Switchblade Symphony - Clown

Name: Switchblade Symphony - Clown
Uploaded: 1995-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Description: Switchblade Symphony were a San Francisco-based darkwave duo formed in 1989 by vocalist Tina Root and composer Susan Wallace, whose music merged orchestral synth arrangements with gothic rock and industrial-adjacent beats. 'Clown' appeared on their 1995 Cleopatra Records debut Serpentine Gallery and was later re-promoted as a single…

1995 · Mid-90s Darkwave / Gothic Underground (1995–1997) · music video

Switchblade Symphony - Clown music video

1995Mid-90s Darkwave / Gothic Underground (1995–1997)American darkwave / gothic rock underground, Cleopatra Records scene, mid-1990s

What this video is

Switchblade Symphony were a San Francisco-based darkwave duo formed in 1989 by vocalist Tina Root and composer Susan Wallace, whose music merged orchestral synth arrangements with gothic rock and industrial-adjacent beats. 'Clown' appeared on their 1995 Cleopatra Records debut Serpentine Gallery and was later re-promoted as a single after their 1997 follow-up Bread & Jam for Frances. The song gained broader…

Why it matters

A canonical artifact of American mid-90s darkwave and gothic rock visual culture. The video's theatrical, circus-horror aesthetic and Cleopatra Records provenance make it a primary document of the underground goth subculture's independent music video production conventions, predating the…

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