Nocturne (band)


Nocturne was an industrial rock band formed in 1995 in Dallas, Texas. The band's core members were Lacey Sculls and Chris Telkes, and several touring musicians, usually Ben Graves of the Murderdolls and "Rotten" Rotny also guitar player of the industrial/metal band Psyclon Nine.

Band members

Twilight

Nocturne was originally picked up by Triple X records and Hollows Hill. Twilight, Nocturnes debut CD was a blend of dark wave and industrial music and received mixed reviews. After its release, they toured with Ministry, Genitorturers, Christian Death, Godhead, Switchblade Symphony, Ohgr, and even Marilyn Manson.
Track listing
  1. Seeing Things
  2. Dead Sea
  3. Spookius Mortem
  4. A Happy Death
  5. Monarch
  6. Hallucination
  7. Pride Must Be Sacrficed
  8. Sub-Mission
  9. Underworld
  10. Shock
  11. Pyrrhic Victory
  12. Embrace
  13. Lament
  14. They Come
  15. Twilight's Madness

    Welcome To Paradise

After heavy touring in support of Twilight, Nocturnes second album, "Welcome to Paradise" was released. The band received a nomination for "Best Industrial Band" in the Dallas Observer.
  1. Happy
  2. My Bitch
  3. Head Trip
  4. Dissolute
  5. Vortex
  6. Waiting for Anything
  7. Sad
  8. It Burns
  9. Final Hour
  10. If I Could Leave, I Would
  11. Empty Inside
  12. Flirt
  13. Flirt

    Paradise Wasted

In a breakaway move, Nocturne was signed onto Invisible Records/Underground, Inc.. One year later, "Paradise Wasted" was released. This CD was one of two "filler CDs" to bridge the gap between "Welcome to Paradise" and "Guide to Extinction". Paradise Wasted was essentially Welcome To Paradise with a new cover, now remastered, with two new bonus songs added, "Whore", and "Digit."
  1. Happy
  2. My Bitch
  3. Whore
  4. Head Trip
  5. Dissolute
  6. Vortex
  7. Waiting for Anything
  8. Digit
  9. Sad
  10. It Burns
  11. Final Hour
  12. If I Could Leave, I Would
  13. Empty Inside
  14. Flirt
  15. Flirt

    Axis of Evil: Mixes of Mass Destruction

After another year, Axis of Evil: Mixes of Mass Destruction was turned out in 2003, again, to pass the time for the band, working forward for its third album. Axis of Evil was more limited in its edition, now out of print. Axis was a remix album of Paradise Wasted. The entire CD consisted of only 13 songs, but included a grand total of five versions of "Whore" and two versions of "My Bitch."
  1. Happy
  2. My Bitch
  3. Whore
  4. Dissolute
  5. Happy
  6. Whore
  7. Dissolution
  8. My Bitch
  9. Happy
  10. Whore
  11. Whore
  12. Whore
  13. Waiting for Anything

    Guide to Extinction

For this album the band returned to their roots by signing back with Triple X Records. The CD was finally released in 2005, shortly after the break-up of the romantic relationship between Chris Telkes and Lacey Sculls. The album was considered Nocturne's best showcase, and features a variety of tracks that hint at their past sound. The band did a few months of touring, and afterward broke up.
  1. Shallow
  2. I Lie
  3. Alibi
  4. Passion
  5. Walk Away
  6. Indulge
  7. Class War
  8. Nothing
  9. Dirty Sanchez
  10. No Way Out
  11. Dead Man
  12. Cocaine Sex
  13. They'll Never Find Your Body

    Guest appearances

Tours