Red Temple Spirits

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Red Temple Spirits were an American post-punk band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1987. The original lineup included vocalist William Faircloth, guitarist Dallas Taylor, bass guitarist Dino Paredes, and drummer Thomas Pierik. Inspired by Roky Erickson's song "Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)", the band released their debut double-LP set Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon in 1988 on Nate Starkman & Son, followed by If Tomorrow I Were Leaving for Lhasa, I Wouldn't Stay a Minute More... in 1989. Their sole single, "New Land" / "Exodus from Lhasa", was released in 1989 to benefit Tibet House. Their promo video for "City of Millions" aired on MTV's 120 Minutes. They toured the United States in early 1990 but disbanded in 1992 following a van accident. Guitarist Dallas Taylor died on February 10, 2023.

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03	Dark Spirits	Red Temple Spirits	Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon			04:20
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik
05	Dreamings Ending	Red Temple Spirits	Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon			04:52
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik
09	Nile Song	Red Temple Spirits	Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon			03:18
	Composers: Roger Waters
06	Electric Flowers	Red Temple Spirits	Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon			05:08
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik
10	Set the Controls	Red Temple Spirits	If Tomorrow I Were Leaving for Lhasa, I Wouldn't Stay a Minute More...			07:03
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik - Roger Waters
02	Liquid Temple	Red Temple Spirits	Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon			05:42
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik
04	Bear Cave	Red Temple Spirits	Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon			04:19
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik
07	Moonlight	Red Temple Spirits	Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon			05:34
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik
01	Exorcism / Waiting for the Sun	Red Temple Spirits	Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon			07:02
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik
12	New Land	Red Temple Spirits	Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon			04:05
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik
11	Light of Christ / This Hollow Ground	Red Temple Spirits	Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon			13:45
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik
10	Lost in Dreaming	Red Temple Spirits	Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon			04:50
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik
01	City of Millions	Red Temple Spirits	If Tomorrow I Were Leaving for Lhasa, I Wouldn't Stay a Minute More...			03:50
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik

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Discography

Albums

If Tomorrow I Were Leaving for Lhasa, I Wouldn't Stay a Minute More...

(P) 1989 Independent Project Records: 01-05-1989

If Tomorrow I Were Leaving for Lhasa, I Wouldn't Stay a Minute More...

01	City of Millions	Red Temple Spirits	If Tomorrow I Were Leaving for Lhasa, I Wouldn't Stay a Minute More...			03:50
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik
02	Soft Machine	Red Temple Spirits	If Tomorrow I Were Leaving for Lhasa, I Wouldn't Stay a Minute More...			03:58
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik
03	Dive in Deep	Red Temple Spirits	If Tomorrow I Were Leaving for Lhasa, I Wouldn't Stay a Minute More...			04:01
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik
04	Alice	Red Temple Spirits	If Tomorrow I Were Leaving for Lhasa, I Wouldn't Stay a Minute More...			04:20
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik
05	In the Wild Hills	Red Temple Spirits	If Tomorrow I Were Leaving for Lhasa, I Wouldn't Stay a Minute More...			06:56
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik
06	A Black Rain	Red Temple Spirits	If Tomorrow I Were Leaving for Lhasa, I Wouldn't Stay a Minute More...			05:58
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik
07	Meltdown	Red Temple Spirits	If Tomorrow I Were Leaving for Lhasa, I Wouldn't Stay a Minute More...			03:19
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik

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Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon

(P) 1988 Independent Project Records: 01-05-1988

Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon

01	Exorcism / Waiting for the Sun	Red Temple Spirits	Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon			07:02
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik
02	Liquid Temple	Red Temple Spirits	Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon			05:42
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik
03	Dark Spirits	Red Temple Spirits	Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon			04:20
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik
04	Bear Cave	Red Temple Spirits	Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon			04:19
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik
05	Dreamings Ending	Red Temple Spirits	Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon			04:52
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik
06	Electric Flowers	Red Temple Spirits	Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon			05:08
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik
07	Moonlight	Red Temple Spirits	Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon			05:34
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik

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EPs

Demo

(P) 1988 Independent Project Records: 01-05-1988

Demo

01	Moonlight (Demo)	Red Temple Spirits	Demo			05:36
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik
02	The Alchemists Stone (Demo)	Red Temple Spirits	Demo			05:14
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik
03	Dreamings Ending (Demo)	Red Temple Spirits	Demo			04:49
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik
04	The Light of Christ / This Hallowed Ground (Demo)	Red Temple Spirits	Demo			10:58
	Composers: William Faircloth - Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Thomas Pierik

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Killed By Deathrock Vol. 2

2016 Sacred Bones Records: 11-11-2016

Killed By Deathrock Vol. 2

01	Spectator	Gatecrashers	Killed By Deathrock Vol. 2			01:51
	Writer: Ken Revoltaire - Ole Dreyer / Composers: Ken Revoltaire - Ole Dreyer
02	A Skeleton at the Feast	Middle Class	Killed By Deathrock Vol. 2			04:18
	Writer: Bruce Atta - Jeff Atta - Matt Simon - Mike Atta - Mike Patton / Composers: Bruce Atta - Jeff Atta - Matt Simon - Mike Atta - Mike Patton
03	Waiting for the War	Ads	Killed By Deathrock Vol. 2			03:57
	Writer: Karsten Hjarsø - Peter Top-Jensen - Stig Pedersen - Søren Johnsen / Composers: Karsten Hjarsø - Peter Top-Jensen - Stig Pedersen - Søren Johnsen
04	Whiplash	Veda	Killed By Deathrock Vol. 2			04:10
	Writer: Boris Pikula - Cam Campbell / Composers: Boris Pikula - Cam Campbell
05	Promised Land	Skeletal Family	Killed By Deathrock Vol. 2			04:50
	Writer: Anne Marie Hurst - Martin Henderson - Roger Trotwood Nowell - Stan Greenwood / Composers: Anne Marie Hurst - Martin Henderson - Roger Trotwood Nowell - Stan Greenwood
06	The Freedom Curse	Flowers for Agatha	Killed By Deathrock Vol. 2			05:45
	Writer: Glen Barker - Jeremy Dyson - Jon Hayes - Jon Roberts / Composers: Glen Barker - Jeremy Dyson - Jon Hayes - Jon Roberts
07	Dark Spirits	Red Temple Spirits	Killed By Deathrock Vol. 2			04:18
	Writer: Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Scott McPearson - Thomas Pierik - William Faircloth / Composers: Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - Scott McPearson - Thomas Pierik - William Faircloth

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The Well: The Independent Project Records Collection II

(P) 2025 Independent Project Records, LLC: 21-11-2025

The Well: The Independent Project Records Collection II

01	Afterimage	Afterimage	The Well: The Independent Project Records Collection II			02:59
	Composers: Daniel Howard Voznick
02	Leslie's Dream	Leslie Medford	The Well: The Independent Project Records Collection II			03:59
	Composers: Leslie Medford
03	Midnight Chapel	Shiva Burlesque	The Well: The Independent Project Records Collection II			03:30
	Composers: Grant-Lee Phillips - Jeffrey Clark
04	Zen and the Art of Long Distance Driving	Greg Lisher	The Well: The Independent Project Records Collection II			04:25
	Composers: Greg Lisher
05	Sleepy Hamlet	The Ophelias	The Well: The Independent Project Records Collection II			02:46
	Composers: Leslie Medford - Grant-Lee Phillips - Jeffrey Clark
06	Sea and Rain	Springhouse	The Well: The Independent Project Records Collection II			04:19
	Composers: Mitch Friedland - Jack Rabid - Larry Heinemann
07	Punishment By Roses	David J	The Well: The Independent Project Records Collection II			04:28
	Composers: David J

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The Fundamental Hymnal 1989

: 03-01-1989

The Fundamental Hymnal 1989

01	Mexican Caravan	Butthole Surfers	The Fundamental Hymnal 1989			02:45
02	One in Three	Sylvia Juncosa	The Fundamental Hymnal 1989			03:37
03	One Even Stand	Naked Prey	The Fundamental Hymnal 1989			04:16
04	Touch Me and Die	Shock Therapy	The Fundamental Hymnal 1989			04:13
05	Sucker Punch	Savage Republic	The Fundamental Hymnal 1989			05:25
06	Black Baghdad	Drowning Pool	The Fundamental Hymnal 1989			04:54
07	The Black Ship	Shiva Burlesque	The Fundamental Hymnal 1989			05:37

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Source: The Independent Project Records Collection

(P) 2021 Independent Project Records, LLC: 20-08-2021

Source: The Independent Project Records Collection

01	The Apathy Parade	Half String	Source: The Independent Project Records Collection			04:36
	Composers: Matthew R. Kruse - Brandon Jon Capps - David B. Rogers - Kimber L. Lanning
02	You at Eight (Alternate Mix)	Bpeople	Source: The Independent Project Records Collection			02:48
	Composers: Alexander W. S. Gibson
03	Above the Rim	Scenic	Source: The Independent Project Records Collection			05:08
	Composers: Bruce Ernest LIcher - James M.Brenner - Brock Wirtz - Mark Mastopietro - Robert N. Loveless
04	Chrome Halo (Demo)	Shiva Burlesque	Source: The Independent Project Records Collection			04:06
	Composers: Jeffrey L. Clark - Bryan Grant Lee Phillips
05	Soft Machine	Red Temple Spirits	Source: The Independent Project Records Collection			03:55
	Composers: Dallas Taylor - Dino Paredes - William Faircloth - Thomas Pierik
06	Capitol	The Ophelias	Source: The Independent Project Records Collection			02:22
	Composers: Leslie David Medford
07	No More Yesterdays	Springhouse	Source: The Independent Project Records Collection			03:51
	Composers: Mitchell Friedland - Laurence V. Heinemann - Paul J. Corradi

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