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Joy Circuit
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Origin	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Genres	New wave; synth-pop
Years active	1980s; 2010s–
Labels	Sinister Bop!; Play Records
Members	Stephen Taylor (vocals); Tim Prentice (keyboards, synths, vocals); Michael Render (guitar); Ed Morra (bass); Dan Eggleston (drums); Gary Boss (drums)
Associated acts
Website

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★ Ohio Artist Verified ★
This artist has been verified as part of the Ohio music scene by the OHMS Archive Foundation.

Joy Circuit is a new wave and synth-pop band from Akron, Ohio, active in the Northeast Ohio underground scene during the 1980s and later revived for digital releases in the 2010s.<ref> Music – Joy Circuit, Bandcamp. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref><ref> Joy Circuit, Sinister Bop!. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref> The group is best known for the 1985 single "Time Held The Night", its appearance on the Ohio compilation Exhibit A, and the archival album The Distraction, released digitally by Sinister Bop! in 2017.<ref> Joy Circuit – Time Held The Night, Discogs. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref><ref> Adults / Mad Money / Joy Circut – Exhibit A, Ziggy Records. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref><ref> The Distraction – Joy Circuit, Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

History

Joy Circuit emerged from the Northeast Ohio new wave scene as an all-original band blending synthesizers with a rock rhythm section.<ref> Joy Circuit, Sinister Bop!. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref> Sinister Bop! describes the group as creating "synthesized soundscapes" and a "wall of sound" influenced by artists such as Gary Numan and Duran Duran, accompanied by a custom light show and rear-projection visuals at live performances.<ref> Joy Circuit, Sinister Bop!. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

In 1985 the band issued the privately pressed 7-inch single "Time Held The Night" backed with "The Deceleration Fix" on Sinister Bop! Records (catalogue number SBR 4202S).<ref> Joy Circuit [Ohio – Time Held The Night / The Deceleration Fix], 45cat. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref><ref> Joy Circuit – Time Held The Night, Discogs. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref> Contemporary credits list Stephen Taylor and Tim Prentice as core members, with the single arranged by the band and issued with a picture sleeve carrying a Sinister Bop! Akron post office box address.<ref> Joy Circuit [Ohio – Time Held The Night / The Deceleration Fix], 45cat. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

Later in 1985 Joy Circuit contributed "Time Held The Night" to the various-artists compilation Exhibit A, released by Play Records and featuring underground punk, pop rock, goth and new wave bands from Ohio.<ref> Adults / Mad Money / Joy Circut – Exhibit A, Ziggy Records. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref><ref> Various – Exhibit A, Discogs. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref> The compilation helped document the mid-1980s regional scene and is described by collectors as a snapshot of Ohio's underground bands of the era.<ref> Adults / Mad Money / Joy Circut – Exhibit A, Ziggy Records. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

Live footage from 1987 shows Joy Circuit performing original songs such as "Touch the Flame" and "Love Turns to Darkness" at venues including the University of Akron and the Balch Street Auditorium in Akron, confirming the band’s continued activity in the late 1980s.<ref> Joy Circuit – Touch the Flame 4/15/1987, YouTube. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref><ref> Love Turns to Darkness – Joy Circuit, YouTube. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref> A later description of Akron alternative rock group Time No Reason notes that frontman Stephen Taylor had been the vocalist for "regional late 80's favorite Joy Circuit", underlining the band’s local profile.<ref> Watch & Listen – Time No Reason, Amazon. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

In the late 1990s Sinister Bop! issued the CDr compilation Bootleg, collecting Joy Circuit recordings with credits to Stephen Taylor (vocals), Tim Prentice (synths and vocals), Michael Render (guitar), Ed Morra (bass) and Gary Boss (drums).<ref> Joy Circuit – Bootleg, Discogs. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref> A further CDr titled Live followed in 2011 as an archival concert release.<ref> Joy Circuit (2) – Discography, Discogs. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

In 2017 Sinister Bop! and the band made extensive use of digital distribution platforms. The archival album The Distraction, recorded in the 1980s, was issued digitally on 18 June 2017, with streaming releases describing it as an eight-track album on Sinister Bop!.<ref> The Distraction – Joy Circuit, Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref><ref> The Distraction – Joy Circuit, Amazon Music. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref> A Joy Circuit social media post from December 2017 refers to The Distraction as a "vintage eighties album" recorded more than thirty-three years earlier and newly available on the Sinister Bop! label, confirming its origins in the band’s original era.<ref> Joy Circuit – The Distraction announcement, Facebook. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

Alongside the album, Joy Circuit released the digital singles "Nobody Dances Anymore" and "Over Your Head" in 2017. Bandcamp credits the former as recorded in December 2016 and released in May 2017, with Stephen Taylor (lead vocals), Michael Render (guitars), Ed Morra (bass guitars) and Tim Prentice (synths, drum programming and backing vocals).<ref> Nobody Dances Anymore – Joy Circuit, Bandcamp. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref> Streaming services list both songs as 2017 singles on Sinister Bop!, and they are also collected digitally under the title Nobody Dances Anymore.<ref> Nobody Dances Anymore – Single, Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref><ref> Over Your Head – Joy Circuit, Amazon Music. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

Joy Circuit's recordings have also appeared on horror film soundtracks connected to the Ohio independent film scene. "Love Turns to Darkness" was included on the soundtrack album for Skinned Alive, while "The Answer" and "The Answer (Instrumental) [Bonus Track]" appear on the expanded original motion picture soundtrack for The Dead Next Door, both released digitally in the late 2010s.<ref> Skinned Alive – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref><ref> The Answer – Joy Circuit, Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref><ref> The Answer – Joy Circuit, Shazam. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

Although there is another band called The Joy Circuit, formed by Jeff Garber of National Skyline and unrelated to the Ohio group, contemporary sources note that this project is a separate entity and distinguish it from the 1980s Akron band.<ref> National Skyline, Wikipedia. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

Legacy

Collectors and commentators have described Joy Circuit as part of the Northeast Ohio new wave and synth-pop underground, with early vinyl releases such as Time Held The Night and the Exhibit A compilation attracting interest as regional artifacts.<ref> Adults / Mad Money / Joy Circut – Exhibit A, Ziggy Records. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref> Later descriptions of Stephen Taylor’s work with Time No Reason refer to Joy Circuit as a "regional late 80's favorite", underscoring the band’s reputation in the local club circuit.<ref> Watch & Listen – Time No Reason, Amazon. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

Band members have remained active in music. Discography entries and later projects show Tim Prentice and Ed Morra credited as musicians from Akron who have continued to work together, including in the indie rock project Sunflower Saints, which notes that Prentice, Morra, Stephen Taylor and Dan Eggleston all come from Northeast Ohio bands such as Joy Circuit.<ref> Tim Prentice – Discography, Discogs. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref><ref> Ed Morra – Discography, Discogs. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref><ref> About – Sunflower Saints, Bandcamp. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

Members

Classic and later line-ups

Stephen Taylor – lead vocals<ref>

Stephen Taylor – Discography, Discogs. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref><ref> Nobody Dances Anymore – Joy Circuit, Bandcamp. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

Tim Prentice – keyboards, synthesizers, vocals<ref>

Tim Prentice – Discography, Discogs. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref><ref> Nobody Dances Anymore – Joy Circuit, Bandcamp. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

Michael Render – guitar<ref>

Nobody Dances Anymore – Joy Circuit, Bandcamp. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref><ref> Joy Circuit – Time Held The Night, Discogs. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

Ed Morra – bass guitar<ref>

Ed Morra – Discography, Discogs. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref><ref> Nobody Dances Anymore – Joy Circuit, Bandcamp. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

Dan Eggleston – drums<ref>

Joy Circuit – Time Held The Night, Discogs. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref><ref> About – Sunflower Saints, Bandcamp. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

Gary Boss – drums<ref>

Joy Circuit – Bootleg, Discogs. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref><ref> Joy Circuit – Touch the Flame.m4v, YouTube. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

Discography

Albums

The Distraction (digital album, Sinister Bop!, 2017)<ref>

The Distraction – Joy Circuit, Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref><ref> The Distraction – Joy Circuit, Amazon Music. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

Bootleg (CDr compilation, Sinister Bop!, 1998)<ref>

Joy Circuit – Bootleg, Discogs. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

Live (CDr live album, self-released, 2011)<ref>

Joy Circuit (2) – Discography, Discogs. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

Singles and EPs

"Time Held The Night" / "The Deceleration Fix" (7" single, Sinister Bop!, 1985)<ref>

Joy Circuit [Ohio – Time Held The Night / The Deceleration Fix], 45cat. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref><ref> Joy Circuit – Time Held The Night, Discogs. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

Nobody Dances Anymore (digital single, Sinister Bop!, 2017)<ref>

Nobody Dances Anymore – Joy Circuit, Bandcamp. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref><ref> Nobody Dances Anymore – Single, Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

Over Your Head (digital single, Sinister Bop!, 2017)<ref>

Over Your Head – Joy Circuit, Tidal. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref><ref> Over Your Head – Joy Circuit, Amazon Music. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

Compilation appearances

"Time Held The Night" on Exhibit A (various artists LP/cassette, Play Records, 1985)<ref>

Adults / Mad Money / Joy Circut – Exhibit A, Ziggy Records. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref><ref> Various – Exhibit A, Discogs. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

Soundtrack and other appearances

"Love Turns to Darkness" on Skinned Alive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (digital album, 2020)<ref>

Skinned Alive – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

"The Answer" and "The Answer (Instrumental) [Bonus Track]" on The Dead Next Door (Expanded Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (digital album, 2017)<ref>

The Answer – Joy Circuit, Apple Music. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref><ref> The Answer – Joy Circuit, Shazam. Retrieved 2025-12-11.

</ref>

Gigography

19870501 - Balch Street Auditorium - Akron, Ohio

External links

References

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-⭐ JOY CIRCUIT (AKRON) — FINAL IFIX PAGE
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-| name         = Joy Circuit
 | image        = Joy Circuit.jpg
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+| name         = Joy Circuit
 | origin       = Akron, Ohio, U.S.
-| genre        = Rock; new wave; synth rock
+| genre        = New wave; synth-pop
-| years_active =
+| years_active = 1980s; 2010s–
-| label        = Sinister Bop! Records
+| label        = Sinister Bop!; Play Records
-| members      = Dan Eggleston; Ed Morra; Gary Boss; Michael Render; Rodney Shields; Stephen Taylor; Tim Prentice
+| members      = Stephen Taylor (vocals); Tim Prentice (keyboards, synths, vocals); Michael Render (guitar); Ed Morra (bass); Dan Eggleston (drums); Gary Boss (drums)
-| associated_acts =
-| website      =
 }}
 {{OhioArtistVerified}}
-'''Joy Circuit''' are a rock and new wave band from Akron, Ohio.
+'''Joy Circuit''' is a new wave and synth-pop band from Akron, Ohio, active in the Northeast Ohio underground scene during the 1980s and later revived for digital releases in the 2010s.<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://joycircuit.bandcamp.com/|title=Music – Joy Circuit|website=Bandcamp|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://sinisterbop.com/|title=Joy Circuit|website=Sinister Bop!|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref> The group is best known for the 1985 single "Time Held The Night", its appearance on the Ohio compilation ''Exhibit A'', and the archival album ''The Distraction'', released digitally by Sinister Bop! in 2017.<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3399038-Joy-Circuit-Time-Held-The-Night|title=Joy Circuit – Time Held The Night|website=Discogs|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.ziggyrecords.com/product/exhibit-a-p185096.html|title=Adults / Mad Money / Joy Circut – Exhibit A|website=Ziggy Records|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-distraction/1238327673|title=The Distraction – Joy Circuit|website=Apple Music|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
-Their work blends elements of guitar-driven rock with synthesizer-based arrangements, documented through a series of releases on Sinister Bop! Records as well as later self-released material.
 == History ==
-Public documentation of the band’s activity centers on their mid-1980s single on Sinister Bop! Records and subsequent compilation and live releases.
+Joy Circuit emerged from the Northeast Ohio new wave scene as an all-original band blending synthesizers with a rock rhythm section.<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://sinisterbop.com/|title=Joy Circuit|website=Sinister Bop!|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref> Sinister Bop! describes the group as creating "synthesized soundscapes" and a "wall of sound" influenced by artists such as Gary Numan and Duran Duran, accompanied by a custom light show and rear-projection visuals at live performances.<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://sinisterbop.com/|title=Joy Circuit|website=Sinister Bop!|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
-Additional digital-era singles were later issued through the band's official Bandcamp page, confirming continued activity associated with the Akron music scene.<ref>{{OHMScite
-|url=https://joycircuit.bandcamp.com
+In 1985 the band issued the privately pressed 7-inch single "Time Held The Night" backed with "The Deceleration Fix" on Sinister Bop! Records (catalogue number SBR 4202S).<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.45cat.com/record/sbr4202s|title=Joy Circuit [Ohio] – Time Held The Night / The Deceleration Fix|website=45cat|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3399038-Joy-Circuit-Time-Held-The-Night|title=Joy Circuit – Time Held The Night|website=Discogs|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref> Contemporary credits list Stephen Taylor and Tim Prentice as core members, with the single arranged by the band and issued with a picture sleeve carrying a Sinister Bop! Akron post office box address.<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.45cat.com/record/sbr4202s|title=Joy Circuit [Ohio] – Time Held The Night / The Deceleration Fix|website=45cat|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
-|title=JOY CIRCUIT – Official Bandcamp
-|website=Bandcamp
+Later in 1985 Joy Circuit contributed "Time Held The Night" to the various-artists compilation ''Exhibit A'', released by Play Records and featuring underground punk, pop rock, goth and new wave bands from Ohio.<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.ziggyrecords.com/product/exhibit-a-p185096.html|title=Adults / Mad Money / Joy Circut – Exhibit A|website=Ziggy Records|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/2596601-Various-Exhibit-A|title=Various – Exhibit A|website=Discogs|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref> The compilation helped document the mid-1980s regional scene and is described by collectors as a snapshot of Ohio's underground bands of the era.<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.ziggyrecords.com/product/exhibit-a-p185096.html|title=Adults / Mad Money / Joy Circut – Exhibit A|website=Ziggy Records|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
-|access-date=2025-12-11
-}}</ref>
+Live footage from 1987 shows Joy Circuit performing original songs such as "Touch the Flame" and "Love Turns to Darkness" at venues including the University of Akron and the Balch Street Auditorium in Akron, confirming the band’s continued activity in the late 1980s.<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0qeC8NxDL0|title=Joy Circuit – Touch the Flame 4/15/1987|website=YouTube|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH0XhjQtq7s|title=Love Turns to Darkness – Joy Circuit|website=YouTube|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref> A later description of Akron alternative rock group Time No Reason notes that frontman Stephen Taylor had been the vocalist for "regional late 80's favorite Joy Circuit", underlining the band’s local profile.<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.amazon.com/Watch-Listen-Time-No-Reason/dp/B0001M3OWI|title=Watch & Listen – Time No Reason|website=Amazon|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
+In the late 1990s Sinister Bop! issued the CDr compilation ''Bootleg'', collecting Joy Circuit recordings with credits to Stephen Taylor (vocals), Tim Prentice (synths and vocals), Michael Render (guitar), Ed Morra (bass) and Gary Boss (drums).<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/18228358-Joy-Circuit-Bootleg|title=Joy Circuit – Bootleg|website=Discogs|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref> A further CDr titled ''Live'' followed in 2011 as an archival concert release.<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/853102-Joy-Circuit-2|title=Joy Circuit (2) – Discography|website=Discogs|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
+In 2017 Sinister Bop! and the band made extensive use of digital distribution platforms. The archival album ''The Distraction'', recorded in the 1980s, was issued digitally on 18 June 2017, with streaming releases describing it as an eight-track album on Sinister Bop!.<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-distraction/1238327673|title=The Distraction – Joy Circuit|website=Apple Music|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.amazon.com/Distraction-Joy-Circuit/dp/B071S92X9K|title=The Distraction – Joy Circuit|website=Amazon Music|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref> A Joy Circuit social media post from December 2017 refers to ''The Distraction'' as a "vintage eighties album" recorded more than thirty-three years earlier and newly available on the Sinister Bop! label, confirming its origins in the band’s original era.<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.facebook.com/JoyCircuit/posts/joy-circuits-vintage-eighties-album-the-distraction-was-recorded-more-than-33-ye/1662413230541400/|title=Joy Circuit – The Distraction announcement|website=Facebook|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
+Alongside the album, Joy Circuit released the digital singles "Nobody Dances Anymore" and "Over Your Head" in 2017. Bandcamp credits the former as recorded in December 2016 and released in May 2017, with Stephen Taylor (lead vocals), Michael Render (guitars), Ed Morra (bass guitars) and Tim Prentice (synths, drum programming and backing vocals).<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://joycircuit.bandcamp.com/track/nobody-dances-anymore|title=Nobody Dances Anymore – Joy Circuit|website=Bandcamp|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref> Streaming services list both songs as 2017 singles on Sinister Bop!, and they are also collected digitally under the title ''Nobody Dances Anymore''.<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/nobody-dances-anymore-single/1243696869|title=Nobody Dances Anymore – Single|website=Apple Music|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://music.amazon.com/albums/B072Q22GNH|title=Over Your Head – Joy Circuit|website=Amazon Music|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
+Joy Circuit's recordings have also appeared on horror film soundtracks connected to the Ohio independent film scene. "Love Turns to Darkness" was included on the soundtrack album for ''Skinned Alive'', while "The Answer" and "The Answer (Instrumental) [Bonus Track]" appear on the expanded original motion picture soundtrack for ''The Dead Next Door'', both released digitally in the late 2010s.<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/skinned-alive-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1531234838|title=Skinned Alive – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|website=Apple Music|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://music.apple.com/us/song/the-answer/1498987288|title=The Answer – Joy Circuit|website=Apple Music|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.shazam.com/song/1498987288/the-answer|title=The Answer – Joy Circuit|website=Shazam|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
+Although there is another band called The Joy Circuit, formed by Jeff Garber of National Skyline and unrelated to the Ohio group, contemporary sources note that this project is a separate entity and distinguish it from the 1980s Akron band.<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Skyline|title=National Skyline|website=Wikipedia|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
+== Legacy ==
+Collectors and commentators have described Joy Circuit as part of the Northeast Ohio new wave and synth-pop underground, with early vinyl releases such as ''Time Held The Night'' and the ''Exhibit A'' compilation attracting interest as regional artifacts.<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.ziggyrecords.com/product/exhibit-a-p185096.html|title=Adults / Mad Money / Joy Circut – Exhibit A|website=Ziggy Records|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref> Later descriptions of Stephen Taylor’s work with Time No Reason refer to Joy Circuit as a "regional late 80's favorite", underscoring the band’s reputation in the local club circuit.<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.amazon.com/Watch-Listen-Time-No-Reason/dp/B0001M3OWI|title=Watch & Listen – Time No Reason|website=Amazon|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
+Band members have remained active in music. Discography entries and later projects show Tim Prentice and Ed Morra credited as musicians from Akron who have continued to work together, including in the indie rock project Sunflower Saints, which notes that Prentice, Morra, Stephen Taylor and Dan Eggleston all come from Northeast Ohio bands such as Joy Circuit.<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/853081-Tim-Prentice|title=Tim Prentice – Discography|website=Discogs|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/853117-Ed-Morra|title=Ed Morra – Discography|website=Discogs|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://sunflowersaints.bandcamp.com/|title=About – Sunflower Saints|website=Bandcamp|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
 == Members ==
-* [[Dan Eggleston]]
+; Classic and later line-ups
-* [[Ed Morra]]
+* [[Stephen Taylor]] – lead vocals<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/853040-Stephen-Taylor-4|title=Stephen Taylor – Discography|website=Discogs|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://joycircuit.bandcamp.com/track/nobody-dances-anymore|title=Nobody Dances Anymore – Joy Circuit|website=Bandcamp|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
-* [[Gary Boss]]
+* [[Tim Prentice]] – keyboards, synthesizers, vocals<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/853081-Tim-Prentice|title=Tim Prentice – Discography|website=Discogs|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://joycircuit.bandcamp.com/track/nobody-dances-anymore|title=Nobody Dances Anymore – Joy Circuit|website=Bandcamp|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
-* [[Michael Render]]
+* [[Michael Render]] – guitar<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://joycircuit.bandcamp.com/track/nobody-dances-anymore|title=Nobody Dances Anymore – Joy Circuit|website=Bandcamp|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3399038-Joy-Circuit-Time-Held-The-Night|title=Joy Circuit – Time Held The Night|website=Discogs|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
-* [[Rodney Shields]]
+* [[Ed Morra]] – bass guitar<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/853117-Ed-Morra|title=Ed Morra – Discography|website=Discogs|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://joycircuit.bandcamp.com/track/nobody-dances-anymore|title=Nobody Dances Anymore – Joy Circuit|website=Bandcamp|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
-* [[Stephen Taylor]]
+* [[Dan Eggleston]] – drums<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3399038-Joy-Circuit-Time-Held-The-Night|title=Joy Circuit – Time Held The Night|website=Discogs|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://sunflowersaints.bandcamp.com/|title=About – Sunflower Saints|website=Bandcamp|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
-* [[Tim Prentice]]
+* [[Gary Boss]] – drums<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/18228358-Joy-Circuit-Bootleg|title=Joy Circuit – Bootleg|website=Discogs|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXpT92M0RWE|title=Joy Circuit – Touch the Flame.m4v|website=YouTube|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
 == Discography ==
-=== Singles & EPs ===
+=== Albums ===
-* ''Time Held The Night'' (7", Sinister Bop! Records, 1985, cat# SBR 4202S)<ref>{{OHMScite
+* ''The Distraction'' (digital album, Sinister Bop!, 2017)<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-distraction/1238327673|title=The Distraction – Joy Circuit|website=Apple Music|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.amazon.com/Distraction-Joy-Circuit/dp/B071S92X9K|title=The Distraction – Joy Circuit|website=Amazon Music|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
-|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/xxxxx
+* ''Bootleg'' (CDr compilation, Sinister Bop!, 1998)<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/18228358-Joy-Circuit-Bootleg|title=Joy Circuit – Bootleg|website=Discogs|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
-|title=Joy Circuit – Time Held The Night
+* ''Live'' (CDr live album, self-released, 2011)<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/853102-Joy-Circuit-2|title=Joy Circuit (2) – Discography|website=Discogs|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
-|website=Discogs
-|access-date=2025-12-11
+=== Singles and EPs ===
-}}</ref>
+* "Time Held The Night" / "The Deceleration Fix" (7" single, Sinister Bop!, 1985)<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.45cat.com/record/sbr4202s|title=Joy Circuit [Ohio] – Time Held The Night / The Deceleration Fix|website=45cat|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3399038-Joy-Circuit-Time-Held-The-Night|title=Joy Circuit – Time Held The Night|website=Discogs|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
+* ''Nobody Dances Anymore'' (digital single, Sinister Bop!, 2017)<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://joycircuit.bandcamp.com/track/nobody-dances-anymore|title=Nobody Dances Anymore – Joy Circuit|website=Bandcamp|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/nobody-dances-anymore-single/1243696869|title=Nobody Dances Anymore – Single|website=Apple Music|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
+* ''Over Your Head'' (digital single, Sinister Bop!, 2017)<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://tidal.com/browse/album/74685109|title=Over Your Head – Joy Circuit|website=Tidal|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://music.amazon.com/albums/B072Q22GNH|title=Over Your Head – Joy Circuit|website=Amazon Music|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
-=== Compilations ===
+=== Compilation appearances ===
-* ''Bootleg'' (CD-R, compilation, Sinister Bop! Records, 1998)<ref>{{OHMScite
+* "Time Held The Night" on ''Exhibit A'' (various artists LP/cassette, Play Records, 1985)<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.ziggyrecords.com/product/exhibit-a-p185096.html|title=Adults / Mad Money / Joy Circut – Exhibit A|website=Ziggy Records|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/2596601-Various-Exhibit-A|title=Various – Exhibit A|website=Discogs|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
-|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/yyyyy
-|title=Joy Circuit – Bootleg
-|website=Discogs
-|access-date=2025-12-11
-}}</ref>
-=== Miscellaneous ===
+=== Soundtrack and other appearances ===
-* ''Live'' (CD-R, stereo, Not On Label, 2011)<ref>{{OHMScite
+* "Love Turns to Darkness" on ''Skinned Alive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'' (digital album, 2020)<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/skinned-alive-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1531234838|title=Skinned Alive – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|website=Apple Music|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
-|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/zzzzz
+* "The Answer" and "The Answer (Instrumental) [Bonus Track]" on ''The Dead Next Door (Expanded Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'' (digital album, 2017)<ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://music.apple.com/us/song/the-answer/1498987288|title=The Answer – Joy Circuit|website=Apple Music|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{OHMScite|url=https://www.shazam.com/song/1498987288/the-answer|title=The Answer – Joy Circuit|website=Shazam|access-date=2025-12-11}}</ref>
-|title=Joy Circuit – Live
-|website=Discogs
-|access-date=2025-12-11
-}}</ref>
-=== Digital singles ===
+== Gigography ==
-* ''Nobody Dances Anymore'' (digital single, Bandcamp)<ref>{{OHMScite
+19870501 - Balch Street Auditorium - Akron, Ohio
-|url=https://joycircuit.bandcamp.com/track/nobody-dances-anymore
-|title=Nobody Dances Anymore
-|website=Bandcamp
-|access-date=2025-12-11
-}}</ref>
-* ''Over Your Head'' (digital single, Bandcamp)<ref>{{OHMScite
-|url=https://joycircuit.bandcamp.com/track/over-your-head
-|title=Over Your Head
-|website=Bandcamp
-|access-date=2025-12-11
-}}</ref>
 == External links ==
-* [https://joycircuit.bandcamp.com Official Bandcamp]
+* [https://joycircuit.bandcamp.com/ Joy Circuit on Bandcamp]
-* [https://www.discogs.com/artist/853102-Joy-Circuit-2 Discogs artist profile]
+* [https://www.facebook.com/JoyCircuit/ Joy Circuit on Facebook]
+* [https://sinisterbop.com/ Joy Circuit page at Sinister Bop!]
+* [https://open.spotify.com/artist/3DWVxGgzfODdgVZdVZio7a Joy Circuit on Spotify]
 == References ==
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Joy Circuit
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Origin	Akron, Ohio, U.S.
Genres	New wave; synth-pop
Years active	1980s; 2010s–
Labels	Sinister Bop!; Play Records
Members	Stephen Taylor (vocals); Tim Prentice (keyboards, synths, vocals); Michael Render (guitar); Ed Morra (bass); Dan Eggleston (drums); Gary Boss (drums)
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