ASSASSINS OF GOD

appeared suddenly out of nowhere, released three albums, & disappeared without really ever causing a great stir. They played the first Lolapalooza & toured Europe often.Of their three discs, Black Tongue Speaks, Vol I is without a doubt their masterpiece. It is characterized by a dark atmosphere on songs like “I am My Disease” & “The Hate Song”, also by restless, hysterical guitar & fantastic bass runs. There are walls of sound & noise that go on to develop into the most beautiful melodies & riffs. It is hard to explain their music & I’ve never heard another band like them. They were occasionally classified as “Jazzcore”. Personally I feel they don’t fit into any category.

The members of AOG: Ken Kearney (guitar & vocals); Ellen Schoenwetter (bass); & Bruce Ducheneaux (drums) are part of the incestuous art/musick scene in San Francisco.

Ken Kearney appears with the Mutants on Forensic Report. Lately Ken has been playing more straight ahead jazz backing Tracy Sirota & in his own Ken Kearney Quartet. Ken Kearney early on played in the Atones with Mark Weinstein of MX-80 Sound (& Amoeba Records owner). MX-80 Sound were one of those bands ahead of their time, influencing bands such as Sonic Youth, the Swans & Live Skull among others. MX-80 played rather dissonant, discordant heavy-rock. Their main influences seem to be Ca

ptain Beefheart & the Stooges, yet at times they seem more akin to Pere Ubu, Television, early Siouxsie & the Banshees, sometimes even managing to sound not unlike Joy Division. (geklaut bei http://digitalmeltd0wn.blogspot.de/2009/10/assassins-of-god-black-tongue-speaks.html)

 

Aus dem BONZEN Records Promozettel von 1990:

...bla.....bla... bla... entzieht sich der schnellen Kategorisierung genauso, wie sie dem flüchtigen Hörer Zugang verwehrt... bla... das intensive Zuhören ist erforderlich und wird tiefe Einblicke gestatten. Richtig verinnerlichen und begreifen wird mensch das Spektakel erst nachdem er es sich mit eigenen Augen gesehen hat und live gepeinigt wurde.... bla... wird jedes Konzert ein neues Erlebnis werden, das Assassins of God ihre Stücke niemals in der gleichen Art und Weise spielen. Erst live wird so das tatsächliche Potential der Band erlebbar und verschafft Zugang zu ihrer Musik. (Puh, Z., kommt das von dir? lg, Q.)

 

KICKER

...Appearing straight out the fuck of nowhere, Kicker are an Oakland-based punk super group, which is to say the least, an understatement. Comprised of frontman and hardcore veteran Pete “The Roadie”(who has roadied for over 30 years alongside the likes of countless hardcore legends including Fugazi, Amebix, Jello Biafra), Dave Ed of Neurosis on bass, Mauz of Dystopia on guitar, and Toby from Filth on drums, Kicker bore fruition in 2011 and have been creating some of the most infectious UK-Punk infused hardcore since. geklaut bei americanaftermath.net