The Gothsicles is an American industrial and electronic body music (EBM) band formerly based out of Chicago, Illinois before moving to Boston, Massachusetts in 2018. The group was formed in Wisconsin in 2002 by Brian "darkNES" Graupner, who handles vocals and synthesizers, and is the sole consistent member.[1] The band has a rotating lineup of live musicians, including Matt Fanale of Caustic, Matt Slegel of Angelspit, and David Dodson of Abstinence. The band released its first LP, NESferatu, in 2006. Following albums included Sega Lugosi's Dead (2009), Industrialites & Magic (2011), Squid Icarus (2014), and I Feel Sicle, which was released on November 4, 2016. According to COMA Music Magazine, "The Gothsicles are one of the forerunners in Industrial Music for the Nerdy Masses."[2]

The Gothsicles
OriginMadison, Wisconsin
Chicago, Illinois
Boston, Massachusetts
GenresElectronic body music (EBM), industrial, powernoise, dark electro
Years active2002-present (2002-present)
LabelsTigersquawk Records, Negative Gain Productions, WTII Records, Sonic Mainline Records
MembersBrian Graupner
Websitethegothsicles.com

Known for "spastic" and energetic live performances,[3] they have performed at major festivals such as Infest,[4] Kinetik Festival, Resistanz, Game On Expo, Reverence Festival, Terminus Festival, Cold Waves Festival, and Mechanismus Festival. The band has had songs remixed by artists such as Leæther Strip, Project Pitchfork, Neuroticfish and Pankow. Side projects include The Causticles, a collaboration with Caustic,[5] Hardcore Pong with Angelspit,[5] and the weekly internet talk show, Space Couch.[5]

History

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2002-05: Founding

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The Gothsicles was first formed around 2002 as an industrial and electronic body music (EBM) band in Madison, Wisconsin.[3] Later based in Chicago, Illinois, members include Brian "darkNES" Graupner (vocals, synthesizers), plus a rotating lineup of live musician that has included Matt "Sega Lugosi" Fanale (vocals), and Dan "Turbo Gothic 16" Clark (production, programming).[6]

The Gothsicles officially started[1] June 24, 2002 when The Gothsicles’ entry in a remix contest for the band Freezepop was selected as a winner[7] Founding member Graupner, who writes the majority of their lyrics, had long been interested in diverse music genres. After being exposed to industrial and EBM in high school, he had become an avid fan of bands such as And One, who according to Graupner "sort of proved you could make goofy industrial music work."[8] The band's name was chosen because Graupner found it "hilarious" in college.[1] In 2003 The Gothsicles self-released the EP Etherblisster, and over the next several years performed the songs at festivals such as Reverence.[2]

2006-09: NESferatu

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Produced by Dan Clark of The Dark Clan, NESferatu is the first full-length album by The Gothsicles.[9] Released in September 2006 on Sonic Mainline Records, the album's diverse themes include platform games, Konami, type fonts, and the importance of using turn signals. The end of the album includes remixes by artists such as Epsilon Minus,[9] a Canadian techno duo that briefly reformed for the remix. According to Local Sounds Magazine, "this CD is one of the few examples of dark electronic comedy out there."[10] Wrote critic Aaron Coats of Inside Pulse, "seventy percent sarcasm and thirty percent absurdity, this amusing album is both an ode to the goth cliche and a tribute to 8-bit gaming."[11] Wrote Leslie Benson of NUVO in a positive review, "with video game clips and Pulp Fiction samples, some EBM beats and a Saved by the Bell’s Screech kind of lyrical comedy, the album even pokes fun at itself."[12] The band toured in support of the album, and a free remix CD, NESferaTWO, was released on February 23, 2009.[13]

"It may seem silly to use the term 'matured,' given the nature of their music, but The Gothsicles have done just that. It's apparent right from the start with 'Infl8-R' that the level of production has gone way up. Not that there was anything wrong with what we heard on NESferatu, but with this album the band opens up the floodgates of sound and assaults you with some serious EBM arrangements, as well as the more traditional 8-bit synth lines."
Plastiksickness[14]

The Chicago-based WTII Records signed the band in 2008,[15] and their first album on WTII, Sega Lugosi's Dead, was released on March 31, 2009. Produced with help from Andrew Sega of Iris, it features artwork by Bogart Shwadchuck and Vlad McNeally.[9] Plastiksickness called the album "matured," praising the production and "serious EBM arrangements."[14] In April 2011 they played music from the album at the first Resistanz Festival, held in Sheffield. Wrote Sound Sphere Magazine about the show, "the riotously funny Gothsicles... proudly displayed their geek chic and love of retro games consoles with hits like ‘Konami Code IV’ and ‘One Second Ghost’. This notoriously nerdy group really riled the crowd into a frenzy."[16]

2011-14: Industrialites & Magic and Squid Icarus

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Released on August 9, 2011 on WTII Records, their third album Industrialites & Magic was again written by Brian Graupner, with Dan Clark producing most tracks.[9] The album features guest vocals from Caustic, Xuberx and Critical System Error.[17] Like their previous releases, the end of the album has remixes by groups such as Leather Strip, Caustic, and Yendri, Boole. Topics were again diverse, and their track "Save That Mermaid" is a reference to The Goonies II video game.[18] The album peaked at No. 1 at Amazon.com in the "Goth and Industrial" category for most downloaded album.[19] A music video for "Save That Mermaid" was released in August 2011, and was named Video of the Day by COMA Music Magazine.[18]

External videos
  The Gothsicles - "Save Dat Mermaid" (2011 official music video)
  The Gothsicles - "Ultrasweaty" (2014 official music video)
  The Gothsicles - "4 Fat Guys" (2016 official music video)
  The Gothsicles - "IDDQD (2018 official music video)

As of early 2014, Graupner confirmed he'd completed an album that he called "the best thing I've ever done."[20] The Gothsicles' 2014 album Squid Icarus came out on December 15, 2014 on Negative Gain Productions, after a Kickstarter campaign. The album has features by Angelspit and Cyferdyne, and the artwork was created with the help of Angelspit and fashion photographer Emily Gualdoni.[21] Brutal Resonance called the album "brilliant," praising the production value by guest producers such as Assemblage 23, Faderhead, Rotersand, Christ Analogue, and Haujobb.[21] Intravenous Magazine described the album as a "love letter to geek culture," and "their most club-friendly and well-rounded outing to date. The classic Gothsicle elements are all present such as Graupner's bat-shit crazy vocals, the 8-bit leads, and of course more nerdy nods than anyone would rightly admit to getting."[22] According to IDie:YouDie, the album "definitely feels like the best transference of the band’s live energy over to record we’ve yet heard."[23]

2015-16: I Feel Sicle

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Two remix EPs followed the release of Squid Icarus. The Nyarlat Hot EP was released January 20, 2015 for WTII Records and featured remixes by God Module, Project F, as well as new original material. Squid Remixarus was released a year later on January 26 of 2016, featuring remix work from Beborn Beton, Kevin MacLeod, and Avarice in Audio.

November 4, 2016, marked the release of The Gothsicles’ 5th full length album, “I Feel Sicle”. Of this album, Brutal Resonance said “Graupner and friends have cranked out another hilarious, 8-bit induced album with a couple of wonderful collaborations and dance floor hits.”[24]

2017-18: SIC REMIXES, Konami Code 20th Anniversary EP, and Tigersquawk Records

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A remix EP companion to I Feel Sicle, SIC REMIXES was released April 13, 2017, boasting remix work from several artists in including Neuroticfish, E-Craft, and Null Device. Said, IDie:YouDie, "Two unlikely great tastes that taste amazingly great together, did you ever think you would hear frigging Neuroticfish remix the ‘Sicles? We never did, but now that it’s arrived we are amped."[25]

SIC REMIXES also initiated the founding of Graupner’s own record label, Tigersquawk Records.

2017 also saw the formation of the side-project, Gasoline Invertebrate, and its Freak Drive EP. A Kickstarter campaign was launched for this release and funded within three hours.[26]

The coming of 2018 marked 20 years since the group’s single, Konami Code, was originally penned in 1998 for Graupner’s first solo electronic act, Sleeping Disorder. To commemorate this, the Konami Code 20 Year Anniversary EP was released on April 6, featuring remixes from acts such as Pankow and Studio-X, as well as a video for the new original track, IDDQD. The Gothsicles’ relocation from Chicago to Boston was also chronicled with the song, "The Gothsicles Are Moving to Boston in May of 2018".

Touring

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Beyond regularly touring in Wisconsin and Illinois, since 2003 the band has performed at a number of major festivals. They were frequent performers at the Reverence Festival held in Madison, Wisconsin, appearing from 2004 to 2009.[18] Other early notable shows include GenCon from 2004 to 2007, CONvergence from 2006 to 2007, and MarsCon 2006 to 2008.[18] They were on stage with Caustic at the Indoctrination Festival in Chicago in 2006, and were the opening act at the British alternative event Infest 2007,[18] where they were reviewed positively by the BBC.[4] Also in 2007 they performed at Eccentrik Festival, a goth and industrial festival in Raleigh, North Carolina,[18] and appeared at the final rendition of Blacksun Festival in New Haven, Connecticut.[18]

In March 2009 the band embarked on the Vampirefreaks.com 'It Ain't Dead Yet Tour' with Caustic and Pr0metheus Burning.[27] They toured 12 cities in a period of 2 weeks which spanned across the Midwest and East Coast.[28] They performed at the Kinetik Festival in 2010 in Montreal,[18] also writing the song "Holy Shit We're Playing Kinetik!" for the occasion. The band also wrote a song dedicated to their first performance at Resistanz Festival, to be included on the festival's compilation CD. Explained Graupner, "When festivals of that caliber want me on their bill, I get amazingly effin’ pumped and those songs are the result. It would be dishonest of me to write any other kind of track for those comps."[3] They have performed three times at the Montreal industrial music festival C.O.M.A., appearing in 2010, 2012, and 2013. In late 2012 The Gothsicles undertook a tour of the United States with bands such as Deviant UK, for all the emptiness, Die Sektor. In June 2013 they performed at Terminus Festival,[29] and in the summer of 2014 toured Canada as part of the Minitour with for all the emptiness and Hätz.[29]

2015 saw a nationwide, coast to coast U.S. tour in support of Squid Icarus with Angelspit.

In 2016, The Gothsicles headlined the last night of Sheffield, England’s final Resistanz Festival and commemorated the event with the release of the song “One of the Last Bands Ever To Play Resistanz Festival”, a complete to their initial song for the event, “The First Band Ever to Play Resistanz Festival”, released in 2011.

The Gothsicles were also the featured band on the annual Gothic Cruise, bound in 2016 for Alaska. For this event, The band released “The Gothic Cruise to Alaska 2016 Juneau Reactor EP” (a play on electronic band, Juno Reactor).

2017 marked a banner year for live performance with slots on Milwaukee's Sanctuary Festival, a return to the Terminus Festival, Chicago's Cold Waves Festival, and MAGFest presents: Game Over Richmond. The Gothsicles also completed their first European tour with gigs in Helsinki, Reykjavik and a headlining slot at London's Beat:Cancer Festival. The band returned to the Sanctuary Festival in 2018 and appeared at Seattle's Mechanismus Festival.

Side projects, vlog

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The Gothsicles frequently collaborate with other musicians and have formed various side projects,[5] including

  • Space Couch, a weekly talk show simulcast live over the internet
  • Space Couch Podcast, audio from the live show repackaged in podcast form
  • Tigersquawk Records, a record label headed by Graupner
  • The Causticles, a collaboration with Caustic
  • The Nightsicles, a collaboration with Finnish synthwave band, NightStop
  • Crudmouth, 90s-style grunge band with Cory Gorski of Canadian electronic band, Volt 9000
  • Gasoline Invertebrate, a dark industrial project that has spawned two EPs
  • Hardcore Pong, a video-game themed collaboration with Australian group, Angelspit
  • Dinosaur Tank, a chip-tune project
  • Khionik, a collaboration with Roanoke, VA-based artist, Syrinx
  • DJ Fishdick, Graupner's Creature From The Black Lagoon-based DJ persona
  • False Edge, a collaboration with Chicago artist, Death 0f Self
  • Gothsticulate, which involves Caustic and Geoff Lee's EDM project Modulate
  • Noiseferatu, 2015 touring project with Angelspit and The Dead Room, offering a live scoring of the silent film classic, Nosferatu[5]

Style and equipment

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Style and influences

The Gothsicles are known for blending various electronic genres, particularly industrial music, electronic body music, and industrial offshoots such as dark electro. COMA Music Magazine wrote that the band creates "oddball EBM" that's "fun, loud and entertaining."[18] Graupner has cited artists such as Atom and his Package,[3] "Weird Al" Yankovic,[6] and Neotek as influences.[8] Though the band's songs address diverse and often random topics, lyrics regularly reference the classic NES console[6] and games such as Contra, River City Ransom, and Goonies II.[3]

Live shows and equipment

Their "spastic" live shows are energetic[3] and often include visual elements such as video.[6] The live band consists of Brian Graupner and a rotating lineup of musicians such as Matt Fanale,[6] with occasional guest production from artists such as Dan Clark.[6]

Members

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Studio and live

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  • Brian "darkNES" Graupner (2002–present) - vocals, synthesizers, songwriting[18]

Live members

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Current as of 2022[19]
  • Matt Slegel
  • Hari Garou
  • Steven Saunders
  • Mikey Hell
  • Brian Absence
  • Mike Jenney
  • Brendin Ross
  • Dan Clark
  • Josev F
  • Matt Fanale
  • Edwin Locke
  • Syrinx
  • Thomas Howell
  • DOS://Boot
  • Bogart Shwadchuck
  • Kristian Melegi
  • Karl Learmont
  • Keef Baker
  • JL
  • Brad Perkins
  • Johnathan Reveles
  • Alex McKay
  • Psyence Fiction
  • Sebastien L'Arrivée
  • Damion Champe
  • DJ emanon
  • Bjarki Þór Guðmundsson
  • Jon Billian
  • Isaac Rosenthal
  • Adam Powell
  • Deftly-D
  • Stephen Eckstein
  • Rick Furr
  • Ryan Rasmussen
  • Colin Kelly
  • Eric Kristoffer

Discography

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Albums

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Albums by The Gothsicles
Year Album title Release details
2006 NESferatu
  • Released: Oct 23, 2006
  • Label: Sonic Mainline Records
  • Format: CD, digital
2009 Sega Lugosi’s Dead
  • Released: Mar 31, 2009
  • Label: WTII Records
  • Format: CD, digital
2011 Industrialites & Magic
  • Released: Aug 9, 2011
  • Label: WTII Records
  • Format: CD, digital
2014 Squid Icarus
  • Released: Dec 15, 2014
  • Label: Negative Gain Productions
  • Format: CD, digital
2016 Squid Remixarus
  • Released: Jan 26, 2016[30]
  • Format: CD, digital
2016 I Feel Sicle
  • Released: Nov 4, 2016[31]
  • Label: Negative Gain Productions
  • Format: CD, digital
2017 SIC REMIXES
  • Released: April 13, 2017[32]
  • Label: Tigersquawk Records
  • Format: digital
2021 Animal Songs
  • Released: February 26, 2021[33]
  • Label: Tigersquawk Records
  • Format: digital, vinyl
2021 Animal Addendum
  • Released: July 2, 2021[34]
  • Label: Tigersquawk Records
  • Format: digital

Extended plays

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EPs by The Gothsicles
Year Album title Release details
2003 Etherblisster
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Self-released
  • Format: CD, digital
2009 NESferaTWO
2012 AXE BATTLE:
A Remix EP
  • Released: Oct 11, 2012
  • Label: Groupees.com
  • Format: Digital
2014 Songs From the De-EP
  • Released: Apr 14, 2014
  • Label: Undustrial Records
  • Format: Digital
2015 The Nyarlat Hot EP
2016 The Gothic Cruise to Alaska 2016 Juneau Reactor EP
  • Released: Aug 20, 2016
  • Format: Digital
2017 The Terminus Festival 2017 EP
2017 The Cold Waves Festival 2017 EP
2018 Konami Code 20th Anniversary EP
2018 The Mechanismus Festival EP

Singles

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Selected songs by The Gothsicles
Year Title Album Release details
2003 "Konami Code III (Revolution)" Ehterblisster EP Self-released (2003)
2004 "Daisy Chain 4 Satan (TKK cover)" Single only Self-released (Oct 2004)
2005 "Theme From 'So You've Decided To Become A Goth'" Single only Self-released (May 3, 2007)
2006 "Konami Code" NESferatu Sonic Mainline (Oct 23, 2006)
2007 "Holy Shit, We're Playing Infest!" Single only Self-released (Oct. 2007)
2009 "Nine Dudes Freaking Out" Sega Lugosi's Dead WTII (Mar 31, 2009)
"Everyone Should Play V : TES ('Cause Somebody's
Gotta Be Worse Than Me)" (ft. Ben Peal)
Single only Self-released (Nov. 15, 2009)
2011 "Save Dat Mermaid" Industrialites & Magic Music video (Aug 2011)
2013 "Terminus Festival Is Gonna Be Awesome"
(ft. Panic Lift)
Single only Self-released (Jun 25, 2013)
2014 "Ultrasweaty" Squid Icarus Music video (Dec 2014)
2016 "Chica Vampiro feat. MC Lars and Rodney Anonymous of The Dead Milkmen" Single only Self-released (January 15, 2016)
2016 "Straight Up Otter Time" I Feel Sicle Negative Gain Productions (November 4, 2016)
2016 "4 Fat Guys" I Feel Sicle Music video (December, 2016)
2018 "IDDQD" Konami Code 20th Anniversary EP Music video (April, 2018)

Compilations

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Selected compilations featuring songs by The Gothsicles
Year Single name Album Release details
2008 "DEATHKEY" Songs In The Key Of Death: A Deathkey Compilation Sonic Mainline
2010 "Holy Shit, We're Playing Kinetik" Kinetik Festival Volume Three Kinetik
"Jim, Let Me Know When You Can Drink Again (Extreme Party Stylezz)" Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music to Cure Cancer Metropolis (Feb 9, 2010)
2011 "The First Band Ever To Play Resistanz Festival (We're #1)" Resistanz - International Industrial Music Festival Resistanz
2012 "Who Wants To Join Our Superhero Team,
Right Now It's Just Me And Jim"
Electronic Saviors Volume 2: Recurrence Metropolis (May 8, 2012)
"This Year's Password is 'Party'" Kinetik Festival Volume Five Kinetik
2013 "3rd Original Kinetik Track (Americans On Rev)" Kinetik Festival Volume 5.5 Kinetik
2016 "One Of The Last Bands Ever To Play Resistanz Festival (We're #104)" Resistanz Festival Soundtrack 2016 Resistanz
2017 "Cold Front" COLD WAVES VI COMPILATION CD Cold Waves
"Harder, Blacker, Graupner (vs. ESA)" Beat:Cancer Festival v1.0 Beat:Cancer
"Straight Up Otter Time (Retro Space Otter Remix by Banshee)" BEAST WARS - Electric Bat vs Tigersquawk Tigersquawk
2018 "Konami Code (Death of Self Ruins Another Gothsicles Song Remix)" Undustrial Records vs. Tigersquawk Records Tigersquawk

Remixes by The Gothsicles

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Selected remixes by The Gothsicles, with date of remix release
Year Title Original artist Album Release details
2012 "Idol (Poison Control Mix By The Gothsicles)" Darker Days Tomorrow Single only Erisian Records (Mar 13, 2012)
"Empty (Jam Master Cleanse Remix by The Gothsicles)" Death of Self Bugs Crawling out of People Apr. 6, 2012
"Best I Can Do (Best of Madtown
Electro-Synth Part 2 Rmx By the Gothsicles)"
Stochastic Theory Single only Self-released (Sep. 18, 2012)
2013 "Cephalopod (Incompetechno rmx by The Gothsicles)" Kevin MacLeod Single only Self-released (Jan. 7, 2013)
2014 "Cracks Start To Show
(Battle Armor Skeletor rmx by The Gothsicles)"
Deviant UK AnalogueTrash Records:
Label Sampler Vol. 1
AnalogueTrash Records (Dec. 10, 2014)
"Product (Unit G rmx by The Gothsicles)" Projekt F Under the Skin Dec 19, 2014
2015 "2 Headlights Appears On The Road (Americanthropy remix by The Gothsicles)" Obszön Geschöpf 15 Years of Bloody Nightmares June 25, 2015
2016 "Bomb the Clubs (Club the Bombs Mix by The Gothsicles)" Caustic Bomb the Club Mixes Maxi-Single March 22, 2016
"Greed (Acquisitioned by The Gothsicles)" Gild the Mourn I-VIII Deluxe Edition October 26, 2016
2017 "Vortex (The Gothsicles Remix) " Antibody Opera Of Death February 3, 2017
"Stardust (Starry Wisdom Remix by The Gothsicles)" Curse of Cassandra Single only March 3, 2017
"Murder (Malice, A Floor Thought rmx by the Gothsicles)" The Rain Within Murder : Dismembered March 10, 2017
"Chicago (The .22 Bus Mix by The Gothsicles)" project .44 Murder Weapon/Forty Four Double A Side Single June 1, 2017
"Shark Club GOTHSICLES Remix" Squid Lid SHARK CLUB REMIXZ June 1, 2017
2018 "Modern Day Privateers (The Gothsicles Remix)" ...And We All Die Modern Day Privateers (Remixes) + Outtakes March 23, 2018
"Good Girl (Evaluate and Rank Me Remix by The Gothsicles)" Isserley Sad Girls Club Vol. 2 Tigersquawk Records (March 24, 2018)
"I, Weapon (Thinktank remix by The Gothsicles)" Angelspit PUNCTURE MARKS (Black Dog Bite Remix Album) April 1, 2018
"BIOS (Refragmentation Remix by The Gothsicles)" BloodWerks Electronic Saviors Vol. 5: Remembrance Metropolis Records (June 8, 2018)
"Another Fucking Love Song - The Gothsicles Lovesicle Mix" Go Fight Another Fucking Love Song August 25, 2018
2019 "Shock and Awe (Boston Dyna-Mix by The Gothsicles)" Big Time Kill Shock and Awe - The Remixes January 21, 2018

Remixes of The Gothsicles

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Selected remixes of The Gothsicles songs, with date of remix release
Year Title Remixer Album Release details
2007 "Konami Code (Epsilon Minus Remix)" Epsilon Minus NESferatu Dec 12, 2007
2009 "Nine Dudes Freaking Out (Alter Der Ruine Remix)" Alter Der Ruine Sega Lugosi's
Dead
WTII (Mar 31, 2009)
"Nine Dudes Freaking Out (Boole Remix)" Boole WTII (Mar 31, 2009)
"I Thought The CD Player Was Skipping...
But It Was Just a Cyanotic Song (Cyanotic Remix)"
Cyanotic WTII (Mar 31, 2009)
2011 "My Guy Died (Boole Remix)" Boole Industrialites & Magic WTII (Aug 9, 2011)
2015 "Death Touch (VanDamnanator Mix by God Module)" God Module Nyarlat Hot EP WTII (Jan 20, 2015)
2015 "Death Touch (God Van Dammet Remix by BALLPEEN)" BALLPEEN Nyarlat Hot EP WTII (Jan 20, 2015)
2015 "On Another Plane (F_cked by Projekt F" Projekt F Nyarlat Hot EP WTII (Jan 20, 2015)
2016 "Sword Cane (coldcut by Michael B Wagner of Beborn Beton)" Beborn Beton Squid Remixarus Jan 26, 2016
2017 "Unbekannt in Deutschland (Neuroticfish RMX)" Neuroticfish SIC REMIXES Tigersquawk (Apr 26, 2017)
2017 "Unbekannt in Deutschland (E-Craft remix)" E-Craft SIC REMIXES Tigersquawk (Apr 26, 2017)
2017 "Cold Front (Gost Remix)" Gost The Cold Waves Festival 2017 EP Tigersquawk (Sep 4, 2017)
2018 "Konami Code (fm_П_rmx by Pankow)" Pankow Konami Code 20th Anniversary EP Tigersquawk (Apr 6, 2018)
2018 "Konami Code (Studio-X Remix)" Studio-X Konami Code 20th Anniversary EP Tigersquawk (Apr 6, 2018)

Further reading

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Interviews
  • "The Gothsicles: an interview with DarkNES". Connexion Bizarre. June 27, 2011.
  • "An Interview with Brian of The Gothsicles". IDie:YouDie. August 9, 2011. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  • "Interview- The Gothsicles". Grave Concerns Zine. August 26, 2013.
  • "Interview with the Gothsicles". RobexLundgren.com. June 3, 2014.
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See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b Angeney, Tiffany (August 9, 2011). "CD Review: The Gothsicles – Industrialites & Magic". COMA Music Magazine. coma-online.com. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "An Interview with Brian of The Gothsicles". IDie:YouDie. August 9, 2011. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  4. ^ a b Dott, Dr. (April 9, 2007). "Infest 2007". BBC. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Side Projects". thegothsicles.com. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Chausse, Kathleen (June 27, 2011). "The Gothsicles: an interview with DarkNES". Connexion Bizarre. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  7. ^ Freezepop.net: Archives and Contests Archived November 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ a b Lunney, Lisa (August 26, 2013). "Interview- The Gothsicles". Grave Concerns Zine. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  9. ^ a b c d "The Gothsicles". Discogs. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  10. ^ Bunny, Sean (November 10, 2006). "THE GOTHSICLES – NESferatu". Local Sounds Magazine. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  11. ^ Coats, Aaron (September 28, 2006). "The Gothsicles – NESferatu Review". Inside Pulse. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  12. ^ Benson, Leslie (December 27, 2006). "Wisconsin's Nintendo synthpop comedy". NUVO. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  13. ^ "The Gothsicles". Allmusic. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  14. ^ a b "The Gothsicles - Sega Lugosi's Dead". plastiksickness. May 4, 2009. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  15. ^ "About". WTII Records. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  16. ^ "Live Review: Resistanz Festival 2011 [The Corporation, Sheffield]". Sound Sphere Magazine. April 11, 2011. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  17. ^ "Industrialites & Magic". WTII Records. 2011. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
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  19. ^ a b "The Gothsicles". Facebook. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  20. ^ Zzight, Leon (November 2014). "Interview with the Gothsicles". Archive Today.
  21. ^ a b Gullota, Steven (2014). "Squid Icarus Review". Brutal Resonance. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  22. ^ Palfrey, Sean M. (December 2, 2014). "Review: The Gothsicles - 'Squid Icarus'". Intravenous Magazine. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  23. ^ "Squid Icarus". IDie:YouDie. December 2014. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
  24. ^ Gullotta, Steven (November 2016). "I Feel Sicle". Brutal Resonance. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  25. ^ "Tracks: April 3rd, 2017". IDie:YouDie. April 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  26. ^ Graupner, Brian (September 2017). "Kickstarter - Gasoline Invertebrate - FREAK DRIVE". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
  27. ^ Caustic It Ain't Dead Yet Tour 2009 [dead link]
  28. ^ Kinetic Noise: March 6, 2009
  29. ^ a b "Live shows". thegothsicles.com. Retrieved 2014-12-17.
  30. ^ "Squid Remixarus, by the Gothsicles".
  31. ^ "I Feel Sicle | The Gothsicles". gothsiclesngp.bandcamp.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-07.
  32. ^ "SIC REMIXES, by the Gothsicles".
  33. ^ "Animal Songs, by the Gothsicles".
  34. ^ "Animal Addendum, by the Gothsicles".
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