COLLIDE: The Electrogoth/Industrial Rock Band
An Electrogoth/Industrial Rock band founded in the early nineties, in Los Angeles. The name comes from the collision of musical styles – ethereal vocals provided by kaRIN, industrial music provided by Statik.
The Story of COLLIDE
”We just wanted to make the kind of music that we wanted to hear.”
Once upon a time, somewhere around 1992, two people met at an industrial dance club. One was very thirsty, so they asked the other to get them some water. After the liquid reached the glass, the two began a conversation, which became a friendship, and then formed a creative union.
The creative union became what is known as COLLIDE. The primary core of the Los Angeles based duo is Statik and kaRIN. Statik is responsible for the sound orchestrations and overall production. kaRIN takes care of the vocals and lyrics.
“We never thought of starting a band, we just wanted to make the kind of music we wanted to hear. After the first few songs were finished, we thought the collaboration sounded like something special. A few songs later, we realized that the music we were making was really important to us. It would need a name. We thought long and hard and then COLLIDE came to us. We knew it was right, as it described what we were doing and the feeling of the music perfectly.”
The essence of COLLIDE is the coming together of two opposing entities to form a symbiotic whole… combined the female and masculine energies, the cognitive and the subliminal, the strength and the mystery.
Meaningful lyrics and alluring hypnotic vocals combine with an aural sculpture, to form an experience in listening that manages to defy categorization. “I think the reason why our sound is different is because we do not approach music in a traditional way. We don’t play music, we try to create soundscapes—layers of depth and sound.”
To date, the duo have released six full length CDs—Beneath the Skin, Distort, Chasing the Ghost, Some Kind of Strange, Vortex, and Live at the El Rey.
- Beneath the Skin examines feelings of the internal depth of emotion.
- Distort presents remixes from Beneath the Skin, as well as some cover songs… giving a different twist on things.
- Chasing the Ghost, says kaRIN, is named to capture that feeling of searching for essence… the feeling of yearning like a space you can’t fill, or a haunting that you can’t quite put your finger on”.
- Some Kind of Strange continues on to explore one’s place within themselves and the universe. “I always write from the heart” says kaRIN. “Music allows me to exist in a world of my own creation.”
- Vortex is a double CD that further explores the diverse sound of COLLIDE and includes remixes from both Some Kind of Strange and Chasing the Ghost, as well as some new cover songs.
- Like the Hunted is a DVD which includes COLLIDE’s live performance in 2005 at the El Rey in Los Angeles. It also includes an interview as well as other acoustic and tour performances.
- Live at the El Rey accompanies is the live performance from the Like the Hunted DVD.
- Ultrashiver is the new release by COLLIDE’s side project The Secret Meeting with kaRIN and Statik and Dean Garcia of Curve. Beside the album Ultrashiver, the group released two singles,Shiver X and Shooting Laser Beams.
- Two Headed Monster, was released in 2008.
- These Eyes Before, was released in 2009. It's comprised of ten classics songs, each one completely reimagined.
Due to dissatisfaction with the music industry, COLLIDE began their own record label, Noiseplus Music. COLLIDE decided to self-release, this was a decision we had to make, as so much energy and life goes into each song in layers and levels. We never let go of it until we are sure that it is the best that we can make, and we are ultimately satisfied with it. We see so many things in the music industry that are not in the artist’s favor, where it becomes all about business. It is our hope to help make that change, while making music that we believe in, and to set a path for ourselves, as well as other artists.”
"Our eternal thanks to those who seek out and expose new music." — kaRIN and Statik
(content quoted in its entirety from Collide and Noiseplus Music)
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COLLIDE - Latvian Thrash Metal band
COLLIDE - Extreme Thrash Metal band which declares war to everything that oppresses ! Overcoming values, finding your inner-self and becoming insane - that's the source of inspiration behind band's music and lyrics.
Band has been started in late 2003 and still lives on.
Power, passion and energy is a huge part of the band's live shows. Collide has played many small and large shows in Latvia and in
other countries. Despite many lineup and stylistic changes through the years, band still caries the same spirit as in the beginning.
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Mind Games
Collide Lyrics
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With your mind
Don't them destroy you
Wrapped around like poison
Always spin you round
With your mind games
With your mind
Don't them control you
With your mind games
With your mind
Absolutely
Don't let it bring you down
Don't let it bring you down
Absolutely
Thought you could destroy me
With your mind games
With your mind
Thought I could avoid you
These are my confessions
Thought I could expose you
With your mind games
With your mind
Oh you must destroy them
Inside your thoughts provoke you
With your mind games
With your mind
Absolutely
Don't let it bring you down
Don't let it bring you down
Absolutely
The subtleties of nothing
The subtleties of nothing
Something is destroyed
Are always really something
Nothing to define
The lyrics to Collide's song "Mind Games" are about the internal struggle with one's own thoughts and the battle to not allow the negative thoughts of others to control or destroy them. The song warns against the dangers of getting caught up in the mind games of others and reinforces the need to maintain control over one's own thoughts and emotions. The lines "Wrapped around like poison" and "Always spin you round" speak to the suffocating and dizzying effect that toxic thoughts can have on a person. The chorus emphasizes the importance of not letting these mind games bring one down and resolve to overcome them.
Line by Line Meaning
With your mind games
The manipulative tactics you use to mess with my mind
With your mind
Your mental strategies of control
Don't them destroy you
Don't let these tactics ruin and break you apart
Wrapped around like poison
Your actions are toxic and consuming
Always spin you round
Your tactics leave me dizzy and confused
Don't them control you
Don't let these manipulations take charge of you
Inside your feeling edgy
Your tactics make me feel uneasy and anxious
Absolutely
Without a doubt
Don't let it bring you down
Don't let these games lower your spirits
Thought you could destroy me
You believed you could demolish me through your tactics
Thought I could avoid you
I thought I could stay clear of your manipulative ways
These are my confessions
This is me admitting and revealing your manipulations
Thought I could expose you
I thought I could reveal your manipulations to others
Oh you must destroy them
You must get rid of these toxic tactics
Inside your thoughts provoke you
Your manipulations stimulate and agitate my mind
The subtleties of nothing
The hidden, insignificant details
Something is destroyed
Even though it may seem insignificant, something still gets ruined
Are always really something
These subtleties always turn out to be more important than they seem
Nothing to define
These subtle details are so small, they don't even have a clear definition
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Karin Johnston
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Stacey McCormick
I love it and voted for this video on MTV. I've been a huge fan for years!
Sapiodon
Own all their albums, signed. Love them so much and have managed to MISS every England performance they've done ;(((((
Nathan Mohney
Thanks so much for havin' this; I haven't heard anything from them in forever; and it's hard to find their songs considering if you do a search for "Collide" you get...well...everything but -_-
manu spitfire
super! good job guys :X love you
drummerfella 55
these two are a trip... especially 'her' ( KaRIN) and i'm just digging them, more and more. which is also construed to mean...i'm digging this "Genre'....more and more. provocative. erotic. sensual. enthralling. just very cool stuff to listen to... turn OFF the Pop crap. THIS, is where it's at....
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wizteknet01
We should have 3 new albums by know....
fractalign
Karin is the Tony Halliday of the 21st century !!!!!