Bile is an industrial metal

Industrial metal

Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws from industrial music and many different types of heavy metal, using repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Founding industrial metal acts include Ministry, Godflesh, and KMFDM.Industrial metal's...

 project based in the New York City, USA area. Although there has been many different members throughout the bands career, Krztoff is the songwriting, recording and conceptual leader. The group has performed with as many as 11 people on-stage—including a dominatrix and fire-breather.

History

Led by vocalist Krztoff, the band released three albums on Energy Records, including their debut, Suckpump. Following a tour with Gwar

Gwar

Gwar is a satirical heavy metal band formed in Richmond, Virginia, United States, in 1984. The band is best known for its elaborate science fiction/horror film inspired costumes, obscene lyrics and graphic stage performances, which feature humorous enactments of politically and morally taboo...

 and many lineup changes, Energy folded, inciting Bile to regroup and record for their own label, Bile Style. Bile recorded Sex Reflex

Sex Reflex

Sex Reflex is the third LP released by Bile. It was originally released in 2000 on the now defunct Energy Records.-Re-release:After the record label's decision to fold, Bile decided to remix, remaster, and re-release the album on their own Bile Style Records label. The track listing - as well as...

. This album features their most popular song to date, "In League." When performing live, Bile usually consists of Krztoff (vocals, guitar), R. H. Bear

R. H. Bear

R. H. Bear or Rick is an American musician who plays bass guitar for the industrial metal band Bile. Bear was also in the band EXE and is a regular performer at Queering Sound, a gay and lesbian educational event thrown by The Triangle Artists Group...

 (bass, effects), live guitarist Dave Sussman and live drummer John "Servo" Desalvo. The live act generally consists of a fog machine, extreme lighting and occasional stage props.

Krztoff is also an active member of Pigface

Pigface

Pigface is an industrial rock supergroup formed in 1990 by Martin Atkins and William Rieflin.-History:Pigface was formed from Ministry's The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste tour, which produced the In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up live album and video. For the tour, Al Jourgensen brought...

 and Black From the Dead a side project with guest appearance by Charles Levi

Charles Levi

Charles Levi is the bassist for My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult and project .44. He has appeared on other artists' albums, such as Chemlab and Pigface, as well as being in the films The Crow and Black From the Dead. Levi also recorded bass for Sister Machine Gun's The Torture Technique, as well...

 on bass, alongside Buzz McCoy (both of My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult

My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult

My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult is an American electronic industrial rock band originally based out of Chicago, Illinois.-History:...

). Bile is currently working on their new CD Hate Radio, which will slowly be released through their MySpace page, and with an official CD release in 2009 Bile is currently recruiting a new guitarist and a few other additional members that have not been named prior to the official release and US tour that will soon follow.

Suckpump

Suckpump

New York industrial band Bile's first album, Suckpump, was released in 1994. The album was released on the now defunct Energy Records and had not been reproduced since the company's fold in 2000. After being out of print for three years, Bile decided to re-release the album alongside their...

(1994 Energy)

1. Head
2. Burnt
3. Ura Fucking Loser
4. I Reject
5. Feeling Like Shit
6. Get Out
7. Suckpump
8. Get Out (Radio Edit)

RELEASED: 8/9/1994 LABEL: Energy Records FORMAT: LP INFO: "Suckpump" is now out of print. A remastered version can be found in the "Frankenhole" digipak. Written and recorded by Krztoff. Produced and engineered by Slave, Void, and Krztoff.

Teknowhore

Teknowhore

Teknowhore was Bile's second album. It was released in 1996. The album was released on the now defunct Energy Records and had not been reproduced since the company's fold in 2000. After being out of print for three years, Bile decided to re-release the album alongside their out-of-print first...

(1996 Energy)

1. Intro
2. Teknowhore
3. Weather Control
4. No One I Call Friend
5. Habitual Sphere
6. Compound Pressure
7. Interstate Hate Song
8. Green Day
9. No I Don't Know
10. Suckers
11. Lowest Form
12. You Can't Love This (Pt. 1)
13. You Can't Love This (Pt. 2)
14. You Can't Love This (Pt. 3)
15. You Can't Love This (Pt. 4)
16. Solitude Is Bliss

RELEASED: 6/18/1996 LABEL: Energy Records FORMAT: LP INFO: "Teknowhore" is now out of print. A remastered version can be found in the "Frankenhole" digipak. Written and recorded by Krztoff. Produced by Krztoff and Slave. Mixed by Slave. Engineered by Steve Spaperri and Patrick Gordon

The Darkbeat EP

The Darkbeat EP

The Darkbeat EP is a vinyl EP record released by the industrial band Bile in 1997 on the now defunct record label, Energy Records. This EP is out of print and is highly sought after by fans of the band as it is a collector's item...

(1996 Energy)

1. Planet Weather Control
2. The Phantom God

1 Planet Weather Control 2 The Phantom God

RELEASED: 1996 LABEL: Energy Records FORMAT: EP INFO: "The Darkbeat EP" is a vinyl record released as a promotional item with two remixed tracks. The tracks are versions of "Weather Control" and "Lowest Form." Remixed and produced by Slave and Krztoff with assistance by Myk Amoia

Biledegradable

Biledegradable

Biledegradable is an EP released by the industrial band Bile on March 18, 1997, on the now defunct record label, Energy Records. This EP is out of print and is highly sought after by fans of the band. Tracks one and five, "My Generation," is a cover of The Who's track of the same title. Tracks...

(1997 Energy)

1. My Generation
2. Rubber Love
3. Degradable
4. Fascion (Demo)
5. My Generation (Original Demo)
6. The Phantom God
7. Planet Weather Control

RELEASED: 3/18/1997 LABEL: Energy Records FORMAT: EP INFO: "Biledegradable" is now out of print. Tracks 6 and 7 were originally found on "The Darkbeat EP" vinyl. "My Generation" written by Peter Townshend. Produced, engineered, and mixed by Krztoff.

Sex Reflex

Sex Reflex

Sex Reflex is the third LP released by Bile. It was originally released in 2000 on the now defunct Energy Records.-Re-release:After the record label's decision to fold, Bile decided to remix, remaster, and re-release the album on their own Bile Style Records label. The track listing - as well as...

(2000-2003 Bile Style)

1. World War Four
2. Betty Page
3. Wet Dream
4. Sex Reflex
5. There Is No You and Me
6. To Belong, My New Uniform
7. In League
8. Double Fang
9. Vampyre Hunter K
10. When the Dead Come Home
11. It'll Never Happen to Me
12. Relix
13. The Hunger, The Feeding, The Afterglow
14. Rock Is Dead (In Bed)
15. Sex Reflex (Un-lubed, Red and Raw Mix)

RELEASED: 9/23/2003 2000 original 3 different versions tracks are different on each version LABEL: Bile Style Records FORMAT: LP INFO: Produced, mixed, mastered, recorded, and engineered by Krztoff. "Sex Reflex" was remastered and reissued in September 2003 with alternative cover art, a remixed track, and exclusion of the track "Manchurian Candy Date."

Nightmare Before Krztoff

Nightmare Before Krztoff

Nightmare Before Krztoff is considered to be the solo album of industrial band Bile's main musician, Krztoff. The tracks found on this album are songs that Krztoff felt did not fit well with the sound he created for Bile's Sex Reflex album. Instead of scrapping them, he decided to release them...

(2000-2003 Bile Style)

1. The Serial Killer Blues
2. In My Eye
3. Melas Chasm
4. You Don't Turn Me
5. Submission
6. The Day the Aliens Landed
7. Death Buzz Lust
8. Venom On My Breath
9. Extremeties
10. Dr. Quogue's Methedone Reducer
11. Love Stinks

RELEASED: 5/16/2000 LABEL: Bile Style Records FORMAT: LP INFO: Dubbed as Krztoff's 'solo' cd. Produced, mixed, and mastered by Krztoff during the "Sex Reflex" sessions that didn't quite fit into the Bile realm. "Love Stinks" written by Peter Wolf and Seth Justman.

Demonic Electronic

Demonic Electronic

Demonic Electronic is industrial band Bile's fourth studio album and follow up to 2000's Sex Reflex. For reasons unknown, Bile reissued this album after swapping out the last four KMFDM remixed tracks for a previously released cover, a Martin Atkins remix, one KMFDM remix demo, and a bonus...

(2002-2003 Bile Style)

1. The Devil's Bile
2. Legion
3. Demonic Electronic
4. Celebrity
5. Prime Time Loser
6. Bad Karma
7. The Hatred Acid
8. Buried in the Back
9. Demons
10. Jerk
11. Clones (We're All)
12. Jerk (Atkins Diet Mix)
13. Celebrity (Radio Rehash)
14. Say Hello
15. Teknowhore (KMFDM Demo '93)

RELEASED: 10/29/2002 2 different versions released and tracks are differenton each. LABEL: Bile Style Records FORMAT: LP INFO: "Demonic Electronic" was written, performed, produced, recorded, mixed, engineered, and mastered by Krztoff. "Clones (We're All)" written by Alice Cooper.

The Copy Machine

The Copy Machine

The Copy Machine is industrial band Bile's compilation of covers of songs by selected artists.-Track listing:# "Clones " – 3:07 # "Do You Wanna Touch Me There " – 3:45...

(2002 Bile Style)

1. Clones (We're All)
2. Do You Wanna Touch Me There (Oh Yeah)
3. We Got The Beat
4. Love Stinks
5. My Generation
6. Mid-Life Crisis
7. Scentless Apprentice
8. Not to Touch the Earth
9. Creep

RELEASED: 12/10/2002 LABEL: Bile Style Records FORMAT: LP INFO: A collection of Bile's cover songs. All songs recorded, mixed, and mastered by Krztoff. Tracks written by, in order: Alice Cooper, Gary Glitter, The Go-Go's, The J. Geils Band, The Who, Faith No More, Nirvana, The Doors, and Black from the Dead.

Frankenhole (2003 Bile Style)

Disc One:

1. Head
2. Burnt
3. Ura Fucking Loser
4. I Reject
5. Feeling Like Shit
6. Get Out
7. Suckpump
8. Get Out (Radio Edit)
9. Ura Fucking Loser (Radio Edit)

Disc Two:

1. Intro
2. Teknowhore
3. Weather Control
4. No One I Call Friend
5. Habitual Sphere
6. Compound Pressure
7. Interstate Hate Song
8. Green Day
9. No I Don't Know
10. Suckers
11. Lowest Form
12. You Can't Love This (Pt. 1)
13. You Can't Love This (Pt. 2)
14. You Can't Love This (Pt. 3)
15. You Can't Love This (Pt. 4)
16. Solitude Is Bliss

RELEASED: 11/18/2003 LABEL: Bile Style Records FORMAT: LP INFO: Full title: "Frankenhole - The Reanimation of Dead Tissue." This is a remastered compilation of Bile's first two albums, "Suckpump" and "Teknowhore." All songs written, recorded, mixed, mastered, and engineered by Krztoff.

Regurge: A Bucket of Bile, Best of (2004 Bile Style)

1. Get Out
2. No One I Call Friend
3. In League
4. Legion
5. I Reject
6. Weather Control
7. Wet Dream / Sex Reflex
8. Jerk
9. Ura Fucking Loser
10. Teknowhore
11. Betty Page
12. The Devil's Bile
13. Celebrity

RELEASED: 10/12/2004 LABEL: Bile Style Records FORMAT: LP INFO: Full title: "Regurge: A Bucket of Bile Best Of." This is a best of compilation containing all your favorite Bile tracks. All songs written, recorded, mixed, mastered, and engineered by Krztoff.

Hate Radio (2009 Bile Style)

1. Like The Plague
2. Take Target Out
3. World Up Your Ass
4. Dr. Depression
5. Who the Fuck
6. I Don't Need a Reason
7. The Weakest One
8. Whores of War
9. Hate Radio
10. The Late Great United States
11. Your Last Minute
12. The Banned After
13. Danz De Bear
14. The Tear in The Fabric of Time

Motion picture soundtracks

• Mortal Kombat featured the song "I REJECT"
• Strangeland
  Strangeland
  Strangeland is an American horror film released in 1998. The movie was directed by John Pieplow and written by Dee Snider. The film focuses on the body modification underground culture's rituals.-Plot:...
  
  featured the exclusive song "IN LEAGUE" (1998), The band is also featured in the movie performing live.
• Traces of Death V (2000) featured several songs from the album Sex Reflex

Other releases

• DNA sampler Vol 1 (1995) Ura Fucking Loser
• Energy Records Sampler (1997) Rubber Love, Weather Control
• Anthems of Rust and Decay: A Tribute To Marilyn Manson (2000) Tourniquet
• The Broken Machine: A Tribute to Nine Inch Nails (2001) Happiness in Slavery
• United: 02 - The Sound of the Underground (2002) Jerk-Marty Atkins mix
• Mutations: A Tribute to Alice Cooper (2002) Clones (we're all)
• A Tribute of the Year: Tribute to Faith No More (2002) Midlife Crisis

External links

• Bile Homepage
• Bile on Myspace