Clan of Xymox

Clan of Xymox
Clan of Xymox live at Triton Music Festival New York City, 2010
Background information
Also known as	Xymox
Origin	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Genres	Electronic rock,gothic rock
Years active	1981–present
Labels	Metropolis Records, Wing Records, PolyGram, 4AD
Website	http://www.clanofxymox.com/
Members	Ronny Moorings Mojca Zugna Mario Usai Sean Göbel
Past members	Pieter Nooten Anka Wolbert Frank Weyzig Willem van Antwerpen Tom Ashton Sharon Soffner Rob Vonk Nina Simic Rui Ramos Lilah Paul Whittlesea Denise Dijkstra Agnes Jasper Yvonne de Ray

Clan of Xymox, also known as simply Xymox, are a Dutch rock band formed in 1981. Clan of Xymox featured a trio of songwriters — Pieter Nooten, Ronny Moorings and Anka Wolbert — and gained success in the 1980s, releasing their first two albums on a prestigious independent UK label and a third and fourth album on a major US label, and scoring a hit single in the United States. Their 1980s releases included synthpop/electronic dance music.

Though the band is still active and continues to tour and release records, of the original songwriters (Nooten, Moorings and Wolbert), only Moorings remains in the band today. After the departure of Nooten and Wolbert in the early 1990s, their music turned increasingly goth.

The band formed as a project of Ronny Moorings and Anka Wolbert in Nijmegen, Netherlands in 1981, before moving to Amsterdam and joining Frank Weyzig and Pieter Nooten who added their own contributions. Assuming the name "Xymox", the group released a mini-album, Subsequent Pleasures, in 1983. They were invited by Brendan Perry to support Dead Can Dance on a UK tour and were signed to the indie label 4AD, which released their eponymous debut album in 1985. The track 7th Time, with Anka Wolbert on lead vocals, was picked up by John Peel, leading to the band recording two of the Peel Sessions at the BBC, in June and November 1985. Peel referred to the band's dark and melancholic sound as "darkwave".