Crash Worship
| Crash Worship | |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Crash Worship ADRV |
| Origin | San Diego, California, United States[1] |
| Genres | Experimental, industrial |
| Years active | 1986–2000s |
| Labels | Charnel, Cold Spring, ¡Alarma!, Rocco Fresco, ROIR |
| Members | Simon Cheffins Markus Wolff Jeff Mattson JXL "Fat" Jack Torino Dreiky Caprice Ryan Jencks |
| Past members | Zoli Zombori Steve Griffin Trudy Truelove John Goff Rick Farr Madam Saruh Nadia Hagan Trachio Pieter Schoolwerth AMJ R. L. Naefke C. Wssl Oliver Octavio Mr. Quintron Tim North Sam Zimmerman |
Crash Worship or ADRV (Adoración De Rotura Violenta) was a San Diego based experimental aktionist industrial-noise, multicultural/multidisciplinary performance group formed in 1986,[1] most renowned for its live shows in which three stand-up percussionists hammered out concussive poly-rhythms to abstract mutated guitar, synthesizers, effects and dueling vocalists. Audience members were showered in various substances such as blood, wine and honey while band members ignited combustibles and fire within the performance area.[2] Crash Worship also released several albums and singles of both live and studio-recorded music. Mostly self-produced (unusually packaged and laboriously handcrafted) works in visually stunning screen printed metal splattered with paint, urine, blood and other esoterica.[3] Although they toured playing their recorded material, the celebratory nature of these events left each show open to spontaneity and improvisation.[4]
Contents
1 Biography
1.1 BLOOD & FIRE
2 Discography
2.1 Studio albums
2.2 EPs
2.3 Singles
2.4 Compilations
2.5 Videos
3 Members (in alphabetical order by last name)
4 References
Biography
Initially starting as a studio project, Crash Worship soon learned the power of a live audience.[5] During performances, the band's members (or often provocateurs) would manipulate the crowd, involving them more deeply into the show, ultimately eliminating any boundaries between spectator and performer.[4] The musicians would also mobilize their instruments on and off the stage into the middle of the audience (or outside), lighting explosives and hosing down the crowd with various liquids creating an atmosphere of celebratory abandon and mirth. Strobe lights, nudity, mysterious liquids, sex and smoke filled rooms (at next to zero visibility) were all a part of the average show.[6] The chaos of these events often invited unwanted attention from police who would later forcibly shut down a large percentage of the band's performances.[5]
BLOOD & FIRE
After much successful touring of the United States, Crash Worship followed suit with two full European tours in the mid-90s. It was also around this time the band was deemed "unmanageable" by many labels, booking agencies and clubs which proved difficult to tour much afterward. Although at the height of notoriety, Crash Worship had been banned from countless cities across the United States making it almost impossible touring there or abroad.[7]
In late 1999, the last Crash Worship performances were held in California, four being with the Master Musicians of Jajouka (in the Bay Area), the Aztlan Theatre (abandoned Los Angeles County Jail), and to a female only audience in San Francisco. The final Crash Worship performance was held in San Diego, California on October 24, 1999, with Physics and Tarantula Hawk as openers. Members are now scattered around the U.S. in New Orleans, Portland, Tucson, New York City, San Diego and the Bay Area, active with their own solo and side projects.[8]
Discography
Studio albums
This - CS (1987), ¡Alarma!
The Science of Ecstasy - CS (1989), Rocco Fresco
¡Espontáneo! - CS & CD (1991), Charnel
Triple Mania II - CS & CD (1994), Charnel
EPs
What So Ever Thy Hand Findeth - Do It with All Thine Might - LP (1989), Alarma
Pillar of Fire - LP (1990), Alamut
Singles
Flow - 12" (1989), Rocco Fresco
¡Pyru! - 7" (1994), Charnel
In the Labyrinth of the Master - 7" (1996), Vinyl Communications
Compilations
Asesinos - CD (1992), Cold Spring (re-released on ROIR 1995)
Pyru Remixes - CD (1999), ¡Alarma!
Videos
Inflammatorio - VHS (1991), ¡Alarma!
Euro Promo - VHS (1994), ¡Alarma!
Japan Promo - VHS (1997), ¡Alarma!
Members (in alphabetical order by last name)
Simon Cheffins – percussion, tapes, effects
John Goff – bagpipes, drums- Steve Griffin – drums
- Nadia Hagen – guitar, vocals
Ryan Jencks – guitar, bass, electronics, tapes, effects, blood and fire- JXL – vocals, Moog synthesizer, tape manipulation, explosives
- Adriana "Dreiky" Magaña – percussion
- Jeff Mattson – guitar, Megalyra, horns, effects
Adam Nodelman – bass- J Poggi aka MC Trachiotomy – horns, vocals
- Pieter "Wierd" Schoolwerth aka Bonaparte – pyrotechnics
- "Fat" Jack Torino aka Domingo De Santa Clara – vocals, Moog synthesizer, tape manipulation, explosives
- Trudy Truelove – vocals
Markus Wolff aka Nebulon / Wolf Carcass – percussion- Zoli Zombory – synthesizer
References
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^ Bush, John. "Crash Worship". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
^ "Markus Wolff" (Interview). Interviewed by Malahki Thorn. 2010-12-02. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
^ ab "Crash Worship" (Interview). Interviewed by Chris Christian. Kalamazoo, Michigan. 1995-05-05. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
^ ab Cheffins, Simon. "Pukka Crusher" (Interview). Interviewed by John Eden; Justin Mitchell. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
^ "Zog saw Crash Worship LIVE!". Interviewed by Zog Archer. New York City, New York. 1995-01-16. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
^ "Aktionskunst And Primitivism" (Interview). Interviewed by Alexander Nym. New York City, New York. 2010-09-13. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
^ Band, Weirdest. "Crash Worship weirdest band in the world". weirdestband. Retrieved 2010-10-16.
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