Shadow Project

 

    The most prolific of Rozz Williams' post-Christian Death side projects, and Eva O's post Super Heroines projects. Shadow Project also most closely resembled the work that made Rozz Williams and Eva O Goth icons, though it incorporated bits of punk, glam, metal and experimental influences to a slightly greater degree.


    Centered around Williams and Eva O, Shadow Project grew to share some of the supporting personnel from the alternate version of Christian Death Johann Schumann on Bass and David Glass on Drums, which Williams revived concurrently beginning in the late '80s.

    In 1987, Rozz Williams married Eva O of the Super Heroines, five years after she'd sung backup on the first Christian Death album. Together they founded Shadow Project. Shadow Project gave its first performance in San Francisco in 1987, but didn't really maintain much of a profile until Williams and Eva O returned to Los Angeles in 1990.

    Once there, they recruited keyboards Paris, bassist Jill Emery (who'd played with Eva O. in the Super Heroines, and drummer Tom Morgan. This lineup completed Shadow Project's self-titled debut album, which was released on Triple X in 1991. With Peter Tomlinson replacing Morgan, the group completed a follow-up, Dreams for the Dying, that became their best-known work when it appeared in 1992.

    For the tour of these CDs The band's lineup included keyboards Paris Sadonas, bass guitarist William Faith, and drummer Stevyn Grey. For the last and final live line up was keyboards Paris Sadonas, bass guitar Mark Barone and drummer Christian Omar Madrigal Izzo. By 1993, Eva O had decided to focus on solo material, and Williams was moving on to other projects.

    In 1997, they recorded their last CD it was an acoustic Shadow Project album, which also featured guitarist/producer Michael Ciravolo and keyboards Nathan Van Hala of Savour Machine. Sadly, shortly after the test pressing was finished Rozz Williams hanged himself on April 1, 1998, after which the album appeared on Hollow's Hill under the title From the Heart.

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