Justin Broadrick

Infobox musical artist


Name = Justin Broadrick
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Background = solo_singer
Alias = Justin K. Broadrick, JKB, JKFlesh,
Born = birth date and age|1969|8|15|df=y
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Origin = Birmingham, England, UK
Instrument = vocals, Guitar, Programming, Bass guitar, drums
Genre = Rock
Metal
Industrial
Electronica
Occupation = Producer, Musician, Vocalist,
Years_active = 1982 -
Label = Hydra Head
Associated_acts = Jesu, Final, Napalm Death (1985-1986), Techno Animal, Godflesh (1988-2002), etc.
URL = [http://www.avalancheinc.co.uk/ avalancheinc.co.uk]
Notable_instruments = Guitars

Justin Broadrick (born on 15 August 1969 in 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.

Biography

Broadrick was born in the council estates of inner Birmingham. [ [http://www.godflesh.com/articles/untarticles.html] ] His first musical project was Final. Initially beginning as a punk band (albeit with drum machine) in 1982, he released his first demo at age 11. [ [http://www.decibelmagazine.com/features/mar2007/justinbroadrick.aspx] ] The project developed to embrace the power electronics subgenre of industrial music in 1983, releasing material on his own Post Mortem Rekordings cassette label. The project was abandoned in July 1985.

Ben Green and Paul Neville founded Fall of Because in 1982 and later asked Justin to play with them. Unlike Napalm Death, Justin played drums and vocals, not guitar. Among the songs written, "Life is Easy", "Mighty Trust Krusher", and "Merciless" existed in primitive forms. They released a demo in 1986 called Extirpate, but dwindled shortly after. In 1999, the Life is Easy record finally came out, which gathered both studio and live material from that time period.

Broadrick was asked by Nicholas Bullen to join Napalm Death as 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 a position as drummer of 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 a period of hiatus until his return with the Jesu project. He also revived the Final project at this time.

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.

He has also maintained a parallel career as a producer, producing records and remixes for groups such as Pantera, Isis, and Hydra Head labelmates Pelican.

In 2007, Broadrick began to release limited runs of material on his Avalanche Inc. label including new material by the Final project.

He turned down offers to join highly visible rock groups such as Faith No More and Danzig ( [http://www.decibelmagazine.com/features/jan2007/glenndanzig.aspx interview with Glenn Danzig] ).

In 2008, Justin collaborated with former Swans Vocalist Jarboe, providing production for her latest album, titled "J2".

He now resides in the quiet countryside town of Abergele, Wales.

Discography

Remixes

*Pantera – "Vulgar Display of Power" – "Walk" Fact|date=August 2008, "Fucking Hostile" Listed as "Biomechanical remix"(es) on Australian Walk EP Fact|date=August 2008
*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 – "" – "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")

External links

* [http://justinkbroadrick.blogspot.com/ Justin's weblog]
* [http://www.avalancheinc.co.uk/ Home of Broadrick's record label]
* [http://www.myspace.com/officialjesu/ Jesu on Myspace]
* [http://www.myspace.com/officialfinal/ Final on Myspace]
* [http://www.decibelmagazine.com/features/mar2007/justinbroadrick.aspx March 2007 Interview with Decibel Magazine]

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NAME= Broadrick, Justin
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Producer, Musician, Vocalist,
DATE OF BIRTH= 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH= Birmingham, England
DATE OF DEATH=
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