Zeni Geva – Skullfuck Live [Cass] (1988, Nux Organization)

One of Japan's more eccentric and intriguing extreme music exports of the late '80s and '90s, self-professed "progressive hardcore trio" Zeni Geva (their name derives from an ancient Japanese word for "money" and a corruption of the German "gewalt," or violence) forcibly fused elements of heavy metal, hardcore, industrial music, noise rock, and the avant-garde, gaining no small underground recognition in the process. 

Having already made a name for himself via several experimental outfits (Absolut Null Punkt, YBO2) and collaborations with Merzbow earlier in the decade, vocalist, guitarist, and programmer K.K. Null (real name Kazuyuki Kishino) founded Zeni Geva in 1987, calling on guitarist Fumiyoshi Suzuki and drummer Ikuo Taketani to join him on debut album 'How to Kill', released on Null's own NUX Organization label. Said album also featured a short-lived vocalist named Elle who was replaced by bassist Bunsho Nishikawa come 1988's amusingly named 'Vast Impotenz' cassette EP, but he too would be gone by the release of 1990's watershed 'Maximum Money Monster' LP, which brought industrial discipline to Zeni Geva's savage sonic outbursts while introducing new guitarist Mitsuru Tabata (ex-Boredoms) and drummer Tatsuya Yoshida, briefly borrowed from Ruins. [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC]

 

 

Label: Nux Organization – NUX-14 

Format: Cassette, Album 

Country: Japan 

Released: 1988 

Style: Noise Rock 

 

Tracklist:

A1 War Pig 6:11 

A2 Dead Car, Sun Crash 5:51 

A3 Slum King 9:05 

B1 Godkill 11:41 

B2 Dead Car, Sun Crash 6:50 

 

Notes:

Recorded live at 

A) N.Y. Antiknock '88 Jan 16 

B) Loft '88 Jan 18 

 

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