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Career

Cazazza, based primarily in San Francisco during his early career, is credited with coining the phrase "Industrial Music for Industrial People". This was later used to encapsulate the record label and the artists representing it. Later, the noise collages and experimental sound manipulation coming out of Industrial records came to be known as Industrial music. Cazazza had built up an underground reputation as a particularly volatile performer with a potentially dangerous and antisocial aesthetic. Re/Search Magazine's Industrial Culture Handbook described his work as "insanity-outbreaks thinly disguised as art events". The Futurist Sintesi show near the end of 1975 was heralded on a promo flier as "Sex - religious show; giant statue of Jesus got chainsawed and gang raped into oblivion". This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Noise music is a sub-genre of experimental music constructed from noise as opposed to recognisable sound or pitches. ... Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of electronic and experimental music. ... Antisocial personality disorder (APD) is a personality disorder which is often characterised by antisocial and impulsive behaviour. ... RE/Search Publications is a United States magazine and book publisher, based in San Francisco, founded and edited by V. Vale in 1980. ... RE/Search No. ... Inmates at Bedlam Asylum, as portrayed by William Hogarth Insanity, or madness, is a general term for a semi-permanent, severe mental disorder. ... Futurism was a 20th century art movement. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... A chainsaw (also spelled chain saw) is a portable mechanical, motorized saw. ... For the domesticated crop plant called rape, see rapeseed. ...

Cazazza did not limit his "performances" to the familiar dynamic of stage, audience and audience reaction. Much of his work involved acts designed for maximum shock value. In a well known incident, while a student at the Oakland College of Arts and Crafts, Cazazza created a cement waterfall that permanently disabled the main stairway of the building. He once created a 15'x15' screw-together metal swastika and was known to visit his friends with a dead cat and formaldehyde that he would use to set the cat alight. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Oakland, founded in 1852, is the eighth-largest city in California[1] and the county seat of Alameda County. ... A right-facing Swastika in a decorative Hindu form The swastika (from Sanskrit ) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in either right-facing () or left-facing () forms. ... The chemical compound formaldehyde (also known as methanal) is a gas with a pungent smell. ...

Much of his early work is considered obscene and virtually impossible to find. He worked with both print and sound collage, film, performance, and presentation. He was also heavily involved in the "Mail art" movement of the mid-1970s to early '80s. His recordings with Throbbing Gristle in early 1977 are highly regarded among collectors and continue to be esteemed as some of the most significant to come out of that period. Some of his early output was collected and released by The Grey Area of Mute in 1992 under the title, The Worst of Monte Cazazza. Obscenity has several connotations. ... Sound collage is the production of songs, musical compositions, or recordings using portions, or samples, of previously made recordings. ... Mail art is art which uses the postal system as a medium. ... Throbbing Gristle (formed on September 3, 1975, in London) is a British experimental music and industrial music group that evolved from the performance art group COUM Transmissions. ... See also: 1976 in music, other events of 1977, 1978 in music, 1970s in music and the list of years in music // Queens Bohemian Rhapsody is named The Best Single Of The Last 25 Years by BPI. In this year, the St. ... Mute Records is a record label formed in 1978 by Daniel Miller primarily to release his own single, T.V.O.D./Warm Leatherette, under the moniker The Normal. ... See also: 1992 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1992 Record labels established in 1992 other events of 1992 list of years in music 1990s in music // 1992 was a pivotal year in the development of music. ... The Worst Of Monte Cazazza is compilation of tracks by Monte Cazazza and associated acts. ...

Cazazza worked frequently with Factrix, an early industrial and experimental group from San Francisco, and recorded soundtracks for Mark Pauline and Survival Research Laboratories. More recent activity has included co-creating the independent distribution and film company, MMFilms with Michelle Handelman and various soundtrack recordings. Survival Research Laboratories (SRL) is an industrial machine performance art group founded by Mark Pauline in November, 1978. ... Survival Research Laboratories (SRL) is an industrial machine performance art group founded by Mark Pauline in November, 1978. ...

Discography

Solo

• To Mom On Mother's Day (7") (Industrial Records) (1979)
• At Leeds Fan Club/Scala, London/Oundle School (Cass) (Industrial Records) (1980)
• Something For Nobody (7") (Industrial Records) (1980)
• California Babylon (LP) (Subterranean Records) (1982)
• Stairway To Hell/Sex Is No Emergency (7") (Sordide Sentimental) (1982)
• The Worst Of Monte Cazazza (CD) (The Grey Area) (1992)
• Kill Yur Self (12") (Telepathic Recordings) (1996)
• Power Versus Wisdom, Live (CD) (Side Effects) (1996)

The Worst Of Monte Cazazza is compilation of tracks by Monte Cazazza and associated acts. ...

with Chaos Of The Night

• Live At KFJC (CD) (Endorphine Factory)

with Psychic TV

Main article: Psychic_TV#Discography

Psychic TV (sometimes spelt Psychick TV) or PTV, is primarily an electronic music group that occasionally forays into psychedelic, punk and experimental music. ...

with The Atom Smashers

• First Strike (LP) (Pathfinder Records) (1986)

with The Love Force

• "Climax", "Six Eyes From Hell", and "Liars (Feed Those Christians To The Lions)" on the album The Worst Of Monte Cazazza (CD) (The Grey Area) (1992)

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