She now releases solo albums with her band Eva O ~ Mz O And Her Guns, as well as having recently joined a variation of Christian Death (known as Christian Death 1334) with original members and while she takes on vocal duties in place of the late Rozz Williams.
Eva born 1961 moved to Los Angeles, California in 1979 in hopes to start a rock band and be a rock star. She started a local, all-girl punk band in Long Beach known as the Speed Queens, and played with them from 1980-1982. Speed Queens broke up before they could release any songs, and she and bassist Sandra Ross started the Super Heroines. About the same time, she met Rozz Williams, who was starting the band Christian Death.
The Super Heroines released several albums, and Eva recounts that the band members (including herself) all used drugs while in the band; they often would smoke marijuana before playing concerts. When Rikk Agnew left Christian Death, Rozz asked Eva to fill in on guitar. She was in Christian Death for a short time before they added two more members, one of whom later played some shows with the Super Heroines. The Super Heroines made their last album, Love And Pain, in 1983; but it was not released for another 8 years.
In the mid-1980s, Eva became involved with personal demons and a strong distaste for the world. She spent a lot of time with Richard Ramirez, with whom she was in a relationship and felt she had someone that could relate with her feelings and beliefs. Ramirez committed several murders in San Francisco and stood trial there. Eventually, Eva got back together with Rozz, married him, and moved to San Francisco with him. While there, she became interested in the writings of Anton LaVey and Boyd Rice and started to suffer from depression. Out of boredom, she and Rozz started another band known as the Shadow Project; they released two albums in the 1990s with that band. It was after their second album, Dreams For The Dying, that Eva and Rozz started to write even more darker, depressed and rage filled subject matters which was a reflection of the internal struggle they were having in their personal lives.
Christian Death reunited and released two more albums, but the lineup that the band used on those albums was essentially just everyone from Shadow Project. Shadow Project went on one final tour after recording a live album, In Tuned Out.
Tired of Rozz's getting most of the credit for the Shadow Project work (much of which she wrote), Eva O went solo and released Past Time in 1993. In 1994, she began working on her second solo album, which she was originally going to call Angels Fall for a Demon's Kiss, but after studying more about the classic hierarchy of angels on both sides of the good-vs-evil spectrum, she ended up rewriting the entire record and renaming it Demons Fall For An Angel's Kiss.
Rozz Williams killed himself on April 1, 1998; the last Shadow Project recording was released on May 12 of the same year.
After numerous reworkings and remixings, Eva finally completed her Damnation ~ Ride The Madness! / Salvation ~ Are You Ready To Die? album and released it on the German death-metal label Massacre Records in 2005. Among the performers on it are Josh Pyle (keyboards/programming), River Tunnell (bass), and Kristian Rosentrater (drums), all members of the industrial band Audio Paradox. Damnation/Salvation is a detailed chronicle of her involvement with the occult and Satanism, and has been repeatedly turned down for distribution in the United States due to its subject matter. She emphasizes that people need to listen to the entire album in order to understand its full meaning, rather than judging it by its cover, track listing, and the lyrics of the first several songs.
Solo work:
As Eva O
• Past Time (1993, Cleopatra)
• Satan's Little Helpers (1994)
• Damnation - Ride The Madness (1999, Massacre Records)
As Eva O Halo Experience
• Demons Fall For An Angel's Kiss (1994, originally called Angels Fall For A Demon's Kiss but rewritten / renamed before its release)
• Eva O Halo Experience (video)
As Eva O ~ Mz O And Her Guns
• Damnation ~ Ride The Madness! / Salvation ~ Are You Ready To Die? (2005, Massacre Records)
As a member of Christian Death
• Only Theatre Of Pain (1982, Frontier)
• Iron Mask (1991, Cleopatra)
As a member of Christian Death Featuring Rozz Williams
• The Path Of Sorrows (1993, Cleopatra)
• The Rage Of Angels (1994, Cleopatra)
As a member of Super Heroines
• Cry For Help (1982, Bemis Brain / Enigma)
• Souls That Save (1983, Bemis Brain / Enigma)
• Love And Pain (1993, Cleopatra)
• Anthology 1982-1985 (2006, Cleopatra)
• L.A. Riot Grrrls - The Best Of 1982-1985 (2006, Cleopatra)
As a member of Shadow Project
• Shadow Project (1990, Triple X)
• Dreams For the Dying (1993, Triple X)
• In Tuned Out (1994, Triple X, live album)
• From The Heart (1998, Triple X)
Children Of The Night
Eva O Halo Experience Lyrics
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they come back in
people are so
full of sin
who are these people
bleeding from the mouth?
They'd probably stick the knife in
if God came back down!
Pray we get this right!
Children of the Night!
Pray with all your might!
I have a heart
Can you see it bleed?
I have a soul
Oh, God made me free!
White doves can't fly
if they have no wings!
People can't fly
Oh, God! Give us wings!
Children of the Night!
Pray we get this right!
Children of the Night!
Pray with all your might!
Children of the Na-ha-hight!
Pray we get this right!
Children of the Night!
Pray with all your might!
And these Children
reaching... for the dead -
they heard voices...
this is what they said:
"We are the people
bleeding from the mouth!
We are the people
who will stick it in and out in and out in and out!"
Children of the Night!
Pray we get this right!
Children of the Night!
Pray with all your might!
Children of the Night!
Pray we get this right!
Children of the Night!
Pray with all your might
The lyrics to Eva O Halo Experience's Children of the Night speak on the corruption and wickedness prevalent in society. The first verse alludes to this with the line "people are so full of sin" and then highlights the danger these individuals pose with the question "who are these people bleeding from the mouth? They'd probably stick the knife in if God came back down!" The chorus highlights the plea for redemption and guidance from a higher power, with the repetition of "Children of the Night! Pray we get this right! Pray with all your might!"
The second verse takes a more personal tone, with the singer expressing their own vulnerabilities and pleading for God's mercy. The line "I have a heart, Can you see it bleed? I have a soul, Oh, God made me free!" highlights the singer's humanity and the stark contrast between this vulnerable existence and the violence and wickedness of the world around them. The plea for wings, "People can't fly Oh, God! Give us wings!" serves as a metaphor for the need for escape from the darkness that plagues them.
Line by Line Meaning
They come back out
People keep coming back despite their sins
they come back in
No matter how much people try to escape their sins, they always find themselves back in
people are so
Humans are flawed
full of sin
They are sinful beings
who are these people
The artist questions the identity of those who are sinning
bleeding from the mouth?
Questioning the evidence of their sins
They'd probably stick the knife in
Implying that they would continue to sin even if God were to return
if God came back down!
Referring to the return of God and how people would react to Him
Children of the Night!
Addressing a specific group of people, which is open to interpretation
Pray we get this right!
Urging the Children of the Night to pray for redemption
I have a heart
Acknowledging the singer's humanity
Can you see it bleed?
Asking if anyone can notice the artist's pain
I have a soul
The singer believes in a spiritual essence within themselves
Oh, God made me free!
Grateful for the gift of free will bestowed upon them by God
White doves can't fly
Metaphor, used to illustrate that things need certain conditions in order to thrive
if they have no wings!
Explaining the necessary aspect to the metaphor, without wings, white doves cannot fly
People can't fly
Continuing the metaphor from the previous line
Oh, God! Give us wings!
Expressing a desire for help to achieve redemption
And these Children
Referring to the Children of the Night again
reaching... for the dead -
Attempting to make contact with death, could be metaphorical or literal
they heard voices...
The Children of the Night are having a supernatural experience
this is what they said:
Quoting what the voices said to the Children of the Night
"We are the people
Unknown voices identifying themselves
bleeding from the mouth!
Further indication of sin and evil
We are the people
Repeating themselves for emphasis
who will stick it in and out in and out in and out!"
Graphically and disturbingly confessing to their sins
Children of the Na-ha-hight!
Repeating the group's name in a slightly different way
Pray we get this right!
Repeating the urge to pray for redemption
Children of the Night!
Repeating the group's name
Pray with all your might!
Emphasizing the importance of prayer for salvation
Contributed by Bentley B. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@salomebatsarah5528
They come back out, they come back in
People are so full of sin
Who are these people bleeding from the mouth
They'd probably stick the knife in if god came back down
.
Children of the light, pray we get this right
Children of the light, pray with all your might
.
I have a heart, can you see it bleed
I have a soul, god made me free
White dove can fly if they have their wings
People can fly, oh god give us wings
.
Children of the light, pray we get this right
Children of the light, pray with all you might
.
And these children, reaching for the dead they
Heard voices, this is what they said
"We are the
people bleeding from the mouth,
We are the people who will stick it in and out, in and out, in and out"
.
Children of the light, pray we get this right
Children of the light, pray with all your might
@gallopingglen1
through all her phases, shes always made me proud
@AlexandrineSavatier
She tends to go from one to the other, always exploring.
@13luckyblackcat
The song is called Children of the Light
@kennethseymour5306
Wow. I haven't heard this in almost 20 years.....
@kidicarusuprising6233
This song gives me MAJOR Shadow Dance Vibes :D
I luv this :)
@MartyredxMaiden
it's no phase. she's 100% saved
@adrys9495
¡Las buenas rolitas nunca mueren! :C
@milliardolovecraft1722
Awesome Christian ✝ goth music 🙏
@bluBlaq33
Ewwwww
@jorgeluiscartneko6410
Cool song