Kill the Scientist
Encyclopedia
Kill The Scientist was an experimental music
, performance art
and sound collage
band. The group created music from 1989 until 2003. The group was heavily influenced by Negativland
, Crass
and Skinny Puppy
. In 2003 the band finished their first full length album before parting ways, but instead of shelving the album they put it up on their official website for free download.
Before disbanding however, the band played shows in art galleries, dorm rooms, and the like spreading their performance art bug into the formation of newer and greater bands.
(Adam) PUNKROCKLOVE, Issue #4, July 2001
MAXIMUMROCKNROLL, Issue #17, June 2001
(CM) IMPACT PRESS, October/November 2003
(Anthony) SHREDDING PAPER, Issue #10, September 2001
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
, performance art
Performance art
In art, performance art is a performance presented to an audience, traditionally interdisciplinary. Performance may be either scripted or unscripted, random or carefully orchestrated; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation. The performance can be live or...
and sound collage
Sound collage
In music, montage or sound collage is a technique where sound objects or compositions, including songs, are created from collage, also known as montage, the use of portions of previous recordings or scores...
band. The group created music from 1989 until 2003. The group was heavily influenced by Negativland
Negativland
Negativland is an experimental music and sound collage band which originated in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1970s. They took their name from a Neu! song, while their record label is named after another Neu! song...
, Crass
Crass
Crass are an English punk rock band that was formed in 1977, which promoted anarchism as a political ideology, way of living, and as a resistance movement. Crass popularised the seminal anarcho-punk movement of the punk subculture, and advocated direct action, animal rights, and environmentalism...
and Skinny Puppy
Skinny Puppy
Skinny Puppy is a Canadian industrial musical group, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1982. The group is widely considered to be the founders of the electro-industrial genre....
. In 2003 the band finished their first full length album before parting ways, but instead of shelving the album they put it up on their official website for free download.
Before disbanding however, the band played shows in art galleries, dorm rooms, and the like spreading their performance art bug into the formation of newer and greater bands.
Discography
- We're Not Generation X comp - 1999
- You Call This Music?! Volume 1 comp - 2000
- Your Machinery is Too Much For Me four band split 7-inch - 2001
- You Call This Music?! Volume 2You Call This Music?! Volume 2You Call This Music?! Volume 2 is the second volume in a series of punk music compilations released by Southern California based Geykido Comet Records. Its cover artwork is by NYC artist Fly....
comp - 2002 - Dropping Food On Their Heads is Not Enough: Benefit For RAWADropping Food on Their Heads Is Not Enough: Benefit for RAWAGeykido Comet Records benefit CD for Afghan Women released in 2002 was in response to the atrocities done to Afghan women by the Taliban. Featuring local unknowns as well as groups like Anti-Flag, Youth Brigade, Chumbawamba, Fleshies, The Frisk and Jello Biafra as well as setting aside 100% of all...
comp - 2002 - Fall of Mankind (Full length album free for download on their official website) - 2003
- Chemical X DVD Music Video Compilation - 2008
Reviews
Your Machinery Is Too Much For Me Four Band split 7-inch reviews-- This is a good strange 7" comp. It features Intro5pect with a techno/77 punk type song, two catchy melodic songs from ESL, a song called "Hitler in the Toy Store" by No Erasers Allowed, and some noisy crazy weird noises from KTS. Inside are lyrics and a well written article dealing with the theme. Oh yeah, it's also on blue vinyl! So whether it be for the music, the blue vinyl, or to warp your mind…Get this!
(Adam) PUNKROCKLOVE, Issue #4, July 2001
- A mix bag on this 4 band 7". Intro5pect plays straight up melodic punk. No Erasers Allowed do the forgettable punk thing. Kill the Scientist definitely have more than one later-era Vinyl Communication release in their collection. Finally ESL play some kick ass punk reminiscent of some bay area stuff from the early 90's, complete with great lyrics. Worth the cash for the ESL songs.
MAXIMUMROCKNROLL, Issue #17, June 2001
- Intro5pect has a track on here, so I was already into it. They play a different version of a song off their A-F Records album that features their rapid drum machine beats with punk rock music. It's great. The other bands are No Erasers Allowed, Kill The Scientists and ESL. I really liked ESL's pop-punk tracks and found myself wanting to hear more of them.
(CM) IMPACT PRESS, October/November 2003
- Anarcho-hardcore concept release featuring Introspect, Kill the Scientist, ESL and no Erasers Allowed. The sound collage opening of Introspect's "See the End" is better than any of the songs, which turn out to be standard mid-tempo riff-rock. The theme is: corporate greed and technology feeds the machinery of destruction and vice versa, which in turn east away at our souls, destroying us as humans. A self-fulfilling prophecy. Baudrillard's already been there; thumbs up for trying. Keep on keepin' on.
(Anthony) SHREDDING PAPER, Issue #10, September 2001