PainKiller

Biographie:Started by John Zorn (of many, many things, most notably Naked City), Mick Harris (of Scorn, Napalm Death), and Bill Laswell (of Praxis, Material, Tabla Beat Science, etc.) in 1991, PainKiller is an extreme mix of free jazz, hardcore, dub, and noise. The group quickly recorded two EP's, Guts of a Virgin (1991) and Buried Secrets (1992) which were released on Earache Records. In 1993 Toy's Factory Records released PainKiller's Rituals: Live in Japan, a live recording from their 1991 tour of Japan. A double CD titled Execution Ground was released on Subharmonic in 1994 which featured PainKiller experimenting with extended songs as well as Ambient remixes. In 1997 John Zorn's record label, Tzadik, released The Collected Studio Works, which contained the first two EP's and Execution Ground along with Marianne, previously available on the rare Japanese CD Koroshi NoBlues by Makigami Koichi, as well as Live in Osaka, a live performance from 1994 in Osaka, Japan parts of which had been released on a re-issue of Execution Ground in 1995. Tzadik also released Talisman: Live in Nagoya in 2002, which features an incredible +30 minute track. A slightly different PainKiller played two nights (four sets) during Zorn's 50th Birthday Celebration in 2003; their final set was released by Tzadik (2005) in the 50th Birthday Celebration Series. It's the 12th Volume.

Discographie:

Guts of a Virgin1991, Earache RecordsJohn Zorn, alto sax, voice; Bill Laswell, bass; Mick Harris, drums, voiceRecorded and mixed by Oz Fritz, mastered by Howie Weinberg

Buried Secrets1992, Earache RecordsJohn Zorn, alto sax, voice; Bill Laswell, bass; Mick Harris, drums, voice- special guests on Buried Secrets and The Toll: Justin Broadrick, guitar, drum machine, voice; G. C. Green, bassRecorded and mixed by Oz Fritz, mastered by Howie Weinberg

Rituals: Live in Japan1993, Toy's Factory RecordsJohn Zorn, alto sax, voice; Bill Laswell, bass; Mick Harris, drums, voice- special guest on Vapors of Phlegm and Blood, Tetrgrammaton, Cat's Cradle, Demonic Possession, and Tokyo Lucky Hole: Haino Keiji, guitar, voiceRecorded live on 26 September 1991 by Makito Takashi, mastered by Howie Weinberg

Execution Ground1994, Subharmonic Records (2 CD's)John Zorn, alto sax, voice; Bill Laswell, bass; Mick Harris, drums, voiceRecorded, mixed, and mastered by Oz Fritz

The Collected Works1997, Tzadik Recordings (4 CD's)Disk 0: Gut's of a Virgin, Buried Secrets, Marianne - special guests on Buried Secrets and The Toll: Justin Broadrick, guitar, drum machine, voice; G. C. Green, bass - special guests on Marianne: Haino Keiji, guitar; Makigami Koichi, voice Disk 1: Execution GroundDisk 2: Execution Ground (Ambient)Disk 3: Live in Osaka - special guest on Bodkyithangga and Black Bile/Yellow Bile/Blue Bile/Crimson Bile/Ivory Bile: Yamatsuka EYEPainKiller: John Zorn, alto sax, voice; Bill Laswell, bass; Mick Harris, drums, voiceRecorded and mixed by Oz Fritz and mastered by Oz Fritz, Howie Weinberg, Allen Tucker, and Scott Hull

Talisman: Live in Nagoya2002, Tzadik RecordingsJohn Zorn, alto sax, voice; Bill Laswell, bass; Mick Harris, drums, voiceRecorded live by Oz Fritz, mastered by Scott Hull50th Birthday Series: Volume 122005, Tzadik RecordingsJohn Zorn, alto sax, voice; Bill Laswell, bass; Hamid Drake, drums; and special guest Mike Patton, voiceRecorded and mixed by Daniel Goldaracena, mastered by Scott HullLinks and Photos:

A pretty lengthy PainKiller show history.Read what Mick Harris had to say about his time with PainKiller.Tzadik RecordingsEarache RecordsThe StoneTonicMick HarrisA John Zorn fan site.Bill Laswell's label, Axiom.Check Downtown Music Gallery for rare and hard to find music.Lots of photographs from various downtown, New York venues.Clips from PainKiller's performance can be found at YouTube.com.As well as plent of other related performances.Zorn, Yoshida, and LaswellDrake, Patton, and Laswell@ Tonic (5 September 2003)Yoshida, Zorn, and LaswellPainKiller vs. Method of Defience@ Tonic (1 January 2006)Sorry folks, but this is just a fan site!