ThouShaltNot

ThouShaltNot was a band active from 1998 to 2013, who blended post-punk, goth, industrial music, and synthpop influences into a complex, melodic and often mystically lyrical style. Their lineup was Alex Reed (lead singer and songwriter, guitars), Aaron "Foo" Fuleki (guitars, percussion and backing vocals) and Jeremy David Long (guitars, keyboards and backing vocals), all of whom are classically trained musicians.

Their music is known for its ornate and interweaving melodic lines, with complex and careful orchestration. Their lyrics are sophisticated and often spiritual, while frequently hiding a playful (even subversive) wit. Their song "Inside of You, In Spite of You" from their CD The White Beyond has been described as "an industrial/post-punk 'I Am The Walrus'", while "If I Only Were A Goth" (from You'll Wake Up Yesterday) is popular -- even notorious -- for gently poking fun at the conceits underlying the Goth subculture.

The band originally began as a solo project by Alex Reed in the late 1990s, and with its dissolution in 2013 Reed has returned to solo work under the name "Seeming".

Their website can be found here.

CDs

 * The Deepest Ice (1999/2000, self release)
 * ThouShaltNot (2000, ADSR Musicwerks)
 * The Holiness of Now (2001, ADSR Musicwerks; reissued by Dancing Ferret Discs in 2003)
 * The White Beyond (2003, Dancing Ferret Discs)
 * Land Dispute (2006, Dancing Ferret Discs)

EPs

 * You'll Wake Up Yesterday (2002, ADSR Musicwerks)
 * Vier Factor No. 1 (split with The Crüxshadows, Paralysed Age, and The Dreamside, 2003, Dancing Ferret Discs)
 * The Projectionist (2005, independent release)
 * New World EP (2008, independent release)


 * Filk: They probably wouldn't identify it as such, but "If I Only Were A Goth" is a snarky re-write of "If I Only Had A Brain" from The Wizard of Oz.
 * Goth: Gently sent up in their popular parody, "If I Only Were A Goth".
 * Goth Rock
 * "I Am" Song/I Am the Noun: "Inside of You, In Spite of You".
 * Industrial
 * Post Punk
 * Song Parody: "If I Only Were A Goth" is a classic song parody sung to the tune of "If I Only Had A Brain" in a minor key.
 * Synth Pop
 * Word Salad Lyrics: "Inside of You, In Spite of You" dips into this trope in places.