Faith & Disease

Faith & Disease was a Seattle-based ethereal wave music project who released their debut CD "Beauty and Bitterness" in 1994. Its core members are Eric Cooley (guitar/bass, songwriter, producer) and Dara Rosenwasser (vocalist, lyricist, co-writer).

Faith & Disease
OriginSeattle, Washington, United States
GenresDark wave, indie rock, slowcore, shoegazing, dream pop, folk, new age, ethereal wave
Years active1994-2006
LabelsIvy Records
Projekt Records
Amplexus Records (Italy)
MembersDara Rosenwasser
Eric Cooley
Past membersSteven Knouse, Richard Allen (Hare), Barry Semple, Joshua Furman, Greg Forschler, Joaquin Tavares, Charlotte Sather, Nancy Warton, John Clough, Patrick Hogan, Bradley Haug, and several other contributing members (Suzanne Allee, Jesse Sykes, Robert Mackusick, Daniel O'Malley, Mary Brommel, Marlo Ann Kraus, and Anna Kemnitz (Semple))
WebsiteFaith & Disease FB page

Biography

The band was originally signed to Seattle indie label Ivy Records and more recently Projekt Records. They have released six full-length albums and dozens of compilation appearances including an EP with electronic artist Jeff Greinke Dream The Red Clouds released on Italian label Amplexus Records to their credit. Faith & Disease (aka Faith and Disease) played 300+ live shows during their time, including appearances at Bumbershoot, Folklife, headlining at the Convergence festival, NXNW, and an invite to the 1999 CMJ Music Festival, and extensive tours of the US in 1998, 1999 and 2001. They played their final show on March 23, 2006, at Seattle's Neumos. No reunion plans have been set.

Discography

Studio albums

  • Beauty and Bitterness (Ivy Records, 1994)
  • Fortune His Sleep (Ivy Records, 1995)
  • Livesongs: Third Body (Ivy Records, 1995)
  • Insularia (Ivy Records, 1998)
  • Lamentations: A Collection (Ivy Records, 1999)
  • Beneath the Trees (Projekt Records, 2000)
  • Dream The Red Clouds (Amplexus Records, 2002)
  • Passport to Kunming"(Projekt Records, 2003)
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