History Music / Curve

--->''It's just a little too late''
--->''It's never enough to swallow those pills''
--->''Now I'm sick, always will be''
** ''Come Clean'' as a whole has this as its central theme, most prominently on "Dirty High" and "Forgotten Sanity". The latter in particular uses it to disturbing effect:
--->''I've forgotten how to write''
--->''And I'm giving up on speech''
--->''I can't remember how I look''
--->''Or the day of the week''

-->''I'm finished with you, please be finished with me''
-->''I've had it with you, you've had it with me''

-->''Every night, sleep wanders on its own''
-->''Never once does it kiss me with its chloroform''

-->''I would like to invite you''
-->''To my mother's house, to my bedroom''
-->''To play those old records''
-->''We all know the words to''
-->''And I would like you to kiss me''
-->''To crush me, to lick me''
-->'''Til I beg you to stop''
-->'''Til you drive me crazy''
* LastNoteNightmare: Well, more like Last Minute Nightmare, but the final track on ''Gift'', "Bleeding Heart", appears to fade out normally, then suddenly starts back up again at a ''much'' higher intensity. Amusingly, the first lyric you hear after this happens is "Should've seen it coming".

-->''When will you wake up?''
-->''When will you wake up?''
-->''When will you wake up?''
-->''When will you wake up?''
* MadnessMantra: The end of "Bleeding Heart": "Should've seen it coming, should've done something, should've seen it coming, should've done something..."

-->''She gets what she wants, then walks away''
-->''And she doesn't give a fuck what you may say''

** ''Come Clean'' as a whole has this as its central theme, most prominently on "Dirty High" and "Forgotten Sanity". The latter in particular takes it UpToEleven to disturbing effect:

* CarefulWithThatAxe: The outro of "Split Into Fractions" features a lot of distorted screaming... and then one scream that is ''not'' distorted, and will freak you out if you're not expecting it.

* IntercourseWithYou: "Unreadable Communication" seems to be about particularly rough intercourse, especially when you factor in the ''incredibly'' intense guitar riff that plays in the middle of the song:

*** In each of the first two examples, the album title itself counts.
** "Unreadable Communication" and "Turkey Crossing" from ''Cuckoo''.

* EpicInstrumentalIntro: The intro for "Chinese Burn" lasts for 58 seconds. Being the first song on ''Come Clean'', it also acts as one for the album as a whole.

* NonAppearingTitle: A couple on each album, including "Clipped" from ''Pubic Fruit'', "Fait Accompli" and "Doppelganger" from ''Doppelganger'', and "Sweetback" from ''Come Clean''.

* PerishingAltRockVoice: Mostly in the band's early material, but downplayed even then compared to other alt-rock bands of the time. Averted entirely from about ''Come Clean'' onwards.

* LimitedLyricsSong: The title track of ''Come Clean'' has its verses assembled from different combinations of the same four or five lines, and a chorus consisting of the same line repeated four times. Between the subject matter, and the loud, fast-paced delivery, the effect is that of a desperate, pleading attempt to get through to someone.

** ''Come Clean'' as a whole has this as its central theme, most prominently on "Dirty High" and "Forgotten Sanity". The title track is the penultimate song, immediately followed by...

* LimitedLyricsSong: The title track of ''Come Clean'' has its verses assembled from different combinations of the same four or five lines, and a chorus that's just the same line repeated four times. Given the subject matter, it actually works pretty well.

** ''Come Clean'' as a whole has this as its central theme, most prominently on "Dirty High" and "Forgotten Sanity". The title track is the penultimate song, immediately followed by "[[RecoveredAddict Recovery]]".
* CarefulWithThatAxe: The outro of "Split Into Fractions", which features a lot of distorted screaming... and then one scream that is ''not'' distorted, and will freak you out if you're not expecting it.

* LimitedLyricsSong: The title track of ''Come Clean'' has its verses assembled from different combinations of the same four or five lines, and a chorus that's just the same line repeated four times. It actually works pretty well.

* NonAppearingTitle: A couple on each album, including "Fait Accompli" from ''Doppelganger'', and "Sweetback" from ''Come Clean''.

* CarefulWithThatAxe: The outro of "Split Into Fractions", which features a lot of distorted screaming... and then one scream that is ''not'' distorted, and will freak you out if you're not ready for it.

* OneWomanWail: In a few of the band's earlier songs. "Horror Head" and "Fait Accompli" might be the most prominent examples.

* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Toni Halliday

* CarefulWithThatAxe: The outro of "Split Into Fractions", with features several bars of distorted screaming from Halliday, followed by two bars of not-so-distorted wailing... and then a ''very'' piercing scream.

* FandomRivalry: Many feel Garbage's popularity is due in a large part to a co-opting of Curve's angry industrial sound, as Curve had released three successful EPs and an album before Garbage formed.

* ''Gift'' (2001)[[note]]finally released by Universal's sub-imprints Hip-O in the US, and Artful in the UK .[[/note]]

* ''Rare & Unreleased'' (2010, a compilation of rare tracks and remixes, via [[http://http://curve.bandcamp.com/album/rare-and-unreleased Bandcamp]]

* ''Open Day at the Hate Fest'' (2001, album-length compilation of new music[[note]]released to protest Universal Music, who was threatening to shelve their next album, which had at that point been ready for nearly 2 years.[[/note]], online only)

* ''Open Day at the Hate Fest'' (2001, album-length compilation of new music[[note]]released to protest Universal Music, who was threatening to shelve their next album, which had at the point been ready for nearly 2 years.[[/note]], online only)

* ''Open Day at the Hate Fest'' (2001, album-length compilation of new music[[note]]released to protest Universal Music, who who threaten to shelve their next album, which has at the point been ready for nearly 2 years.[[/note]], online only)

* ''Open Day at the Hate Fest'' (2001, album-length compilation of new music[[note]]released to protest their record label, who had shelved their next album[[/note]], online only)
* ''Gift'' (2001)

* ''Open Day at the Hate Fest'' (2001, album-length compilation of new music[[hottip:*:released to protest their record label, who had shelved their next album]], online only)

English alternative group comprised of singer-songwriter Toni Halliday and guitarist/producer/everything else Dean Garcia. Their music is best categorized as {{Shoegazing}}; their best-known song is likely "Chinese Burn" from their 1998 album ''Come Clean'', which was prominently featured in the ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode "Bad Girls" and used as the intro music for the Season 3 DVD menus. Active from 1991 to 1994, and again from 1996 to 2005.

* PaleSkinnedBrunette: Toni Halliday