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Formed in St. Louis in 1982 by Andy Hawkins, Gabe Katz, and Ted Epstein. In 1986, they moved to NYC and recorded their debut, released by SST in 1987. “Undertow,” was released by Enemy in 1989. A 3rd LP, “Cyclotron,” was released in 1991 on Avant. In 2001, Hawkins and Katz joined with Tim Wyskida. In 2012, Katz departed and was replaced by Will Dahl. In early 2015, BIG released Before Ever After.
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In 2015 BIG released a long-anticipated new 74-minute double LP titled, Before Ever After, co-produced by Bill Laswell and Andy Hawkins. The new material featured looser structures to maximize Wyskida's exceptional improvisational skills. The Obelisk hailed the release as "a dangerous kind of offering, able to turn on a dime between precision mathematics, reggae, crunching heavy riffage, surf rock and jazz in a wordless sprawl that makes a joke of most bands' ideas of sonic diversity." King Crimson bassist Trey Gunn angrily proclaimed "Heavy music that isn't stupid and doesn't think I am stupid. This stuff demands deep listening. Which means most music doesn't." Three tracks from album ("Barrage," "High And Mighty," and "Shutdown") are featured in Alex Winters' HBO documentary about the rise and fall of Napster titled, Downloaded. BIG followed the release with a month long tour of Europe, including a special Roadburn appearance which prompted The Sleeping Shaman to say "The set is really one big trip, going in all sorts of directions. Jagged hooks, jazzy interplay and the most incomprehensive set of drums (and the guy playing them) you'll ever see. Carnivalesque at one moment and a reggae jam on the other, its one hell of a ride with the band that just released their first album in 23 years."
BEFORE EVER AFTER IS THE NEW ALBUM BY BLIND IDIOT GOD
CO-PRODUCED BY BILL LASWELL
Featuring Original Album Art By Seldon Hunt
Three album tracks are featured in Alex Winters’ HBO documentary, Downloaded.
The new Blind Idiot God studio album was co-produced by Bill Laswell. "Andy Hawkins is a nut, a perfectionist for his amplification and the guitar, and we recorded it right," Laswell explains about the new record. "Every detail is there. It's probably the best thing they’ve done." The 74-minute opus titled, Before Ever After, is out now. The gatefold double vinyl LP artwork was created by noted artist Seldon Hunt (Neurosis, Earth, Melvins, Sunn). Formats include vinyl, CD and digital.
The thirteen tracks on Before Ever After are 1. "Twenty Four Hour Dawn," 2. "Night Driver," 3. "Antiquity," 4. "Earthmover," 5. "FUB," 6. "Barrage," 7. "High and Mighty," 8. "Voice of the Structure," 9. "Under the Weight," 10. "Ramshackle," 11. "Wheels of Progress," 12. "Strung," and 13. "Shutdown." Visit the band online at twitter.com/BlindIdiotGod81 or on Facebook.
Undertow
The remastered sophomore album by Blind diot God titled, Undertow, The album was produced by Bill Laswell and originally released in 1989. The bonus 45 RPM disc included with this vinyl reissue includes a remix of their hard driving collaboration with Henry Rollins for the title track of the movie "Freaked" (directed by Alex Winters), plus the original longer, never released version. It is the only BIG track featuring a vocalist to date. The collectible seven-inch also includes their collaboration with John Zorn (saxophone) titled, "Purged Specimen."
Before Every After
The new Blind Idiot God studio album was co-produced by Bill Laswell. "Andy Hawkins is a nut, a perfectionist for his amplification and the guitar, and we recorded it right," Laswell explains about the new record. "Every detail is there. It's probably the best thing they’ve done." The 74-minute opus titled, Before Ever After, is out now. The gatefold double vinyl LP artwork was created by noted artist Seldon Hunt (Neurosis, Earth, Melvins, Sunn).
Three album tracks are featured in Alex Winters’ HBO documentary, Downloaded.
Azonic is the experimental guitar improvisation project of Andy Hawkins of Blind Idiot God. He presents the first Azonic release since 1995 with Prospects of the Deep, Volume 1. While rehearsing with BIG, he gained respect for drummer Tim Wyskida's more improvisational approach and began to imagine new possibilities for the next Azonic LP, but this time with another instrument.
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