Biography
Geoffrey Nigel Laurence Rushton (16 February 1962 β 13 November 2004), better known under the pseudonyms John Balance or the later variation Jhonn Balance, was an English musician, occultist, artist and poet.
He was best known as a co-founder of the experimental music group Coil, in collaboration with his partner Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson. Coil was active from 1982 to Balance's death in 2004. He was responsible for the majority of Coil's vocals, lyrics and chants, along with synthesizers and various other instruments both commonplace and esoteric.
Outside Coil he collaborated with Cultural Amnesia (at the beginning of the 1980s), Nurse with Wound, Death in June, Psychic TV, Current 93, Chris & Cosey, Thighpaulsandra, and produced several Nine Inch Nails remixes.
Filmography
all 12
Movies 12
self 7
Director 1
A Way to Die: The Films of Peter Christopherson and John Balance (2023)
Coil: Colour Sound Oblivion (2010)
Coil: Dublin 2004 (2004)
Coil: Paris 2004 (2004)
Coil: Prague 2002 (2002)
Coil: Live in Moscow 2001 (2002)
Blue (1993)
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GenderMale
Birthday1962-02-16
Deathday2004-11-13 (42 years old)
Birth NameGeoffrey Laurence Burton
Birth PlaceMansfield, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsJhonn Balance, Geoff Rushton, Coil
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