Shadow Project was Rozz
Williams' and Eva O's
project after Christian Death. The name comes from experiments the government
conducted after finding that peoples shadows were burned into objects
after being exposed to nuclear radiation.
Shadow project was not a "gothic" band, although many people try to categorize
it as such, because Rozz Williams imagery, musical, and vocal style are
dark and forebodding, conjuring images of death and despair. With Shadow
Project (1991), Rozz transcended any notions of "gothic" that Christian
Death had given him. Ironically, at this point the gothic movement had
taken shape, and Valor was desperately attempting to cash in on Christian
Death's goth fame, yet drove away most of it's gothic following with Rozz's
absence.
