Rorschach Test
c.1992–early 2000s, reformed 2010s
E-Magine, Slipdisc
James Baker[edit]
Baker was a young minister based in Denver until being defrocked in the early 1990s for his allegedly heretical questioning of church doctrine.[1]
He began writing music and lyrics after leaving the church. Soon after, he met guitarist Benjamin Anderson, from Yuma, Arizona, and the two began writing songs together.[2] Baker and band members began composing "metallic, industrial songs with a definite debt to Ministry and Skinny Puppy but including elements of conventional metal."[1]
History[edit]
Rorschach Test formed in Denver, Colorado, with Baker joined by Anderson, guitarist Kris Geren, and keyboard player/programmer Troee Kerr.[2][3] They later relocated to Seattle where they were signed to Chicago-based label Slip Disc Records.[3] They enjoyed a successful career during Seattle's lively music scene in the 1990s. They toured North America playing shows with bands including Korn, Type O Negative, Genitorturers, and Queensrÿche.
The band's second album, Unclean, was released in 1998 on Slip Disc.[3] They later signed to E-magine, who reissued the album in 2000.[3]
The band's third album, Peace Minus One (2000), was listed as a "must hear" album by CMJ New Music Report, who described it as "one part raw metal, one part industrial...sharper than a bag full of razor blades."[4] It also reached the top ten of the CMJ Metal chart.[5] The band, along with Bile and Videodrone, Snake River Conspiracy, and N17 embarked on the 'Bush And Gore 2000' tour of the US that year.[6]
In 2004 former Rorschach Test guitarist Aaron Slip joined Prong.[7]
After breaking up in 2002, the band reformed after a hiatus of more than ten years, with a new album, American EyeDull, planned.[8]