The Tear Garden
The Tear Garden is a psychedelic/experimental/electronic band, formed by Edward Ka-Spel of The Legendary Pink Dots and cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy in 1985 after Key served as a sound engineer on tour in Canada for Ka-Spel. The Tear Garden was released that same year, with Dave Ogilvie producing.
The group reconvened in 1987 to release Tired Eyes Slowly Burning with contributions from the other members of Skinny Puppy to a limited degree of success. Members of the Legendary Pink Dots would henceforth contribute to Tear Garden and in 1992 they released the full-length album The Last Man to Fly. Another EP, Sheila Liked the Rodeo, much of which was live studio improvisation was accompanied by a video (directed by William Morrison) of the title track in 1993.
With the collapse of Skinny Puppy in 1995 and cEvin's primary commitment over, he and The Tear Garden released To Be an Angel Blind, the Crippled Soul Divide in 1996, followed by Crystal Mass in 2000. Crystal Mass marked a departure for the group, with more focus seemingly directed toward sound and production than the traditional staple, the lyrics. In 2002 a limited edition compilation of previously unreleased songs, Eye Spy with My Little Eye came out on Key's Subconscious Communications label. A best of, For Those Who Would Walk with the Gods is also available.
Tear Garden (song)
"Tear Garden" is the second single to be taken from IAMX's third studio album 'Kingdom of Welcome Addiction'.
Music video
The music video sees Chris wearing fur and members of his live band jumping up and down at various points throughout. The song's title is a play on the German word 'Tiergarten' meaning 'zoo', and images of them pop up on the screen from time to time.
Track listing
Podcasts:
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ALBUMS
- Have a Nice Trip released: 2009
- The Secret Experiment released: 2007
- Eye Spy With My Little Eye released: 2002
- For Those Who Would Walk With The Gods released: 2001
- Crystal Mass released: 2000
- To Be an Angel Blind, the Crippled Soul Divide released: 1996
- Bouquet of Black Orchids released: 1993
- The Last Man To Fly released: 1992
- Tired Eyes Slowly Burning released: 1987
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Sheila Liked The Rodeo
by: The Tear GardenSheila liked the rodeo
She'd take a ringside seat
She'd murmur doo-dee-doo-dee-doo
She'd eat
Then one day wild Eliza bolted and knocked her off her seat
She now sits in my wardrobe
She's discrete
She is perfectly preserved
I get a head
And I keep it
I pop it in my mouth
Sondra liked the circus
She'd bounce around on trampolines
She'd swing between the lampshades
And lunched on lighted kerosene
One fine day she leapt to Rio
And finished in between
She's resting in the bathroom now
Peachy clean
She is perfectly preserved
Krista quoted Castenada
She munched her cactus raw
The mescal worm would turn to mecca
And squirm towards the door
And one day she swilled the pill that pinned her to the floor
She spaced out in the closet
I adore her
She is perfectly preserved