Red Temple Spirits

The Profile

Red Temple Spirits were a Los Angeles-based late-1980s band melding psychedelic rock, dark-wave, and post-punk. The lineup included William Faircloth (vocals), Dino Paredes (bass), Dallas Taylor (guitar), and Thomas Pierik (drums). They released two acclaimed albums and covered Pink Floyd’s The Nile Song.

Los Angeles group active in the late 1980s; members: William Faircloth, Dino Paredes, Dallas Taylor, Thomas Pierik. Two studio albums: Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon and If Tomorrow I Were Leaving for Lhasa, I Wouldn't Stay a Minute More.... Known for tribal percussion, esoteric psychedelia, and a cover of Pink Floyd’s The Nile Song. A review reports a severe van accident curtailed their path.

Three DeBaser reviews paint Red Temple Spirits as a late-80s Los Angeles cult blending psychedelic rock, dark-wave, and post-punk. Both albums—Dancing to Restore an Eclipsed Moon and If Tomorrow I Were Leaving for Lhasa, I Wouldn't Stay a Minute More...—are lauded, with the second defended as equally superb. Reviewers highlight trance-like, tribal percussion, esoteric atmospheres, and a Pink Floyd cover (The Nile Song). A severe van accident is cited as curtailing their trajectory.