Total

London's Total was the largely solo side project of Skullflower and Sunroof! leader Matthew Bower, who generally used it as a vehicle for his multi-instrumental talents and as a free-form, ambient counterpoint to the scabrous noise assault of his other ventures. Oddly, Total actually predated Skullflower by five years, having grown out of Bower's previous band, Pure, in 1982. Although they didn't record much, Total's mid-'80s lineup included several musicians -- among them guitarist Stefan Jaworzyn and bassist Alex Binnie -- who would later form the early core of Skullflower. ...