XEO3 - Problem Child (2006) Album

XEO3 are an industrial rock band from Los Angels consisting of Persia White (vocals, lyrics) and Roy Gnan (programming, noise). Their sound can be described as heavy, dark and moody. Their musical influence are stated to be: Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Billie Holiday, Björk, Film, Art, Childhood, Noise, Skinny Puppy, Prince, Ministry, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Conflict.

XEO3 stands for Xenon Trioxide. Xenon (Greek, meaning “strange”) was discovered in England by William Ramsay and Morris Travers on July 12, 1898, shortly after their discovery of the elements krypton and neon. They found it in the residue left over from evaporating components of liquid air. Xenon is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Xe and atomic number 54. A colorless, very heavy, odorless noble gas, xenon occurs in the earth’s atmosphere in trace amounts (occurring in one part in twenty million) and was part of the first noble gas compound synthesized. Xenon is also present in the atmosphere of Mars. In a gas filled tube, xenon emits a blue glow when the gas is excited by electrical discharge. This gas is most widely and most famously used in light-emitting devices called Xenon flash lamps, which are used in photographic flashes, stroboscopic lamps and to excite the active medium in lasers which then generate coherent light. Xenon’s inert nature makes it environmentally friendly and less corrosive to an ion engine than other fuels such as mercury or cesium.