Deitiphobia is a

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, electro and

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band from the United States formed in 1990 consisting of the duo of Wally Shaw and Brent Stackhouse. Known originally as Donderfliegen (translated into band speak as 'darn that fly'), the band changed names to Deitiphobia in 1991 to better clarify the band's focus on Christianity. The band's name means "Fear of God".

History

Early years (1990–1992)

Deitiphobia was initially formed in 1990 under the name Donderfliegen by artists Wally Shaw and Brent Stackhouse. They released a

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, ''Digital Priests'', on their own independent label,

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. The name change from Donderfliegen to Deitiphobia was first announced on-stage at the

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New Band Showcase performance of 1991. Their first major release, ''

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'', was released later that year when the band was signed to

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Records. Slava Music subsequently became a sub-label of Blonde Vinyl. A remix of the band's independent first release, ''

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'' followed in 1992 on the new

sub-label, and became known as Deitiphobia's unofficial second album. 1992 also brought a change in the line-up when Stackhouse parted ways with the band to form Wigtop with his vocalist wife, Heather - which released its first and only album, ''Revelation 1921'' that year on Blonde Vinyl – Slava Music. Stackhouse went on to be involved with the electronic dance band X-Propagation with Bryon Payne. The band released one

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themed album, ''Conflict'', in 1993.

Reformation (1993–1998)

After Shaw and Stackhouse separated, Shaw relocated to

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to continue with Deitiphobia releases. Shaw's fiancé, Sheri Swaback (later Sheri Shaw) stepped in to fill the keyboard and vocals position in Deitiphobia. Joined with guitarist and percussionist Josh Plemon, the band released '' Clean'' on Myx Records in 1994. The following year brought ''

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''. The album was more of a project by former Blonde Vinyl head and alternative artist

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than an effort by the band. For the album, Knott remixed elements of the band's first two albums into new compositions. The band also featured another new member at live performances, former Sorrow of Seven guitarist Kevin 131. The Shaws spent the later half of the 90's focused on their

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side project

Massivivid Massivivid was a Christian band founded by Wally Shaw and Mark Nash. Their sound was based in industrial rock and electronic pop, but with a hard edge and intensity similar to that of Nine Inch Nails or The Smashing Pumpkins. Massivivid was founded ...

(originally known as Vivid), formed in 1996. Unlike the electronic sound of Deitiphobia, Massivivid featured a more guitar-driven sound. Subsequently, the band won a Dove Award for its debut album, ''Brightblur'', released in 1998.

Comeback (1999–2001)

Deitiphobia was relaunched in 1999 with Wil Foster, who was a member of Massivivid and also founded

band Sheltershed. The band's fourth official studio album, ''Lo:Fi.Vs.Sci:Fi'', was released on N*Soul Records that year. Wally Shaw went on to run a remix competition on MP3.com in 2000, where he released the source material under the name DPHB3K. After the competition three subsequent versions of a remix album, ''Persist! Remix!'', were released on MP3.com, along with ''Vivaphobia - Medium.Rare'', a collection of demos and miscellaneous tracks by Deitiphobia and Massivivid. The following year the original Donderfliegen demo was re-released as ''Donderfliegen'' by Millennium Eight Records.

Aftermath (2002–2007)

Shortly after the launch of ''Lo:Fi.Vs.Sci:Fi'', Sheri Shaw left both Deitiphobia and Massivivid. As of September 2007 she has been working on a new project, Sstaria, alongside Lyte of

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band

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, following a collaboration on the song "Erase" from the album ''

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''. In 2007 Foster and Wally Shaw also independently released a Deitiphobia compilation album titled ''Sweet:Hereafter''. However, contrary to speculation, Wally confirmed that Deitiphobia would not be making a comeback, although they did continue to write for

Band members

*Wally Shaw (1990–2001) – vocals,

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, percussion *Brent Stackhouse (1990–1994) – writing, vocals, programming,

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*Sheri Shaw (1994–2001) – keyboards, vocals *Wil Foster (1999–2001) – keyboards *

(1994–1995) – guitars, vocals, production *Luke Mazerri (1994) – keyboards, sub enforcement *Josh Plemon (1994) – guitars, percussion *Monique Swaback (1994) – prayer on the song "Clean" *Kevin 131 (1995) – live guitar

Discography

Studio albums

*''

Digital Priests ''Digital Priests'' is a demo album by industrial band Deitiphobia, originally released under the name Donderfliegen in 1990 on Compact Cassette only by an independent label, Slava Music. It was subsequently re-released on CD in 2001 by Millenniu ...

'' (as Donderfliegen, 1990,

) *''

'' (1991,

) *'' Clean'' (1994, Myx) *''

'' (1995, Myx) *'' Lo:Fi.Vs.Sci:Fi'' (1999, N*Soul)

Compilation albums

*''Viviphobia - Medium.Rare'' (2000, MP3.com) *''Sweet:Hereafter'' (2007,

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)

Remix albums

*''

'' (1992,

–

) *''Persist! Remix! v1.0'' (2000, MP3.com) *''Persist! Remix! v1.1'' (2001, MP3.com) *''Persist! Remix! v1.2'' (2001, MP3.com)

References

External links

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