PAINKILLER - UK/USA

Gut Of A Virgin – 1991 – Earache
Buried Secrets – 1992 – Earache
Rituals: Live In Japan – 1993 – Toy’s Factory
Execution Ground – 1994 – Subharmonic
Talisman: Live In Nagoya – 2002 – Tzadik
The Prophecy: Live In Europe – 2013 - Tzadik

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Members
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Guitar


Bass
Material, Last Exit, Arcana, Manimal, Naked City, Method Of Defiance, Table Beat Science, The Blood Of Heroes>>BILL LASWELL>>Arcana, Material, Last Exit, Method Of Defiance, Table Beat Science, The Blood Of Heroes

Drum
Napalm Death, Defecation. Unseen Terror, Doom, Intestinal Infestation, E.N.T., Godflesh, Divination, Praxis, Lull, Scorn>>Mick Harris>>Lull, Scorn, Quoit, Fret, Divination, Praxis, Hygiene, Certain Beyond All Reasonable Doubt, The Weakener, Solo, Trace Decay, Clang – Zeni Geva, Ruins, Solo, Koenjihyakkei>>YOSHIDA TATSUYA>>Zeni Geva, Ruins, Solo, Koenjihyakkei, Acid Mothers Temple SWR, Vampillia

Saxophone
Solo, Toy Killers, Mystric Fugu Orchestra, The Dreamers>>JOHN ZORN>>Solo, Toy Killers, Mystric Fugu Orchestra, The Dreamers




History & Biography
Painkiller first appeared in 1991. Metal fans should approach this avantgarde, free form, jazzy, grindcore act with caution. Zorn formed Painkiller with Bill Laswell on bass and Mick Harris on drums. Jon Zorn is a saxophone player and composer. Bill Laswell is an experimental bassist. Mick Harris came from Napalm Death and Defecation, but drifted into free form music and electronic music. The drummer left in 1995. Rituals: Live In Japan was recorded in Tokyo in 1991. Execution Ground was more ambient than its predecessors. The band went away, but Painkiller climbed the stage for a one-off concert with the original line-up of Zorn, Laswell, and Harris again. Mike Patton of Faith No More joined them. This was in Paris, France in 2008.


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