Bryan Erickson (musician)

Velvet Acid Christ
Origin	Westminster, Colorado, US
Genres	Electro-industrial, trance, darkwave (early)
Years active	1990–present
Labels	dependent, EDT, Metropolis, Off-Beat, Pendragon.
Website	VelvetAcidChrist.com
Members	Bryan Erickson

Velvet Acid Christ (VAC) is an electro-industrial band based in Denver, Colorado. The band was formed in 1990 by lead vocalist, musician, and producer Bryan Erickson, and later featured various ex-members of Toxic Coma. The project gained limited popularity in Europe's underground nightclub scene during the mid-1990s with the compilation Church of Acid (1996) before expanding into other markets in the goth and industrial subcultures. The band's discography includes 13 albums, the latest being Dire Land (2015).

The majority of the band's work is categorized among the genres of industrial, Gothic, electro-industrial, and EBM. The band's tone ranges between angry, upbeat, sad, and psychedelic. The band's lyrical content offers a varied focus, including such topics as IRC, love, hate, depression, misanthropy, drugs, and religion. Erickson is the group's main songwriter.

Much of Velvet Acid Christ's musical composition has been produced with synthesizers and computer software (see: Computer music). Other instruments used by the band include sequencers such as drum machines and electric guitars with effects pedals.Sampling, which is the use of sound clips as part of a new recording, is another technique commonly employed by the band.

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