BIOGRAPHY

History: Cybercide originally formed in 1999 but did not take the form of an active musical outfit untill 2006.
As the material developed, band members came and went, until in 2002 Eddie met Rob aka 'Spike' (no prizes for guessing why everyone calls him that.) and then after a 2 year hiatus in 2005 they met John, who parted company with the band in January 2007.
At present the line up is Eddie on vocals and guitars, Rob keyboards and programming.

About: The idea behind Cybercide was quite simple, take as many really obvious cliches as possible such as the name, the heavy metal guitars, the trance type synths, the melody driven eighties style vocals, the image and the power tools and try and work them in together.

We are not trying to be pioneers of any style of music, we only want to make music that is accessible, and have some fun along the way.

Why? We enjoy the music that came from the European alternative scene between 1998 - 2002 more than anything else. We are fully aware that we live in a climate, where musical snobbery, and the criticism levelled at even the top name acts, prevails to the point, where original ideas have little in common with the genre that demands them. so with a hint of tongue in cheek we ignore it all.....

.....and go back to what we enjoyed so much about it in the first place.

Equipment: It seems to be a common question today, that, as soon as people hear electronic music, they ask what hardware do you use?

We are very much retro-digital, and for the most part the sound we want to achieve comes from the period 1998 - 2002 so we try where possible to use kit from this time period.

Well, for all you inquisitive techie types we have a rough list on our FAQ page. If you have any questions about specific sounds etc email us and we will do our best to let you know how we created them.