Justin Broadrick
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| Justin Broadrick | |
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 Justin Broadrick in July 2009. |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Justin K. Broadrick, JKB, JKFlesh |
| Born | 15 August 1969 |
| Origin | Birmingham, England |
| Genres | Grindcore, industrial metal, post-metal, drone metal, experimental, electronica, ambient, noise |
| Occupations | Record producer, musician, singer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, programming, bass guitar, drums |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Labels | Hydra Head Ghostly International |
| Associated acts | Jesu, Final, Pale Sketcher, Napalm Death, Techno Animal, Godflesh, Greymachine, Council Estate Electronics, Scorn |
| Website | avalancheinc.co.uk |
| Notable instruments | |
| Schecter C-7 + Diamond series | |
Justin Karl Michael Broadrick[1] (born 15 August 1969, Birmingham, England) is a British singer, songwriter, guitarist and drummer. He is best known as a founding member of the band Godflesh, one of the first bands to combine elements of extreme metal and industrial music.[citation needed]
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[edit] Biography
Broadrick was born in the council estates of inner Birmingham.[2]
His first musical project was the band Final. Initially beginning as a two-piece punk band with a drum machine in 1982, the group recorded its first demo when Broadrick was thirteen years old. The project developed to embrace the power electronics subgenre of industrial music in 1983, releasing material on Broadrick's Post Mortem Rekordings cassette label. He revived Final in 1993.
Broadrick later joined the group Fall of Because (founded by G. Christian Green and Paul Neville in 1982) as a drummer and additional vocalist. The group recorded the Extirpate demo cassette in 1986, which contained a number of songs which were later re-worked as songs for Godflesh (including "Life is Easy", "Mighty Trust Krusher", and "Merciless"). The group disbanded in 1988. The Life is Easy compilation album of demo and live recordings was released in 1999.
Broadrick was asked by Nicholas Bullen to join Napalm Death as a guitarist in July 1985, and appeared on the A-side of the band's debut album, Scum. He played with the group until October 1986, when he was offered the position of drummer for Head of David.
After leaving Head of David in 1988, he began the project Godflesh, which went on to record for Earache Records. Godflesh disbanded in 2002 (soon after the departure of fellow founding member G. Christian Green), and Broadrick entered musical hiatus until his return with the group Jesu in 2003.
During his career, Broadrick has maintained a number of temporary side projects, particularly collaborations with Kevin Martin. These include Techno Animal and Curse of the Golden Vampire; Broadrick also worked with Martin's groups GOD and Ice.
Broadrick has also maintained a parallel career as a producer, producing records and remixes for groups such as Pantera, Isis, and Hydra Head labelmates Pelican.
Broadrick composed the soundtrack for the TV series Dream Team.
In 2007, Broadrick began to release limited runs of material on his Avalanche Inc. label, including new material by Final.
He turned down offers to join both Faith No More and Danzig.[3] In 2008, Broadrick collaborated with former Swans vocalist Jarboe for an album entitled J2. In 2009, Broadrick released the album Disconnected with his new band, Greymachine. In November 2009, Broadrick announced that Godflesh were reforming for a few shows in the summer 2010.
[edit] Discography
Broadrick also played guitar for Sweet Tooth, who released the album Soft White Underbelly on Earache Records in 1990 (cat no MOSH 26). He is credited as co-writer for all songs. The band also contributed "Fat City" to the compilation, Grindcrusher – The Ultimate Earache, which was also on Earache Records.
[edit] Remixes
- Pantera – Vulgar Display of Power – "Walk"[citation needed], "Fucking Hostile" Listed as "Biomechanical remix"(es) on Australian Walk EP[citation needed]
- Isis – Celestial – "Celestial (Signal Fills the Void)" (appears on SGNL›05)
- Pelican – Australasia – "Angel Tears" (appears on March into the Sea)
- Isis – Oceanic – "Hym" (appears on Oceanic Remixes and Reinterpretations)
- Earth – Phase 3: Thrones and Dominions – "Harvey" (appears on Legacy of Dissolution)
- 5ive – Versus – "Soma [Stage 1]", "Soma [Stage 2]" (appears on Versus)
- Knut – Challenger – "H/Armless" (appears on Alter)
- Agoraphobic Nosebleed – "Flesh of Jesu" (appears on PCP Torpedo/ANbRX)
- Genghis Tron - Board Up the House - "Colony Collapse" (appears on Board Up The House Remixes Volume 1)
- The Lemonheads - Style - "Style (Godflesh Style)" (promotional 12")
- Constants - "Those Who Came Before Pt. I" (appears on the Stiff Slack Records version of The Foundation, The Machine, The Ascension)
- Explosions in the Sky - All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone - "The Birth and Death of the Day (Jesu Mix)" (appears on the bonus disc of that album)
- Pyramids - Pyramids - "The Echo of Something Lovely [Jesu]"
- Extra Life - "Splayed Flesh EP" - "Made Flesh (Justin K. Broadrick remix)"
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Justin Broadrick's weblog
- Home of Broadrick's record label
- Jesu on Myspace
- Final on Myspace
- March 2007 Interview with Decibel Magazine
- December 1997 Interview with Roy Christopher
- October 1996 Interview with Roy Christopher
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