Bastard Noise
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History
The Bastard Noise was founded in 1991 by Henry Barnes, W. T. Nelson and Eric Wood, initially as a side project of powerviolencePowerviolence
Powerviolence , is a raw and dissonant subgenre of hardcore punk. The style is closely related to thrashcore and grindcore.-History:...
band Man Is The Bastard
Man Is the Bastard
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Project personnel and past contributors
Project Members are Aimee Artz-vocals/electronics (Progeria), Joel Connell-drums (Man is the Bastard, P.H.C., Pillsbury Hardcore, Controlling Hand, Lux Nova Umbra Est), Danny Walker-drums (Intronaut, Exhumed), and Eric Wood-bass/vocals (Female Skitzoid, Crypt Orchid, Powertrip, Peace Corpse, Pillsbury Hardcore, Pissed Happy Children, Cyclops, Neanderthal, Man is the Bastard, Crossed Out, Giant Robot, Bastard Noise, Amber Asylum).There are a number of notable contributors, & collaborators. Among them are Masami Akita, Henry Barnes, Keiji Haino
Keiji Haino
Keiji Haino born May 3, 1952 in Chiba, Japan, and currently residing in Tokyo, is a Japanese musician whose work has included rock, free improvisation, noise, singer-songwriter, solo percussion, psychedelic, minimalism and drone styles...
, Outermost, Gerritt, Guilty Connector, Josh "Ovalteen" Lewis, Justin Pearson
Justin Pearson
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, Jay Randall, Greg Hyman (tombrider666), John Wiese
John Wiese
-Biography:Born April 18, 1977, John Wiese is an artist and composer residing in Los Angeles, California. In the late 1990s, Wiese moved from St. Louis, Missouri to the west coast in order to study graphic design at the California Institute of the Arts...
, & Koji Tano.
Unique sound and instrumentation
Although The Bastard Noise utilizes many instruments, the project has come to be known and recognized by the idiosyncratic sound of their purpose-crafted gear unique to the project. Electro-acoustic devices such as "the Coil", controllers such as joysticks repurposed from broken arcade games and a vast array of high and low voltage analog audio generators were invented, engineered and hand-built by Henry Barnes (who builds as Amps for Christ and Guitars For Christ) and W. T. Nelson (who builds for Trogotronic) specifically for The Bastard Noise lending to the projects' distinctive sound. Recently the project has come full circle to the roots of where it began with a return to a powerviolence/progressive repertoire and traditional instrumentation such as amplified bass guitar, keys and drums. As of September 2010 W.T. Nelson is no longer in the group.Selected discography
The Bastard Noise project has documented its work inside the recording studio, on stage and even in the kitchen with well over 100 recordings issued. Many of these were self-released, the rest were issued by select underground (and occasionally above-ground) worldwide labels such as Alien8, Deep Six, Gravity, Ground Fault Recordings, Hear More!, Helicopter Records, Housepig, Kitty Play, MSBR Records, RelapseRelapse Records
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, Thumbprint Press, Triage and Vermiform.
- (1993) U.N.D. / Bizarre Uproar / Bastard Noise (Self-Released) 3-way split 12" LP
- (1996) MerzbowMerzbowis the main recording name of the Japanese noise musician , born in 1956. Since 1979 he has released in excess of 350 recordings.The name "Merzbow" comes from German artist Kurt Schwitters' artwork, "Merzbau”. This was chosen to reflect Akita's dada influence and junk art aesthetic...
/ Bastard Noise: Voice Pie (Relapse Records) compact discCompact DiscThe Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
split album
- (1996) The GerogerigegegeThe GerogerigegegeThe Gerogerigegege is a music project created in 1985 in Shinjuku, Tokyo by Juntaro Yamanouchi , who runs and maintains the Vis a Vis record label in Japan.- Biography :...
/ Bastard Noise: compact discCompact DiscThe Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
split album
- (1998) Bastard Noise / Spastic Colon: split album
- (1998) Bastard Noise: If It Be Not True (Vermiform) compact discCompact DiscThe Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
album
- (2000) Bastard Noise / Hospital: (Noisebludgeon) compact discCompact DiscThe Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
split album
- (2000) Bastard Noise: Skullwave (Helicopter) compact discCompact DiscThe Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
album
- (2005) Bastard Noise: The Analysis of Self-Destruction (Alien8) compact discCompact DiscThe Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
album
- (2007) Bastard Noise + Antennacle: collaborative 7" (Kitty Play)
- (2007) Bastard Noise / Amps For Christ / Unicorn / Antennacle / Sleestak / Hierophant: No Skull Left Unturned (Hear More!/200 mg) compact discCompact DiscThe Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
Three CD Multi-Split Album, Books and other materials
- (2009) Bastard Noise: Our Earth's Blood IV (Cathartic Process) Five CD box-set.
- (2009) The Bastard Noise: Atmoskull CD (Thumbprint Press)
- (2010) The Bastard Noise/The Endless Blockade: The Red List split 12" LP (Deep Six) and compact discCompact DiscThe Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
split (20 Buck Spin)
- (2010) The Bastard Noise: A Culture of Monsters Full-Sized Gatefold 12" LP (Deep Six) and Mini Baby Gatefold CD (Deep Six/Hear More!/Housepig)