Release the Bats is a monthly “old skool” Deathrock event located in Long Beach California, USA. Takes place on the 4th Friday of every month inside the infamous Que Sera on Seventh Street, and is responsible for over eight years of worldwide DEATHROCK MADNESS! Doors open at 9pm, strictly 21+ only, and the cover is a mere $5

Gitane Demone is commonly recognized as a former member of Christian Death, but her star shines much brighter than her goth rock pedigree. She left Christian Death in 1989 to pursue a solo career. Her albums span from rock to jazzy cabaret to ubersexy fetish, and her performances are incredibly energetic and passionate.

Demone began her career on the Southern California new wave scene of the early 80s as a member of the trio Pompeii 99. The group later joined with singer Rozz Williams to make up a new incarnation of his band Christian Death, where Demone remained before relocating to Amsterdam and mounting a solo career in 1989, adopting an increasingly torchy sound over the course of EPs including “A Heavenly Melancholy” and “Lullabies For A Troubled World”. In 1995, “Dream Home Heartache” re-united Gitane DeMone and Rozz Williams after almost a decade of seperation. The duet toured extensively in Europe and North America, in support of this CD. Demone next collaborated with Mark Ickx under the banner of Demonix, issuing “Never Felt So Alive”; the solo Am I Wrong? followed in 1998.

Gitane Demone, now living in Los Angeles and playing live from time to time, is working on her long waited new album. Meanwhile you can catch her here, making great music with her daughter Zara: http://www.myspace.com/thecrystelles

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Located at the historical Que Sera in Long Beach, California USA, Release The Bats is the West Coast’s home for new Death Rock music & original Gothic. Since 1998 we’ve had the pleasure of hosting such acts as Eva O, Kommunity FK, Coffin Draggers, Gitane Demone, Antiworld, Cinema Strange, Wailing Wall, the Vanishing, Frank The Baptist, Phantom Limbs, The Last Dance, Frankenstein, Tragic Black, Penis Flytrap, Dinah Cancer, Fear Cult, Element, Ex Voto, Rezurex, Redemption, Scarlets Remains, just to name a few.

October 2006 marked our 8th Anniversary. As expected, it was quite a scene.
If you have yet to visit our little roost in Southern California we encourage you to find your way here, leave your troubles behind, & join us for a cocktail or ten. RTB is still held on the 4th Friday of every month, still only $5, and is strictly 21 and over.

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