- Zeni Geva
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Name =Zeni Geva
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Origin =Tokyo, Japan
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Genre =MetalAlternative Music
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Years_active =1987 to present
Label =Skin Graft Records Alternative Tentacles
Associated_acts =Steve Albini
URL =http://www.kknull.com/english.html
Current_members =KK Null Mitsuru Tabata Masataka Fujikake
Past_members = Eito NoroTatsuya Yoshida
Notable_instruments =Zeni Geva is a Japanese metal band. Led by singer and guitarist KK. Null , together with guitarist Mitsuru Tabata and drummer Masataka Fujikake, the group was formed in
Tokyo in 1987. The group's name translates as "money violence" ("zeni" is an old Japanese term for money, and "Geva" comes from the German "Gewalt," meaning "violence").Zeni Geva's sound has been variously describedWho|date=July 2008 as
noise rock ,math rock ,death metal ,thrash metal ,sludge metal ,doom metal andindustrial metal .Fact|date=March 2008 Though it does indeed encompass the power chords, growled vocals, and sonic brutality of heavy metal, the music has a rhythmic complexity (with some songs, for example, being in 13/8 meter), and has extreme dynamics that make themath rock label an appropriate one.Fact|date=March 2008The Chicago-based
Skin Graft Records , which shares Zeni Geva's extreme aesthetic preferences, has shown interest in the group, releasing the band's music and assisting with its North American tours.Current members
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Kazuyuki K. Null (guitar , vocals)
*Mitsuru Tabata (guitar )
*Masataka Fujikake (drums)Discography
* "How To Kill" (1987)
* "Vast Impotenz" (1988)
* "Maximum Money Monster " (1990)
* "Honowoh/Sweetheart/Bloodsex" 7" (1991)
* "Total Castration " (1991)
* "Live In Amerika" (1992)
* "Disgraceland" (1993)
* "Desire For Agony " (1993)
* "Nai-Ha" (1993)
* "All Right You Little Bastards (withSteve Albini )" (1993)
* "Trance Europe Experience (1994)
* "Freedom Bondage " (1995)
* "10,000 Light Years " (2001)
* "Last Nanosecond - Live in Geneva 2002" (2004)External links
* [http://www.southern.com/southern/band/ZENIG/ Zeni Geva page on Southern Records site]
* [http://www.kknull.com/ KK. Null official site]
* [http://www.jrawk.com/Content/T/tabata/interviews/tabata08.html Jrawk interview with Tabata Mitsuru]
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