Christian Death is an American
deathrock band formed in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1979. The band was fronted and founded by
Rozz Williams and featured former
Adolescents guitarist
Rikk Agnew, bassist James McGearty and drummer George Belanger. Christian Death is most notable for their debut studio album
Only Theatre of Pain (1982), which was a major event in the birth of
gothic rock and
deathrock subculture within the United States and beyond. The original band broke up in 1983 amid band infighting and drug abuse. Williams assembled a new version of the band later th…
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