TOY KILLERS - "THE UNLISTENABLE YEARS"
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1) "The Devil May Be Your Santa Claus":
Mark Miller: voice, drums, percussion - Charles K. Noyes: percussion - Michael Beinhorn: keyboard - Bill Laswell: bass guitar - Nicky Skopelitis: guitar
2) "Dance of the Were-Samurai":
Mark Miller: bass guitar - Charles K. Noyes: drums - Arto Lindsay: guitar, voice - Thi-Linh Le: guitar
3) new rough mix 2:
Mark Miller: drums - Darren Johnston: trumpet - Weasel Walter: bass guitar - Don Ho: guitar
4) "Bleed For the Mind":
Mark Miller: drums - Charles K. Noyes: percussion - Elliott Sharp: guitar - Bill Laswell: bass guitar - John Zorn: alto saxophone
Thi-Linh Le Arto Lindsay Michael Beinhorn Bill Laswell Wayne Horvitz John Zorn Elliott Sharp Paul Burwell Susie Timmons Lilly Aline Mayer Nicky Skopelitis Weasel Walter Henry Kaiser Darren Johnston Don Ho and others.
Influences
Gamelan Bandung, and Cirebon, Chinese Opera, Explosives, Drugs, crickets in the ceiling, ADHD, the musicians willing to work with us...
About Toy Killers (Charles K. Noyes and Mark E. Miller)
Established in late '70s new york city by Mark E. Miller and Charles K. Noyes. Blew things up and caused trouble. played with many guest musicians. Miller goes on to play in Golden Palominos, Ambitious Lovers and others. Noyes performs sporadically with Invite the Spirit. Miller now in Oakland, CA, Noyes on East Coast.
Noyes/Miller collective discography:
John Zorn "Pool" 2LP (Parachute Records, 1980) Toy Killers "Humdrum" cassette (extremely limited, circa 1981?) Material "Live at Soundscape" CD (DIW, rec. 1981, released 1994) Elliott Sharp "ISM" LP (Zoar, 1982 - material reissued on other CDs/LPs) Toy Killers "Victimless Crime" on Speed Trials LP compilation (Homestead, 1983) Golden Palominos "Hot Seat" on self-titled debut LP (Celluloid, 1983 - Miller sings on track, Noyes co-writes) Elliott Sharp "Crowds and Power" on From The Kitchen Archives No.3 / Amplified: New Music Meets Rock, 1981-1986 CD (Orange Mountain Music, rec. 1983 released 2008) Elliott Sharp "Carbon" LP (Zoar Records, 1984 - material reissued on other CDs/LPs) Toy Killers "At Home" on Island of Sanity 2LP compilation (No Man's Land, 1987) Toy Killers "The Unlistenable Years" CD (ugEXPLODE, rec. '80-'84, released 2008)
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very listenable your unlistenable years... reminds me of the time i first heard this crazy downtown noise which opened my mind in the mid 80's.... what's about your 'gamelan-track'? best regards from swiss...
Thanks Charles and Mark for your interest ! I'm glad you contacted me because i'm following your music since the mid nineties. so please do keep in touch ! all the best david
