Member Since: 1/20/2007
Band Website: geocities.com/jinxincorporated
Band Members: COVEN~1968-2008~40 Years of Musick Illuminaten Under The Sign of the Horns~The 1st Band of Witches~
BANNED IN THE USA~BUT NOT ON MYSPACE
Jinx Dawson:LHP lead vocals,keyboards
The Keystone~The Keeper of the Flame~The Alpha & Omega
Steve Ross: drums & percussion.
Oz Osborne: bass.
Chris Neilsen: guitars & vocals.
Rick Durrett: Ming the organ.
Influences: Classic horror film soundtracks, opera, gypsy music & Edith Piaf . . .
blood, skulls . . .
. . . and powder. . .
Sounds Like: Some of it sounds like scary evil music your parents never wanted you to listen to . . .
"In The 1969 Version, an Evocation Was Omitted In The Final Text of The Black Mass So It Work Not, Lest It Fall Into The Wrong Hand"...This olde edited version is on all bootlegged CD's from this album...I have added this "Lost Evocation" to the new authorized CD of my "Witchcraft~Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls" album, the MMVII Version...With strong words of CAUTION to all neophytes...Thy Friend Always...J
Wikipedia recognizes Coven as responsible for printing the first version of a Black Mass available to the public.
CLICK HERE for WIKIPEDIA reference of "Black Mass"
CLICK HERE to view Coven page at "Synagoga Satanae" site
The book "Lords of Chaos" recognized Coven as THE pioneering occult rock band . . .
. . . with a stage show "that puts many of the modern Satanic, Goth & METAL bands to shame."
If rock&roll is the Devil's music, then Coven represents THE definitive rock&roll group,as shown in above 1968-69 photos where Jinx is the 1st to give the "Sign of the Horns" on a rock stage, reads incantations & the human crucifix was inverted at the end of the concerts.
Listen if ye dare, O children of the night . . . But to listen once is to be changed FOREVER . . .
. . . there will be no turning back . . .
. . . EVER . . .
"Black Sabbath" Video from Coven's 1969 Album "Witchcraft"
Coven's True Gothic Horror Folk Tales
Lyric Backgrounds & Origins
"For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge"
When criminals were executed in olden Europe & beyond & not so olden America, their crime was written in an abbreviated manner, just the first letter of each word & nailed above their head.Thus when innocent witches were burned at the stake, their crime was written above their heads.Usually witches were burned "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge". Meaning the witch had carnal knowledge of the devil.This crime was abbreviated down for the stake.It has become English's most common slang term for sex.
"The White Witch Of Rosehall"
The Imfamous White Witch of Rosehall is a true documented tale of a Jamaican Lady of high birth who dabbled in the local island Obeah practices of voodoo.To gain her beloved's heart, she killed his paramour through the powers of that Montego Bay religion.
"Black Sabbath"
This now infamous song,Black Sabbath,recorded in 1968, was Coven's interpretation of an olden witches Sabbat through Gothic Rock Opera.The song's title, almost 2 years later, would become the name of another rock band who would also bear a member with the same sounding name as Coven's bass player, Ozzie Osborne.
"Coven In Charing Cross"
The mystical area of England's Charing Cross has always given rise to magick folklore.On her 1st trip to England, Jinx visited Charing Cross & several secret groups residing there to pay homage to this song.
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Photo Credit M.Flash Taken 10-31-07
The Arm of Cherished Friend Lori
F arewell & return ere long to "The Coven Vault"...And I Thank Thee...Thy Friend... J inx
BACK from the DEAD~Kick that Grim Reaper
Record Label: Warner Bros., Mercury, MGM, Buddah, Atco, NEVOC
Type of Label: Major