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Artist Biography by Doug Stone
Lead into Gold derives its name from the mystical
practice of alchemy. The band is basically a solo project for Paul
Barker, a talented and avant-garde bassist who joined forces with Alain
Jourgensen in the late '80s to create several influential and powerful
Ministry records. Paul and Roland Barker, as well as frequent future
collaborator Bill Rieflin, played in a Seattle-based band called the
Blackouts. When the Blackouts inked with Wax Trax! Jourgensen (already
operating under the Ministry moniker) immediately partnered with Barker
and the pair unleashed a multitude of vehicles including RevCo, 1000
Homo DJs, and Lard. Jourgensen and Barker dubbed themselves Hypo Luxa
and Hermes Pan (respectfully and respectively) after a pair of
free-wheeling Greek prostitutes. In the midst of this plethora of
pounding, Lead into Gold emerged as Barker's baby. He wrote and sang
each cut on the sole full-length Age of Reason, as well as the extended
singles, Faster Than Light, Idiot, and Chicks and Speed: Futurism.
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