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Tony Wakeford
British musician
British musician
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| name | Tony Wakeford |
| background | non_vocal_instrumentalist |
| image | Tony Wakeford (cropped).jpg |
| caption | Wakeford with Sol Invictus in 2005 |
| birth_name | Anthony Charles Wakeford |
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| birth_place | Woking, Surrey, England |
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| years_active | 1977–present |
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Anthony Charles Wakeford (born 2 May 1959) is a British neofolk musician, who primarily records under the name Sol Invictus. He is also a member of the punk rock band Crisis and a co-founder of Death in June.
Biography
Early work
Wakeford was the bassist for the English punk rock band Crisis. An openly left-wing and anti-fascist band, Crisis disbanded in 1980, but Wakeford later began touring with a new line-up of the band in 2017. In 2007, Wakeford described his National Front membership as "probably the worst decision of my life". Wakeford had also been a member of the Odinic Rite, a neopagan organization. After being fired from Death in June, Wakeford formed the post-punk band Above the Ruins, and in October 1984, they released a nine song demo album on cassette, Songs of the Wolf, which was distributed through the London-based P.O. box BCM Grimnir, and from the National Front bookshop in Croydon. and in late 1985, announced that their demo would be "soon to be available on record".
Sol Invictus
Main article: Sol Invictus (band)
In 1987, Wakeford distanced himself from right-wing views, and formed the neofolk band Sol Invictus, adapting the band's name from a cult that predated Christianity. The band's music combines acoustic guitar playing and "neo-classical instrumentation" with elements of industrial music.
In 1990, Wakeford formed his own record label, Tursa. With distribution by World Serpent Distribution, Tursa released numerous albums by Sol Invictus, starting with Trees in Winter. After World Serpent dissolved in the 2000s, Cold Spring began distributing the band's albums.
Discography
| Year | Title | Format, special notes | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Songs of the Wolf | Cassette/CD | Above the Ruins |
| 1987 | Imperium | LP (reissued on CD, 2001) | Current 93 |
| 1987 | Christ and the Pale Queens Mighty in Sorrow | 2xLP (reissued on CD, 1994) | Current 93 |
| 1988 | Earth Covers Earth | LP (reissued on CD, 1992) (limited LP reissue, 2005) | Current 93 |
| 1989 | Music, Martinis and Misanthopy | LP/CD | Boyd Rice and Friends |
| 1989 | Cooloorta Moon | 12" | Nurse With Wound |
| 1989 | Crooked Crosses for the Nodding God | CD | Current 93 |
| 1990 | Looney Runes | LP, CD 1992 | Current 93 |
| 1990 | Horse | LP (reissued on CD as Horsey with extra/reworked tracks, 1997) | Current 93 |
| 1991 | Creakiness | 12" | Nurse With Wound/Spasm |
| 1992 | Soresucker | 12"/CD | Nurse With Wound |
| 1992 | Revenge of the Selfish Shellfish | CD | Wakeford/Stapleton |
| 1993 | La Croix | CD | Tony Wakeford |
| 1994 | Above us the Sun | CD | Tony Wakeford |
| 1994 | Summer Ends | 7" (live tracks later included on Paris CD) | Tony Wakeford |
| 1996 | Cupid & Death | CD | Tony Wakeford |
| 1996 | Cantos | CD | L'Orchestre Noir |
| 1998 | Autumn Calls | CD | Wakeford/Tor Lundvall |
| 1998 | Eleven | CD | L'Orchestre Noir |
| 1998 | Believe Me | CD | Tony Wakeford |
| 2000 | Three Nine | CD | Howden/Wakeford |
| 2002 | Paris | CD (live concert recording) | Tony Wakeford |
| 2003 | Wormwood | CD | Howden/Wakeford |
| 2004 | The Murky Brine | CD | HaWthorn (Howden/Wakeford) |
| 2005 | Cups in Cupboard | CD | The Wardrobe (Andrew Liles & Tony Wakeford) |
| 2005 | Marseilles | CD (live concert recording) | Duo Noir (Matt Howden & Tony Wakeford) |
| 2006 | A Sandwich Short | CD | The Wardrobe (Andrew Liles & Tony Wakeford) |
| 2007 | Into The Woods | CD | Tony Wakeford |
| 2008 | Marble Heart | CD | Grey Force Wakeford (Nick Grey, Kris Force & Tony Wakeford) |
| 2008 | Ghosts | CD | Triple Tree (Andrew King & Tony Wakeford) |
| 2008 | The Affordable Holmes EP | CD | Orchestra Noir |
| 2008 | Lucifer Before Sunrise | 7" | The Wardrobe |
| 2009 | Not All of Me Will Die | CD released by The Eastern Front label, Israel | Tony Wakeford |
| 2011 | Oddities | CD | Tony Wakeford |
References
References
- (2008). "Die Welt der Gothics: Spielräume düster konnotierter Transzendenz [The World of the Goths: Scopes of a darkly-connoted Transcendence]". VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
- (2020-04-18). "CRISIS Interviewed 2017 -new line-up of legendary punk band back in action". Louder Than War.
- Barry, Robert. (October 3, 2012). "FACT meets Boyd Rice: noise pioneer, film buff, leader of the Church of Satan". Fact magazine.
- (2012). "Die völkisch-religiöse Bewegung im Nationalsozialismus: Eine Beziehungs- und Konfliktgeschichte".
- (November 9, 2015). "The White Nationalist Skinhead Movement, UK & USA, 1979-1993". Feral House.
- Simpson, Paul. "Sol Invictus Biography". AllMusic.
- Webb, Peter. (June 10, 2010). "Exploring the Networked Worlds of Popular Music". Taylor & Francis.
- Livingstone, David. (2015). "Transhumanism: The History of a Dangerous Idea". Sabilillah Publications.
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