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Deitiphobia

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Project Members

Wally Shaw (1990-present - vocals, keyboards, percussion)
Brent Stackhouse (1990-1994 - writing, vocals, programming, artwork)
Sheri Shaw (1994-1999 - keyboards, vocals)
Wil Foster (1999 - keyboards)
Kevin 131 (1995 - live guitars)
Josh Plemon (1994 - guitars, percussion)
Luke Mazerri (1994 - keyboards, sub enforcement)
Michael Knott (1994-1995 - guitars, vocals, production)
Monique Swaback (1994 - prayer on the song "Clean")

Project History

Early Years (1990 - 1992)

Deitiphobia started its life as donderfliegen.

The name change to Deitiphobia was announced onstage at the Cornerstone New Band Showcase performance of 1991. This performance as the duo of Wally Shaw and Brent Stackhouse brought the band to the forefront of hard Christian electronic music.

Their first major release, Fear of God, was released that year on Blonde Vinyl Records. The album featured an aggressive, electro-industrial sound somewhat similar to secular bands like Nitzer Ebb, only with faith-affirming, worship-oriented lyrics. Fear of God was also the first industrial album to receive widespread distribution in the Christiam music market.

As the scene developed, the band also aggressively promoted their independent electronic Blonde Vinyl sub-label, Slava Music. The most famous Slava releases included the Voice of the People compilation, which helped launch the careers of several prominent Christian industrial, techno and synth-pop artists, including The Echoing Green, Dance House Children (an early band fronted by Ronnie Martin, who would later form the far more successful Joy Electric), The Prodigal Sons and globalwavesystem; Digital Priests: The Remixes; a remixed and slightly different version of donderfliegen's Digital Priests demo that became Deitiphobia's unofficial "sophomore" album; and Revelation 1921, the first and only album by Wigtop, a duo that consisted of Stackhouse and his wife, Heather Stackhouse.

Stackhouse and Shaw split in 1992. Shaw continued with Deitiphobia releases, but Stackhouse intended to undertake a different musical focus, under the production label Digital Priest Productions.

From Texas To Chicago (1993 - 1995)

After Shaw's move to Chicago, fiance Sheri Shaw (Hip Dream) joined on keyboards and vocals as the new half of Deitiphobia. Guitarist and percussionist Josh Plemons jumped aboard for the 1994 release Clean, and the following year's Fear of the Digital Remix featured another new member, former Sorrow of Seven guitarist Kevin 131.

Massivivid Part 1 (1996 - 1999)

Shaw was also the driving force behind Massivivid, an industrial rock spinoff that won a Dover Award for its debut album, Brightblur, released in 1998. See the entry on that band for more information.

Sci Fi "Comeback" (1999 - 2000)

The Shaws relaunched Deitphobia in 1999 with friend Wil Foster, who participated in Massivivid and also founded techno-dance big gun Sheltershed. The band's fourth studio album, Deitiphobia - LO:FI vs. SCI:FI, was released on N*Soul Records' Eclectica imprint in early 2000. The album featured an updated version of the pulsating, electro-industrial style of early releases, as well as a futuristic story line that served as an allegory of the materialistic culture of present-day North America.

Current Status

Active.

Discography