John Balance
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- February 16, 1962
- Place of birth
- Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- Died
- November 13, 2004
Biography
Geoffrey Nigel Laurence Rushton (16 February 1962 – 13 November 2004), better known under the pseudonyms John Balance or the later variation Jhonn Balance, was an English musician, occultist, artist and poet.
He was best known as a co-founder of the experimental music group Coil, in collaboration with his partner Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson. Coil was active from 1982 to Balance's death in 2004. He was responsible for the majority of Coil's vocals, lyrics and chants, along with synthesizers and various other instruments both commonplace and esoteric.
Outside Coil he collaborated with Cultural Amnesia (at the beginning of the 1980s), Nurse with Wound, Death in June, Psychic TV, Current 93, Chris & Cosey, Thighpaulsandra, and produced several Nine Inch Nails remixes.
Movies with John Balance
- A Way to Die: The Films of Peter Christopherson and John Balance 2023 · ★ 5.1
- Coil, the death of Jhon Balance 2020 · ★ 9.5
- The Sound of Progress 1988
- A Well Hung Monk 2008
- Coil: Dublin 2004 2004
- Coil: Paris 2004 2004
- Coil: Colour Sound Oblivion 2010
- Coil: Live in Moscow 2001 2002
- Coil: Prague 2002 2002