Flesh Field was an American

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band formed in 1996 by Ian Ross in

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, United States. The name Flesh Field is an unofficial term Ian Ross came up with to describe the psychological defense mechanisms of rape victims.

History

Rian Miller joined the band in 1997 to contribute female

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. The band's debut album, ''Viral Extinction'', peaked at #18 on the

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RPM Charts in the U.S. and ranked #31 on the German Alternative Charts (DAC) Top 50 Albums of year 2000. The followup EP, ''Redemption'', peaked at #12 on the CMJ RPM Charts. In 2004, Rian was replaced by another female vocalist, Wendy Yanko. Their 2004 album ''

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'' peaked at number 4 on the 2005 DAC, charting for 8 weeks. In 2005, Flesh Field performed at the

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, Germany. In January 2011, Ian Ross pronounced the retirement of Flesh Field as a musical project. Ian went on to further say that he will continue to make music, and that he is considering a new project. Seven of the instrumentals for "Tyranny of the Majority" were released on the official Flesh Field website mastered along with two additional untitled instrumentals that were cut from the album. Two of the album's tracks, "Swarm" and "Forgotten Trauma" can be found on the albums, ''Dependence: Next Level Electronics: Volume 2'' and ''Septic VI'' respectively. Flesh Field's track "Beneath Contempt" appeared in season 5, episode 8 of the

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''.

Members

* Ian Ross - All Music, Lyrics, Vocals * Wendy Yanko - Vocals * Scott Tron/Matthias Ewald - Keyboards (live performances only) * Josh Creamer - Guitar (live performances only)

Former members

* Rian Miller - vocals

Discography

Albums

*''Viral Extinction'': Inception Records / Trisol/Matrix Cube (1999) *''Redemption EP'': Inception Records / Trisol/Matrix Cube (2000) *''Belief Control'': Inception Records / Trisol/Matrix Cube (2001) *''

'':

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(2004) *''

Tyranny Of The Majority The tyranny of the majority (or tyranny of the masses) is an inherent weakness to majority rule in which the majority of an electorate pursues exclusively its own objectives at the expense of those of the minority factions. This results in oppres ...

'': Free internet release (instrumentals only) (2011)

Singles

*"Beautifully Violent"

Internet release

*''Inferior EP'': (2003) *''Conquer Me EP'': (2003)

Video game and television appearances

*''Haven'':

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(2007) *''Forgotten Trauma'':

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(2007) *''Voice of Dissent (Remix)'': Trailer for The Club at the 2006 E3 *''Beneath Contempt'':

Season 5, Episode 8 "Somebody that I Used to Know" (2012)

References

External links

Flesh Field official homepage

Flesh Field page in VK

Discogs page

Flesh Field official Myspace page

Flesh Field official Vampirefreaks page
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2005 Interview with Jeremy Eckhart of Grave Concerns
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