Geisha, the band, and Phantasmagoria, the album, which in 1987 set a before and an after to the history of metal music. This site, run by the members of The Sleazy S&M Youth Brotherhood CLAWS OF SIN, with the permission of Yenz himself, is inspired in this band and their album and wants to be somehow a tribute site to them and specially to this part of the whole musical career of the great Yenz and also wants to be a revamping of that glorius Geisha Brotherhood based in Copenhagen which worked hard to spread the message around the world in the late 80's.
1983: Geisha is formed in Gothenburg, SwedenOriginal line-up: Yenz Cheyenne: vocals, Pete Blakk: guitar, Magnus Rosen: bass, Robert Roehr: keyboards, Mikkey Dee: drums
1984: First demo is recorded at the Danish Broadcasting House, Copenhagen. Track listing: Gangland, Whip Of Evil, Claws Of Sin, Over The Top
Magnus Rosen (now Hammerfall) is replaced by Joewan R. Starander.
Mikkey Dee leaves for King Diamond (and later moves on to Dokken and Motörhead) He is replaced by Tony Nemistö aka. Tony Reno (who recorded the first two albums with Europe, and the demos for Final Countdown).
1985: The 2nd. demo is recorded at Custom Sound Lab, Copenhagen. Track listing: Ghetto Girls, Bad Wolf Tattoo
1986: The Phantasmagoria album is recorded at Hookfarm Studios, Copenhagen with Peter Mark at the helm. Track listing: You Got What It Takes, Shock Rock School, Gangland Sector 21, Alive & Scratching, Claws Of Sin, The Underworld, S&M Youth
1987: Phantasmagoria is released through the English Heavy Metal Records label, a division of FM/Revolver.
A video clip for You Got What It Takes is being shot in Gothenburg. Director is Thomas Grøndahl.
Joel R. Starander (later Swedish Erotica, Kharma) is replaced by Hal Patino Jr. (Ex-Maltese Falcon)
1987: A demo for the 2nd. Album is recorded in Gothenburg: Track listing: Kamikaze King/ Bleed To Me/ Flamethrower Rock & Roll
Pete Blakk and Hal Patino Jr. leave to join King Diamond a week before the scheduled recordings for the second Geisha album Conform Or Transform.
1988: Yenz signs with Mega Records (known for D.A.D). The album recordings for Conform Or Transform commence with producer Roberto Falcao (of Mercyful Fate fame) at the Midi Music Studios, Copenhagen.
Recorded songs: House Of Carnivore/ Bleed To Me/ Fangoria/ Dust Till Dawn/ Kamikaze King/ Sex On Wheels/ Flamethrower Rock & Roll/ Manic Rock
Line-Up: Yenz Cheyenne: vocals/guitar/bass, Oliver Steffensen: lead guitar (Mabel/ White Lion/ =Y=/ Freak Of Nature), Tony Nemistö: drums
A video clip for House Of Carnivore was shot in Copenhagen, with Hank Shermann (Mercyful Fate) stepping in to do the bass part. Director: Tom Skiødt Jensen.
1989: In order to finish the Transform Or Conform album Yenz Cheyenne and Oliver Steffensen had been demoing 14 new tracks, which were not consistent with the style of Geisha. Thus, the Transform Or Conform album is scrapped and =Y= is born.
In name of The Sleazy S&M Youth Brotherhood CLAWS OF SIN, and as its founding member, I extend a very warm welcome to all who visit our site and wanna take part in the Shock Rock Course which Geisha prepared.
As principal of The Sleazy S&M Youth Brotherhood CLAWS OF SIN, I value communication, and our web presence on Myspace sure will enhance our ability to be responsive to our community. Our web page we'll be ever evolving and I hope that you will find that it is informative and helpful. A "commitment to shock" is one of the values in our mission statement and I hope that you will find that to be true in all our endeavors. Enjoy browsing our site.
Cheerz/Mr. Sleazy
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