Deitiphobia

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Deitiphobia
Country	United States
Years active	1990–2000
Genres	Industrial
Labels	Blonde Vinyl, Slava Music, Myx, N*Soul

Deitiphobia is a Christian Industrial / techno / dance band from the United States formed in 1990 consisting of the duo of Wally Shaw and Brent Stackhouse. Known originally as Donderfliegen (translated into band speak as 'darn that fly'), the band changed names to Deitiphobia in 1991 to better clarify the band's focus on Christianity. The band's name means "Fear of God".

Signing to Blonde Vinyl Records, the band released Fear Of God. A remix of the band's independent first release, Digital Priests - the Remixes followed in 1992.

1992 also brought a change in the lineup when Stackhouse parted ways with the band to form "Wigtop" with his vocalist wife, Heather--which produced one eponymous CD. Wally's wife Sherri Shaw stepped in to fill the keyboard position in Deitiphobia. Joined with guitarist and percussionist Josh Plemon, the band released Clean on Myx Records in 1994.

The following year brought Fear of the Digital Remix. The album was more of a project by former Blonde Vinyl head and alternative artist Michael Knott than an effort by the band. For the album, Knott remixed elements of the band's first two albums into new compositions.

The Shaw's spent the later half of the 90's focused on their side project Massivivid (originally known as Vivid). Unlike the electronic sound of Deitiphobia, Massivivid featured a more guitar-driven sound.

1999 brought a return of Deitiphobia with lo:fi.vs.sci:fi (N*Soul).

[edit] Discography

Digital Priests (as Donderfliegen) (1990, Slava Music)
Fear Of God (1991, Blonde Vinyl)
Digital Priests - the Remixes (1992, Blonde Vinyl)
Clean (1994, Myx)
Fear of the Digital Remix (1995, Myx)
lo:fi.vs.sci:fi (1999 N*Soul)

[edit] References

Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music, First printing, Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 249. ISBN 1-56563-679-1.