Don't forget Painkiller's wonderful "power ballad" 'Marianne' on Makigami Koichi's 'Korochi No Blues' (one of my favorite Zorn productions ever) with Makigami on vocals and Haino Keiji on guitar. Essential.

"S.H. Kingston" <isotope454@hotmail.com> wrote:

As far as Painkiller being a fixed line-up, Buckethead played with Painkiller in 1993 at Zornfest (at least that one time, probably other times as well)... Justin Broadrick and G.C. Green have also played with them; some others as well, I'm sure.

>From: David Keffer

>To: zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com

>Subject: Pain Killer lineup

>Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2003 14:16:13 -0400

>

>

> >MEEP! Julien Quint (Pom) wrote:

> >> Does anyone have more detailed info about that, like dates for

> >> instance? I recently saw the Ruins in Tokyo and Yoshida said something

> >> about playing with Painkiller, but I didn't understand the details...

> >> maybe this July but I'm really not sure.

> >From: Taylor McLaren

> >Painkiller is on the schedule for this summer's Fuji Rock festival

> >(July 25-27) in Niigata, as are a couple of other Laswell ensembles.

> >One of the local papers mentioned Zorn and Laswell by name in passing

> >along this information, but didn't mention Yoshida (or any other

> >drummer, for that matter)... I'm assuming this is what you're talking

> >about.

>

>I think the line-up in Pain Killer is no longer fixed, beyond Zorn and

>Laswell. On December 8, 2002, an ensemble which included

> John Zorn (sax)

> Bill Laswell (bass)

> Hideo Yamagi (drums)

> Keiji Haino (guitar, voice)

> Michiyo Yagi (koto)

> Akira Sakata (voice)

>performed at Pit Inn in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The line-up kept switching,

>sometimes a trio, sometimes a quartet, quintet, or sextet. All

>combinations included Zorn and Laswell. Most of the songs performed

>(especially featuring the Zorn/Laswell/Yamagi trio) were very definitely in

>the Pain Killer vein. (But I don't think this show was officially billed

>as Pain Killer.) There were some songs with Haino and the koto player that

>were not at all in the style of "vintage era" Pain Killer.

>

>David K.

>

>

>

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