In 1991, Bonne became involved in a side project, Wasteland, which soon became more important for him than A Split-Second. Meanwhile, 'Flesh' peaked in the UK Singles Chart at #68 in December 1991. The band embarked on a second, 24 date US tour in 1990, joined by Nico Mansy on keyboards). For this release, the band continued with Antler-Subway in Europe, but left Wax Trax! for Caroline Records in the US. Kiss of Fury saw the band moving towards more of a guitar-based sound, something that Ickx attributed to some of the material originally having been intended for his own solo album. Their 1990 album, Kiss of Fury, featured the track 'The Parallax View', which peaked at #19 on the Billboard US dance club charts in 1991. That year the band embarked on their first US tour with 24 dates and live support by Fedjean Venvelt (guitars) and Peter Bonne (keyboards). The single 'Mambo Witch' peaked at #29 in 1989 on the Billboard US dance club charts in 1989.

In late 1988, they were signed to the American label, Wax Trax! Records, and released the albums A Split-Second and From The Inside in the US, the latter featuring the track 'Colosseum Crash' with guest vocals by Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra. With this new line-up the band released another single, 'Rigor Mortis', in 1987. left the band, replaced by Bonne who became an official member and a driving force behind A Split Second. Bonne of course was present as producer and co-author of 4 songs (including hit single 'Flesh').Īfter a brief tour Philip V. At that time the band was composed by Ickx and electronic musician Philip Vargod (better known for his new-beat/acid-house project Lips Kiss. It was followed the next year by the album Ballistic Statues. Bonne at that time was releasing music as Twilight Ritual together with vocalist Geert Coppens.Īfter signing to Antler Records, A Split-Second made their debut in 1986 with the single 'Flesh'. The project was born in 1985 as a solo project of Marc Heyndrickx (under the name Marc Ickx), who self-released the demo-tape 'Stained Impressions' with Peter Bonne (later re-named Chrismar Chayell) producing.

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