JRC Events Presents:

The Tear Garden
(The Legendary Pink Dots & cEvin Key)

21+ event

Doors 7:00 / Show 8:00

Urban Lounge
241 South 500 East
Salt Lake City, UT

While sustaining a stance in the Canadian industrial trio , also maintained several side projects such as Tear Garden and . Not as chaotic as , 's ambient side work began in the mid-'80s when he and ' teamed up to form Tear Garden. Tired Eyes Slowly Burning (1987) marked the band's debut and sharply defined 's talented programming skills to move him out from behind the blazing showcase of frontman Nivek Ogre. 's keen ear quickly called out detail while searching for a lush composition versus the sonic disintegration of his other band, and this is what made Tear Garden enjoyably different. The Last Man to Fly, which included the critically acclaimed single "Romulus & Venus," was issued in 1992 and the Sheila Liked the Rodeo EP followed a year later. While completing 's The Process, things were suddenly interrupted by the 1995 overdose death of keyboardist Dwayne Goettel. A bitter battle over the release of The Process prolonged into 1996, giving final creative control over his music due to 's tragic demise. Not distraught by the horrible events brought on by the year before, plugged 1996's To Be an Angel Blind, the Crippled Soul Divide and 1997's Paradigm Shift, while keeping a low profile, and Tear Garden solidly became his chief project. Two more albums surfaced in 2000, the extensive compilation featuring , , and Tear Garden material entitled Wild Planet: Subconsious Communications, and the new Tear Garden LP Crystal Mass. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, Rovi