Browse by Artist: PAINKILLER

Artist:	PAINKILLER
Title:	50th Birthday Celebration Vol. 12
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 5012

John Zorn, Bill Laswell, Hamid Drake plus special guest on vocals: Mike Patton. "A powerful and breathtaking meeting of masters. With the tight rhythm section of Laswell and Drake, who have a long history working together in a variety of bands and contexts, and the empathetic insanity of Patton and Zorn, this set was as much of a surprise to the musicians as it was to the pumped up crowd that were lucky enough to hear that night. Although billed as Painkiller, this once in a lifetime unit was really something completely different. At times hilarious, exhilarating, outrageous and transcendent, this is music only the New American Underground could create. East Coast meets West Coast meets Midwest: New York, California and Chicago come together in this twisted, funky improviser's paradise."

Artist:	PAINKILLER
Title:	Complete Studio Recordings 1991-94
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	4CD
Price:	$46.00
Catalog #:	TZ 7317

"An historical reissue released in cooperation with Earache Records. Out of print for years -- with most of the material being released domestically for the first time. PainKiller was Bill Laswell (bass, samples), Mick Harris (drums, samples, vocals) & John Zorn (alto sax, vocals) and this special 4CD package is the ultimate PainKiller document: the complete studio recordings, with all of the original booklets and artwork intact -- uncensored and uncompromising, from their classic first release of 1991 Guts Of A Virgin, to Buried Secrets (featuring members of Godflesh) and their 1994 masterpiece Execution Ground. In addition to all of their blistering studio pieces and extended ambient remixes is included a ferocious live performance from Osaka, Japan that captures the band at the height of its powers. Drawing equally from the tradition of jazz, hardcore punk, dub, ambient and much more, Painkiller has created some of the most intense music you're ever like ly to hear, enclosed in some of the most deliriously beautiful artwork you're ever likely to see."

Artist:	PAINKILLER
Title:	Talisman (Live In Nagoya)
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7342

"Bringing together three of the most voracious and energetic musical minds in new music, PainKiller was one of the most intense live bands ever. Here they are captured at their absolute peak. Culminating their legendary 1994 tour of Japan in a masterful set featuring one of their longest and most inspired improvisations, the thirty-five minute Batrachophrenoboocosmomachia. Beautifully recorded by the unsung fourth member of the group sound engineer Oz Frith and packaged in deliriously original artwork, Talisman is a long awaited new release by one of the most original and unique sax/bass/drum trios in musical history."

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