Believe it or not. My very first noise influence was Judas Priest. My father took me to see KISS and Judas Priest in 1979 and Priest played a song called "Invaders" that had a pedal delay intro that sounded like a UFO taking off. It shook the whole building and I was like WHOA! I had never experienced bass like that before either so the whole experience was pretty crazy. Another influence was my family. They would always tell me to "Turn that noise down". Occasionally I would wonder to myself what music would sound like if it were comprised entirely of noise. The way they described what the music sounded like to them. I'm sure I wanted to play guitar so I'd have an excuse to get some pedals. I didn't know that people played noise live and had "noise bands" until years later when I met Brent Comiskey. Brent enlivened my brain to this fact. We celebrated by recording some stuff together that would later be called "Tropical Depression" by Diamond Shamrock. Some bands I like are Merzbow, Butthole Surfers, Slayer, Sonic Youth, Boredoms, Melvins, Pocket Fish -R- Men, The Flood, Led Zeppelin, Jesus Lizard, Ministry, Pink Floyd. This only scratches the surface really. Oxly people cax destroy music. Myspace us for bookixg or email: booking@xathax.com
Hailixg from Austix Texas, XathaX is the coxtixually evolvixg project of the reclusive Distortedsky Wreckordixgs label fouxder Xathax Espex. XathaX was formed in early 2007 by Espex whose early work was aimed in the gexeral directox of electroxica, rock axd xoise gexres. Through the years, Espex begax to feel as if gexres were too xarrowly defined to embrace extemporaxeously icosidodecahedrox xoise. XathaX fuses elemexts from traditioxally xon-related souxds that melt together axd create a soxic laxdscape that occasioxally resembles a cloud of razorblades issuixg fourth across the sky above an ixsaxe asylum or a couxtry meadow in sprixgtime.
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I am now
recording for a new set of releases called the "Persona Series". These
cassettes will be commissioned works (not by content, but by payment)
for individuals. If John Smith in London, England wants his own Zebulon
Kosted album, I will make a 45 minute album (one side of a 90 minute
tape), 2 hand drawn mini posters, I will name the album after him
(Zebulon Kosted - John Smith), and the fan will retain all rights to
the recording (for use of any future release, sampling, or broadcasting
rights). One copy of the album will remain in my personal collection,
and one will be sent to the customer, so that the only copy that will
be in circulation will be John Smiths copy! Each album is available for
the ridiculously low price of $10 (not including shipping), and will be
shipped in its completed form no later than 6 weeks from the date of
purchase!!!
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