Sheldon Reynolds Voted 2nd Best Record Producer for his work
on "The List"
The Song "Controlled from the album "The List" has been nominated for Best Industrial Song in the 2006 "Just Plain Folks" Music Awards:
http://www.jpfolks.com/MusicAwards/2006/SongNominees.html
The 2004-05 Austin Music Awards:
Voted Best Industrial/Goth Band
Voted 4th Best Metal Band
Voted 3rd Best Punk Band
Sheldon Reynolds Voted 2nd Best Record Producer

Television:
The Songs "Twisted" and "Cannibal" have been used on the CBS Nationally Broadcast television show: "NCIS"

Movies:
7 Songs included in the soon to premiere Movie "Sweatshop" to be released sometime in 2011.

Books: "Music To Die For" by Mick Mercer. An international guide to the worlds best Underground Goth music.

Instrumentation

Sheldon (Puppet Master, Programmer, Vocalist) Holly (Femme Vocals) , AzilX (Drums), s7eVen (Guitar) Nik (Bassist)

Discography

2008:
"Trickery"
Self Released and Distributed by "Buried Productions"
2004:
"The List"
Released and distributed by "Buried Productions".
2000:
"Song For Newborn"
Released and distributed by label: "Buried Productions".
1997:
"Twisted"
Released and distributed by label: "Buried Productions".

Links

• MySpace
• Official Website:
• Myspace Page:
• Reverb Nation:
• 2B Promotional Project Website

Audio

• Ignorance
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• heaTHEN
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• AXE
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• Part
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• Fall Apart
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• Break
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• FUT
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• When
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• Pie
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• Deadly Sally
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Lyrics

• AXE
• Heathen
• Ignorance
• Part
• Fall Apart
• Break
• F.U.T.
• When
• Pie
• Deadly Sally

Video

Lucid Dementia "Creep"

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Photo Gallery

Press

• Absolute Zero: April 5th 2008 [+ Show ]
  

  “Their Dark Electro Goth meets Hardrock elements are rather enjoyable. I could very well see this ba...“Their Dark Electro Goth meets Hardrock elements are rather enjoyable. I could very well see this band on Metropolis, Projekt or Middle Pillar as this is the very vibe they give with a mix of Male and Female vocals both very effected and the Fuzzy guitars electro Drums and synth sound. "Trickery" is a fun journey…”
  -Absolute Zero Media Webzine
  http://magazine.absolutezeromedia.us/04%2005%202008.htm
  

• Aielli Unleashed, October 24, 2007 [+ Show ]
  

  The sluggo ball is happening Friday the 26th at emo’s at 10pm starting with hypnotica, then sa creep...The sluggo ball is happening Friday the 26th at emo’s at 10pm starting with hypnotica, then sa creeper, sally norvell, paul wallfisch, and ending up with lucid dementia. Singer sheldon reynolds and the rest of lucid dementia came in to our studios for a live performance getting ready for the big party on Friday night. I don’t know quite what I was expecting, but quite frankly, I was blown away!!! this band is great! They’re goth, punk, and tight as hell. I couldn’t stop pounding my feet and bobbing my head. I defy you not to get off! They perform five songs with the excellent engineering skills of cliff hargrove and seph price.
  http://kut.org/items/show/10341

• Sluggo! Ball at Emo’s Oct. 26 2007 [+ Show ]
  

  Sally Norvell (ex-Gator Family) is coming down from NYC to do her cabaret act, plus Ty Gavin’s band ...Sally Norvell (ex-Gator Family) is coming down from NYC to do her cabaret act, plus Ty Gavin’s band SA Creeper will perform, but perhaps the biggest draw for this costume ball will be Lucid Dementia. Mark your calendars and say a prayer for a crucial cat.
  by Michael Corcoran
  http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/music/entries/2007/10/08/sluggo_ball_at_emos_oct_26.html

• August 19th, 2003 Elysium Show Review [+ Show ]
  

  "I was always entertained by Lucid Dementia, the sheer novelty of puppets was enough to do it for me..."I was always entertained by Lucid Dementia, the sheer novelty of puppets was enough to do it for me. .the band sounds much better and the changes have really done a lot to improve their appeal for me. I'm real curious to see what else is going to happen with Lucid Dementia and how else their music is going to evolve. -Darren Davila
  http://www.rankandrevue.net/archives/rr16/elysium.htm"
  

• ReGen Magazine: June 12, 2008 [+ Show ]
  

  ReGen Magazine: “Austin, Texas based electro/gothic performance band, Lucid Dementia have released ...ReGen Magazine: “Austin, Texas based electro/gothic performance band, Lucid Dementia have released their strongest work to date, Trickery. Incorporating an incredibly distinctive and almost childlike element in their music, Lucid Dementia's work has a sort of sing-along feel, but with a very dark edge.” –Trubie Turner
  http://www.regenmag.com/Reviews-1475-Lucid-Dementia-Trickery.html
  

• The Austin Chronicle: May 16, 2008 [+ Show ]
  

  Lucid Dementia Trickery (Buried Productions) Comforting to know that Sheldon Reynolds' veteran i...Lucid Dementia
  Trickery (Buried Productions)
  
  Comforting to know that Sheldon Reynolds' veteran industrigoth freak out remains committed to peeling the tatty fishnets off of bad, black reality and administering a sonic cat-o'-nine-tails to the post-millennial American blood-farce. Trickery, cranked up to 11, nearly nails the locals' live weaponized-puppetry theatrics and throbs with enough rusty iron hooks to sate even Uncle Frank's Cenobite fetish. Opener "Pie" sets a frantic pace, with Lord Byron Payne's paint-stripper guitar coiling around the thrusting, tribal percussives of Azil X, but it's Reynolds' trademark creep-shriek that scuttles inside your head and deposits its hatchery of nightmare-peeps egglets there. Uptempo shout-along "WTF" captures the zeitgeist and then paddles it pink and raw, while "Deadly Sally" nicks a page from Tim Burton. Pessimistic misfits to their core, Austin's Lucid Dementia derail the "Lies" that have resulted in "Billions for the War" with spiky sweet, perpetually pissy graveside panache. Dig in.
  
  http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/review?oid=oid%3A624929
  

• Chain DLK Webzine: June 03, 2008 [+ Show ]
  

  Next time I go to SxSW I'll be looking for the name Lucid Dementia, an Austin-based industrial-rock ...Next time I go to SxSW I'll be looking for the name Lucid Dementia, an Austin-based industrial-rock band inspired by KMFDM, NIN, Skinny Puppy, Marylin Manson, Gwar and the like, with a political agenda and an often spoken about live show that allegedly looks like the Muppet Show meets Iron Maiden's "Eddie" meets the Saw mask kind of thing (it involves a 6-foot tall singing puppet and is pretty theatrical and hard to describe, which is why I want to go check them out if they play in their native "weird" city).
  As you might imagine from the above impressive list of influences, we're dealing with lots of guitars, samples, treated vocals, sequences and machine sounding drums (although they are supposed to have a drummer). The band is female-fronted but at times I could swear I was hearing a choir of children, which makes it oh so creepier I guess.
  The musical complexity (flutes, asian instrument samples, harp etc) of their composition is ambitious and worthy of notice, the delivery might not as sonically dynamic and powerful as they maybe would like it to be, but nevertheless the intentions and ideas are there, but that might very well be a limitation of the genre.
  Overall a well thought out album that speaks to their skills and dedication.
  Review by: Marc Urselli-Schaerer
  
  http://www.chaindlk.com/reviews/index.php?type=music&category=0&sheet=2&search=schaerer
  

• Noizz Magazine: May 27, 2008 [+ Show ]
  

  “The sound of Lucid Dementia is like a cocktail shaker of Industrial sounds, Dark Electro and Rock ...“The sound of Lucid Dementia is like a cocktail shaker of Industrial sounds, Dark Electro and Rock In addition play with an infantile part and another macabre one that contribute to the theatricality of the style that characterizes to the band. –Noizz
  
  http://noizzweb.blogspot.com/2008/05/lucid-dementia-trickery.html
  
  

• Inanna Naked: August 2008 [+ Show ]
  

  Inanna Naked: “The eclectic and unpredictable richness of the music and the different voices that c...Inanna Naked: “The eclectic and unpredictable richness of the music and the different voices that create a kind of mentally unbalanced chorus (a mixture of female and male vocals that can be terrifying, aggressive, mad, infantile, provoking...)”
  Inanna Naked Webzine
  
  http://www.inannanaked.com/index.asp?ID=698&IDF=50

• Metal.de Webzine: June 10th 2008 [+ Show ]
  

  UCID DEMENTIA - Trickery Industrial Industrial Label/Kontakt: Buried Productions Label / Contact: ...UCID DEMENTIA - Trickery
  Industrial Industrial
  Label/Kontakt: Buried Productions Label / Contact: Buried Productions
  13 Songs (65:39) 13 Songs (65:39)
  Webseite: www.luciddementia.com Website: www.luciddementia.com
  
  Cover of Lucid Dementia - Trickery LUCID DEMENTIA aus Austin, Texas bewegen sich irgendwo im Bermudadreieck MANSON, KMFDM und NINE INCH NAILS, da wo man noch auf den coolen Industrialsound der 90er steht. LUCID DEMENTIA from Austin, Texas move somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle MANSON, KMFDM and NINE INCH NAILS, where you have to cool the Industrial sound of the 90s.
  Elektrobeats und echte Drums, wuchtige Gitarrenriffs, Gothic Rock, tanzbare Rhythmen und eingängige Refrains kennzeichnen die Musik der bunt zusammengewürfelten, sechsköpfigen Truppe. Electric beats and real drums, massive guitar riffs, Gothic rock, dance rhythms and catchy choruses characterize the music of the colorful zusammengewürfelten, six force.
  
  Als alter KMFDM-Fan ist mir der Sound der Band, die zu ihren Vorbildern steht, sehr sympathisch. As an old fan KMFDM is my sound of the band, adding to their models, very likeable. Klingt noch ehrlich nach Underground, nicht überproduziert oder zu modern aber auch nicht retro. Sounds more honest to Underground, or überproduziert not too modern but not retro. Zudem wäre es reichlich öde, einfach nur ein paar Helden zu zitieren. In addition, it would be plenty of barren, just a few heroes to cite. Stattdessen bemühen sich LUCID DEMENTIA um ein erstaunlich vielseitiges Stilspektrum. Instead, seek LUCID DEMENTIA is a surprisingly versatile style spectrum.
  
  Neben gitarrenorientierten, schmissigen Hits wie "Pie" hört man elektro-poppige Tracks wie "Ignorance" oder "Fall Apart", DEPECHE MODE-artige Erhabenheit wie bei "We" oder eben nicht-ganz-so-ultra-heavy-beat-Clubtracks wie "Part". In addition gitarrenorientierten, schmissigen hits like "Pie" one hears electro-trendy tracks like "Ignorance" and "Fall Apart", DEPECHE MODE-like grandeur as in "We" or not-quite-so-ultra-heavy-beat club tracks "Part".
  Auch instrumental setzt man dabei auf Vielseitigkeit, zu hören in Songs wie "Break", die schon einen leicht alternativen Touch haben. Also instrumental sets you on versatility, to hear in songs like "Break", which has a slight touch alternative. Violine, Theremin, Flöte und Harfe bilden den Gegenpol zum elektronischen Arsenal der Band. Violin, theremin, flute and harp are the antithesis to the electronic arsenal of the band.
  
  Allerdings schaffen es nicht alle Songs so aufzufallen, wie die genannten Beispiele, und strapazieren dadurch auch den Spannungsbogen des Albums. However, not all songs so aufzufallen, as the examples, and also strain the voltage arc of the album. Auf der einen Seite gibt es einige gut anzuhörende Nummern mit coolen Rhythmen und Melodien, auf der anderen Seite aber eher Songs mit Füllcharakter und wenig Markantem. On the one hand, there are some good anzuhörende numbers with the cool rhythms and melodies, on the other hand, but rather songs with Füllcharakter and little Markantem.
  "Trickery" ist bereits das dritte Album der Band, und lokal konnten sie schon einige Aufmerksamkeit erregen. "Trickery" is already the third album by the band, and locally they could have some attention. Um den Kreis der Interessenten zu erweitern, sollten LUCID DEMENTIA noch ein bißchen mehr Feuer in die Kompositionen legen, den eigenen Sound ausbauen aber auch die Experimentierfreude beibehalten. To the circle of interested parties to expand LUCID DEMENTIA should take a little bit more fire in the compositions set their own sound but also expand the experiment maintained.
  
  http://wavegothic.de/cdreviews.php4?was=review&id=11012
  

Setlist

A typical set is about 50 minutes long = about 10 songs. We have enough material to play 120 minutes, but we are a high energy show, and audience members heads have a tendency to explode after an hour of us.
As for covers, we can work up special requests if we have at least 2 weeks advance notice, otherwise we don't usually play them.

Basic Requirements

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