Materia Gris | tl
Throbbing Gristle was formed in London, UK in 1975 out of the ashes of international performance art group COUM Transmissions. Founding members Cosey Fanni Tutti, Chris Carter, Peter Christopherson and Genesis P-Orridge, as well as artist Monte Cazazza (a collaborator and friend of the band), coined the phrase "Industrial Music For Industrial People" to describe the dehumanization and mechanization of music making they in part wanted to evoke. Aside from inventing a completely new musical genre (Industrial Music) Throbbing Gristle also founded their own record label, Industrial Records, which became home to artists such as Cabaret Voltaire, Clock DVA, SPK,...
Material is a musical group formed in 1979 and led by bass guitarist Bill Laswell.
In 1978, having received a substantial royalty payment for his work with The Yardbirds, Georgian music entrepreneur Giorgio Gomelsky relocated to New York in an attempt to open up the American market to the European progressive rock/jazz-rock bands he was working with, such as Gong, Henry Cow and Magma. He established the Zu Club in Manhattan and after meeting 24 year old bass player Bill Laswell, encouraged him to form a band. Three young friends, Michael Beinhorn (17, synthesizer), Martin Bisi (17, engineering) and Fred...
There are several bands or artists using the name Ambergris:
1. Rock band from the 70s with Jimmy Maelen as lead singer.
2. The musical project of comic artist Matthew Thurber.
3. An experimental, dissonant black metal duo from San Diego, California.
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There are several artists using this name:
1) Materialschlacht is a Noise-/Break-/Speedcore producer from Eschweiler, Germany, also known as Thomas Weber.
2) Materialschlacht is an alias for Peter Savelkoul, who usually releases under the name a challenge of honour.
3) Materialschlacht is a RAC band from Germany.
4) Materialschlacht is an early punk Band from Germany (ca. 1980). .
Stockholm punks Grisen Skriker (The pig screams) was formed in the autumn 1978. They played live for the first time that year. The band made only two EP's in the year they existed but still managed to make a buzz on the swedish punk scene. The first EP is a swedish classic with songs like "Sextifem (Sixtyfive)" about getting old and the punk anthem "Ett tusen punks (1000 punks)". They played 52 gigs all in all before breaking up in august 1979. Most of their recorded songs are on the compilation "Grisen Skrikers 1:a & 2:a EP + 4 Låtar...
