LAM has gained a large and loyal following all over the world, from the USA to Europe to Latin America (where the live band has toured extensively), and beyond. LAM has headlined and co-headlined concerts and major festivals with bands like The Cure, Green Day, HIM (HIM has cited LAM a favorite artist), Rammstein, Soft Cell and many more. LAM has performed to crowds of over 30,000 people as headliner and co-headliner on major music festivals around the world. However, London After Midnight maintains a strong underground and independent "personality" despite being a top seller (charting in the top 10 and top 20 German DAC, and other European independent charts, with each of 4 CDs released) and a major draw at music festivals year after year.
Songwriter, instrumentalist, producer and founder Sean Brennan is known for his strong stances in favor of animal rights, pro-environmental and human rights issues, anti-corporate control of media, and support for progressive and liberal political and social causes. Whatever the approach or subject matter, the music of London After Midnight is deeply touching, powerful, socially aware, romantic, emotional, disturbing, haunting, moving, and often exhibits a morbid wit with its sardonic humor (listen to the tongue-in-cheek "Your Best Nightmare" and try not to think of an Edward Gorey story).
LAM is all this, while at the same time appealing to a wide variety of people. There really is no classification that fits London After Midnight (despite LAM's "dark" image) because the music is so varied and the lyrical content (and even LAM's personality and causes) are unique and uncommon in today's music scene (often breaking boundaries- much to the outrage of people who live and die by genre labels). Sean Brennan shuns all labels (as any artist worth their salt will do) and the music he creates can really only be classified as "London After Midnight".
From 2015-2019 LAM headlined major festivals around the world, including Wave Gotik Treffen multiple times, and many other events. In 2019 Sean Brennan started his own record label, Darkride Records, and released "Selected Scenes from the End of the World: 9119", the original 1991 album remixed from the original master tapes (it is NOT A REMASTER- it's completely remixed from the multi-track master tapes). This new mix restored missing audio tracks and includes a never before released song from the 1991 sessions. Darkride Records released the "Oddities Too", similar in theme to the 1998 album "Oddities" with unreleased music, new music and much more. The all new un-named LAM album and a complete remix of "Psycho Magnet", remixed from the original master tapes, is also underway.
Main discography:
-Selected Scenes from the End of the World, 1995 CD (originally released as a cassette in 1991)
-Psycho Magnet, 1995 cassette, 1996 CD
-Oddities, 1998 cassette, 1998 CD
-Violent Acts of Beauty, 2007 CD
-Selected Scenes from the End of the World: 9119, 2019 CD (remixed from original multi-track master tapes)
- Live From Isolation, 2021 CD.
- Oddities Too, 2022 CD
Permanent line-up:
Sean Brennan: music, lyrics, vocals, most of the instruments.
Current live line-up:
Jeremy Kohnmann: guitar
Michael Areklett: bass
Pete Pace: drums.
A Letter to God
London After Midnight Lyrics
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Born to die, we're born to lose and not one choice we make we choose
And when this life is at an end we find that Death's our only friend
Must we suffer through your games, oh Lord? Can God really be so bored?
We waste our lives destroying, hating, while beneath our flesh a skull lies waiting
Blind to beauty blind to love, we fear of our loving Lord above
Some live their lives to play their games, some live as victims, the insane
Your experiment oh Lord has failed and I trust that when we meet you will forgive us
It's futile so I'll end this note and find a knife and slit my throat
And come to track you down oh Lord you better watch your back
Be sure that when we meet you'll be surprised no loving praise, no glee filled cries
Just pain and hate and tear filled sighs and the question in the end is ""Why?""
The verse is from the song 'A Letter to God' by the gothic rock band London After Midnight. It expresses a sense of despair and disillusionment towards life, questioning the purpose of human existence and the role of God in it. The lyrics suggest a belief that life on earth is meaningless and painful, and that people are born to experience suffering and eventually die. The line "We waste our lives destroying, hating, while beneath our flesh a skull lies waiting" implies a criticism of the human tendency to engage in destructive behavior while ignoring the inevitability of death. The verse ends with the singer contemplating suicide as a means to escape their misery and confront God.
The second half of the verse suggests that the singer blames God for their suffering and lack of purpose. The line "Your experiment oh Lord has failed" suggests a belief that human life is an experiment or testing ground for God, and that it has resulted in failure. The phrase "we fear of our loving Lord above" implies that the singer does not feel loved or protected by God, despite the widespread belief that God is a benevolent and caring force. The verse ends with an expression of bitterness and rage towards God, as the singer threatens to harm them when they meet in the afterlife.
Overall, the verse conveys a sense of nihilism and existential despair. It questions the existence of God and the value of human life, while also expressing anger and bitterness towards the divine power that supposedly governs the universe.
Line by Line Meaning
Is this life this degradation, this pointless game, humiliation?
Life seems meaningless and degrading, like a humiliating, pointless game.
Born to die, we're born to lose and not one choice we make we choose
We are destined to die, destined to fail, and have no control over the choices that govern our lives.
And when this life is at an end we find that Death's our only friend
Death is the only thing that brings us peace at the end of our lives.
Must we suffer through your games, oh Lord? Can God really be so bored?
We question why God would allow us to suffer and wonder if He is somehow entertained by our struggles.
We waste our lives destroying, hating, while beneath our flesh a skull lies waiting
In our quest to destroy and hate, we forget that we are all destined to die.
Blind to beauty blind to love, we fear of our loving Lord above
We are too busy being afraid of God to appreciate the beauty and love in the world.
Some live their lives to play their games, some live as victims, the insane
Some people live for their own pleasure, while others feel victimized and go insane.
Your experiment oh Lord has failed and I trust that when we meet you will forgive us
We believe that God's experiment of creating humanity has failed, but we still hope He will forgive us.
It's futile so I'll end this note and find a knife and slit my throat
The futility of life leads the artist to consider suicide as a means of escape.
And come to track you down oh Lord you better watch your back
The artist threatens God, suggesting that He should be afraid of being held accountable for the state of the world.
Be sure that when we meet you'll be surprised no loving praise, no glee filled cries
God should not expect to be greeted with love and praise when we meet Him.
Just pain and hate and tear filled sighs and the question in the end is ""Why?""
We will greet God with feelings of pain, hate, and regret, and the question that remains is why God would create a world in which suffering exists.
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Written by: Sean Brennan
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