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, and Jesu.

Biography

Parsons' early career began in 1985 with Swans, when he contributed to their ''

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'' album. He left Swans in 1987 and joined guitarist

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's fledgling Prong. In 1994, he appeared on

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's album '' Giant Robot''. Prong would be Parsons' main project until the group disbanded in 1996. He then started a long-standing friendship with UK composer

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, playing on

's 1996 tour and their album ''Hymns''. Parsons has also played in Of Cabbages and Kings with former Swans bandmate

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and was a one-time member of

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touring band. Over the years, Parsons has also recorded with members of Public Image Ltd. (in 2007,

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released an album with Parsons' band ''Necessary Intergalactic Cooperation''),

and Gator Bait Ten, a project by Science Slam Sonic Explorers, some of whom appear on his recent NIC remix project album.

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of Killing Joke contributed a remix based on a

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/ Sylford Walker dub tune. Parsons is a frequent member of Justin Broadrick's Jesu project, and has his own dub group, Teledubgnosis. In 2024, he toured and recorded with "This Celestial Engine".

References

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External links

* Teledubgnosis reviews by Greg Whitfield, a.k.a. "Prof Barnabas": ** http://www.reggae-vibes.com/rev_sin/magnetic.htm ** http://www.reggae-vibes.com/rev_sin/teledubg.htm ** http://reggae-vibes.com/rev_sin/nic.htm Killing Joke members Living people Godflesh members Year of birth missing (living people) Of Cabbages and Kings members Swans (band) members American rock drummers American experimental musicians Prong (band) members {{US-drummer-stub