Black Oaks Savannah Featured Bands

VOLTAIRE BIO

Voltaire is often described as a modern day renaissance man. He is a singer/ performer, creator of comic books, animation and toys.

As a musician, he is a songwriter whose music can best be described as a collection of murder ballads, tongue-in-cheek exercises in the macabre, with just enough bawdy songs about Star Trek and Star Wars to keep a Con audience rolling in the aisles. Many know him for his song "Brains!" from the Cartoon Network show "The Grim Adventures of Billy And Mandy".

Voltaire's live shows, whether solo or with his skeletal orchestra, are highly theatrical -full of stories and games. The theatrical quality of his performances is not surprising; Voltaire has been directing commercials and animating short films for the last twenty years.

Inspired by the films of Ray Harryhausen (Jason and the Argonauts, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad), Voltaire began animating at the age of ten on a super8 camera. At that time, he says, "no three dimensional object was safe. My brother's action figures, my sister's dolls, silverware, etc . . . If it was missing, chances were that it was in the basement in front of my camera." Voltaire has created dozens of animated spots for MTV, The Sci-Fi Channel, and many more (including most recently Fangoria TV).

Eventually commercials proved to be too short for his storytelling desires and so Voltaire embarked on a new career as a comic book creator. His first comic book series, "Chi-Chian" (a dark Cinderella story for the 31st century) was picked up as an animated web series by the Sci Fi Channel's website (www. scificom/chichian). It won The Flash Forward's People's Choice Award and greatly widened Voltaire's audience.

Other notable comics and books by Voltaire include "Oh My Goth", "What is Goth?" "Paint it Black-a guide to Gothic homemaking" and most recently, "DEADY". The latter includes collaborations with Clive Barker, James O'Barr, Neil Gaiman, Billy Tucci, David Mack and many other luminaries of the spooky comics realm.

In 2004 Hong Kong's Toy2R introduced Voltaire to the world of urban vinyl by making a toy of his comic book character, DEADY. It was an instant hit and lead to a string of other Voltaire toys including a line of "Pocket Goth" plush toys for Toy Network that can be found at all major amusement parks and crane machines at Walmart, Toys R Us, etc.

For more information on Voltaire's music, comics, animation and toys visit: www.voltaire.net

Synchro [Nine] Factor

Synchro [Nine] Factor BIO

Synchro Nine Factor's music embraces both ends of the spectrum, from driving & aggressive industrial metal to hypnotic atmospheric electronica.

Synchro Nine Factor's newest release "20:20" forges alternative metal & hard rock together to create a new breed of sound & features the hard hitting single "Never Look Back".

Synchro Nine Factor is an Alternative Metal/Hard Rock band from Atlanta, Georgia [USA] with origins in Industrial Rock. In the last few years S9F has shared the stage with Chemlab, Hanzel und Gretyl, My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, Pigface & Zeromancer & even enjoyed a licensing opportunity with MTV.

"Synchro Nine Factor has enough angst, spunk & variety to carve out a solid identity for themselves." Outburn Magazine

"Eerie Darkwave Rock that doesn't skimp on the rock." Creative Loafing [Atlanta, GA]

"S9F delivers a dynamic combination of industrial structures with ethereal & atmospheric meltdowns to form a truly unique sound. This Atlanta trio brings sprawling experimentation together with choral rock to create a surrounding melodic thunderstorm." Juice Magazine [Wilmington, NC]

For more information visit:   http://www.myspace.com/synchroninefactor 

Nightmare Sonata BIO

Concieved in the barbaric wastelands of Greensboro, NC, Nightmare Sonata combines the sickest elements of musical and theatrical alchemy imaginable. Fusing together raw, dark, punk rock power chords with an industrial/ambiant wall of sound and setting it against a theatrical backdrop of gothic, apocolyptic debauchery, Nightmare Sonata strives to push their audience over the edges of sensory overload- driving the sanest of the sane to the brink of madness. For more information visit:   http://www.myspace.com/nightmaresonata  

Earth Empire BIO
Rik Marston: Lead Vocals, Programming, Synths-Alien sounds from tons of synthesizers over the last 15 years. Lisa Nenigar: Synths & samplers, grooveboxes, drum machines, designs.....lots of great energy. For more information visit: http://www.myspace.com/rikmarstontechnoexperience