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London After Midnight (LAM) is a rock music project formed in the 1990s by singer/songwriter/bandleader and multi-instrumentalist Sean Brennan. LAM has retained and nurtured the political and socially aware element of the punk scene that died in the early 90s (listen to LAM songs like "Revenge" as an example or take note of the huge amount of literature handed out at concerts and online supporting animals rights and various progressive social and political causes). LAM can be defined as a passionate and political dark rock music entity. LAM has a large worldwide following, with many Gothic Rock fans (LAM outspokenly shuns such labels as "gothic", however).
Brennan is known for his support of animal rights, pro-environmental and human rights issues, anti-corporate control of media, and progressive, and liberal politics. However, Brennan's music can range from the intensely personal, but also touch on broader issues ranging from racism, social and political issues, animal rights, etc. The lyrics are sometimes presented with a sense of morbid wit - with songs like "Your Best Nightmare", an Edward Gorey-esque tale.
London After Midnight has headlined and co-headlined concerts and major festivals with bands like The Cure, Green Day, HIM (HIM often cites LAM as a favorite artist), Rammstein, Soft Cell, and many more, headlining and co-headlining to crowds of over 30,000 in Latin America, the US and Europe. London After Midnight maintains a strong underground and independent "personality" despite being popular sellers (charting in the top 10 European DAC charts with each of 3 CDs released, verified via Deutsche Alternative Charts) and a major draw at music festivals year after year.
In 2006 a new London After Midnight song was released on the "Saw II" motion picture soundtrack (Trisol Records, Europe), which went to number one on the German Alternative Charts (DAC). LAM's new CD is scheduled for release in 2007.
Discography
- refers to European release unless otherwise noted
- 1992 - Selected Scenes from the End of the World USA self release cassette (revised CD released in 1996, 1998 USA release, and extended CD released in 2003)
- 1996 - Psycho Magnet (1998 USA release and extended CD released in 2003)
- 1998 - Oddities (1998 USA release)
- 2006 - SAW II soundtrack with the song Fear
Extended Discography
- 1991 London After Midnight (Self titled debut cassette.)
- 1992 Selected Scenes from the End of the World (Self-release, US.)
- 1994 Ruins (Cassette, pressed in the U.S.A., self release.)
- 1994 Ruins video
- 1995 In Goth Daze (Cleopatra Records U.S.A. compilation release with the London After Midnight song "Revenge".)
- 1995 Gothic Rock 2 (Jungle Records UK compilation with the song "Revenge".)
- 1995 What Sweet Music They Make (Independent English CD compilation with the song "Spider and the Fly".)
- 1995 Selected Scenes from the End of the World (Mastered and re-released to CD by Apocalyptic Vision Records Germany.)
- 1995 Psycho Magnet (Demo cassette, released by LAM's fanzine. Very rare promo. Out of print.)
- 1995 Kiss (Single, Apocalyptic Vision Records Germany.)
- 1996 Psycho Magnet (Apocalyptic Vision Records Germany, released in 1998 in the USA by Metropolis Records with different art).
- 1996 Selected Scenes from the End of the World (GP/Opcion Sonica, Mexico.)
- "Psycho Magnet", "Kiss", and "Selected Scenes..." were also released as 12-inch vinyl picture disks in Germany by Apocalyptic Vision Records.