William Control
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William Control live in Bristol, September 2016.
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| Origin | Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Genres | Dark wave, synthpop, gothic rock |
| Years active | 2008—present |
| Labels | Control Records, Victory |
| Associated acts | Aiden, Me vs Myself, Jeffree Star, FVK, Black Veil Brides, Obscure Pleasures, Ashestoangels, New Years Day, Combichrist |
| Website | http://www.williamcontrol.com |
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William Control is an American electronic music project founded in 2008 in Seattle, Washington. It was the side project of Aiden’s William Francis before Aiden's hiatus, and he now operates as William Control full-time. 'William Control' therefore refers to both the band as a whole and to Francis as his stage name. Francis was signed to Victory Records before starting his own independent label Control Records, and, as William Control, has released four full-length albums (Hate Culture, Noir, Silentium Amoris, and The Neuromancer), an EP (Novus Ordo Seclorum), two acoustic albums (Skeleton Strings and Skeleton Strings 2), two live DVDs (Live In London Town and Babylon) and a remix album (Remix). The first EP (The Pale) of the fifth studio album Revelations was released on October 14, 2016. This album will be split into 4 separate EPs released over a period of months instead of one single release. The second EP The Black followed on February 17th 2017. Since The Neuromancer Francis has referred to his band as 'The Neuromantic Boys', and the 'Boys' currently consist of Kenneth Fletcher (who has been a part of the William Control project since Hate Culture), Ian MacWilliams, and Ben Tourkantonis.
William Control's debut album, Hate Culture, was released in 2008, and is, according to a Kerrang! magazine interview, the story of a character named William Control and his last night on earth before he kills himself. Hate Culture peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Electronic Albums chart and No. 43 on the Heatseekers chart. The band released a video for "Beautiful Loser", the album's only single, and then toured with Escape The Fate on their This War Is Ours Tour in late 2008. Their live debut was at Revolution in The Bronx, New York City, on September 26, 2008.
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