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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