John Balance
Geoffrey Nigel Laurence Rushton (16 February 1962 – 13 November 2004), better known under the pseudonyms John Balance or the later variation Jhonn Balance, was an English musician, occultist, artist and poet. He was best known as a co-founder of the experimental music group Coil, in collaboration with his partner Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson. Coil was active from 1982 to Balance's death in 2004. He was responsible for the majority of Coil's vocals, lyrics and chants, along with synthesizers and various other instruments both commonplace and esoteric. Outside Coil he collaborated with Cultural Amnesia (at the beginning of the 1980s), Nurse with Wound, Death in June, Psychic TV, Current 93, Chris & Cosey, Thighpaulsandra, and produced several Nine Inch Nails remixes.
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- 2023 · A Way to Die: The Films of Peter Christopherson and John Balance as
- 2020 · Coil, the death of Jhon Balance as himself
- 2010 · Coil: Colour Sound Oblivion as Himself
- 2008 · A Well Hung Monk as Himself
- 2004 · Coil: Dublin 2004 as Himself
- 2004 · Coil: Paris 2004 as Himself
- 2002 · Coil: Live in Moscow 2001 as Himself
- 2002 · Coil: Prague 2002 as Himself
- 1988 · The Sound of Progress as Himself