Bastard Noise

[DSOL]

Man is the Bastard/Bastard Noise was my gateway into noise/PE. Hearing releases like the "Thoughtless" LP and the "Sum of the Men" comp CD, both of which came out while I was still in high school, changed my perceptions around music and sound. It wasn't until my late 20s that I really dug deeper than the easily accessible (Merzbow etc.), but MITB/BN was the starting point for all of it for me.

ETERNAL WAR AGAINST THE DICKS IS ALL WE CAN RESPECT

pretty much the same for me, but also add in the Cleveland hardcore scene especially Dwid from Integrity 

[PuddysJacket]

There has never been "issues" between any Finnish bands & BN. Eric always showed interests and support. Perhaps his attitude can be displayed in one CD published by Freak Animal 20 years ago: Bastard Noise ‎– Bastard Noise Hails The Finnish Sound Masters / The Symptoms Of A Failing Equilibrium.

His appreciation to Finnish noise has been long lasting and constant. This CD is something I have though could probably require repress. I may be biased, but I also do have ears, so I can conclude that back in late 90's, when supreme Bastard Noise sound was combined with handful of Finnish artists at the time, it added extra level of sound that isn't typically BN, contributed it to be more. In some cases I feel contributors make BN less. As a album this was not just another collaboration, but one of the very first. Perhaps that was reason for enthusiasm and creativity reeking from it? I recall there was collab with MSBR and Namanax/wis that came out before.

https://youtu.be/XItjO7K90A8

The answer I was looking for - thank you.

[Zeno Marx]

If you like what Wood and his vocalist(s) do with bouncing vocals off electronics, this Seattle band does a nice job of it. They're a tad more refined than Bastard Noise and more out of the industrial realm. This is off their demo, but they also have a very good album from this year (also at the bandcamp page).

https://toenditall.bandcamp.com/album/to-end-it-all

another one influenced by Wood's vocals. more in the vein of industrial and noise than MITBN.  Quick serarch at Discogs didn't find anything.

https://kaijukijo.bandcamp.com/album/unforgivable

[holy ghost]

Both of those were really cool - thanks for sharing. I'm just making a cursory scan of both right now but I'd definitely check more out.

[GRIND.INFILTHTRATION]

My fav. releases from BASTARD NOISE are the split with THE ENDLESS BLOCKADE (even it sounds like a MITB release), Rogue Astronaut, the Ancient And Unknown Brutality compilation and the splits with BIZARRE UPROAR, GOVERNMENT ALPHA and MERZBOW. But the best release is the recycled cassette.

https://www.discogs.com/de/Bastard-Noise-Recycled/release/518754

[FreakAnimalFinland]

BN keep themselves pretty busy and already now in 2023 there is new full length LP I believe?!
Bunch of stuff came out in 2022, and happened to catch these:

Bastard Noise & Merzbow - Retribution By All Other Creatures 2 x LP
Relapse
Nice to see Relapse level label doing new noise, even if by known names. One LP is Merzbow working with BN sound, and the other LP is other way round. I like both! While Bastard Noise certainly has so strong style for decades, that you pretty much know what you will get. Vocals follow the routines of boomy roar, raspy talk and weirdo screeching scream in that trade mark BN style, with addition of collaborators sources, the simple caveman electronics oscillations and clean studio production works out nicely.
You can hear the caveman electronics along Masamis work and both these LP's rotated multiple times.

Bastard Noise & Diagram: A - Collaboration Split LP
Sound Probe Recordings
Re-issue of 1998 collaboration tape, but it also says that "These sessions were meticulously sequenced & remastered", so not sure how different it is? It is good stuff, little dirty vinyl press maybe, but not too drastic surface noise. If you like Sound Probe reissue stuff that has been coming out lately, this fits along them nicely too.

[Balor/SS1535]

BN keep themselves pretty busy and already now in 2023 there is new full length LP I believe?!
Bunch of stuff came out in 2022, and happened to catch these:

Bastard Noise & Merzbow - Retribution By All Other Creatures 2 x LP
Relapse
Nice to see Relapse level label doing new noise, even if by known names. One LP is Merzbow working with BN sound, and the other LP is other way round. I like both! While Bastard Noise certainly has so strong style for decades, that you pretty much know what you will get. Vocals follow the routines of boomy roar, raspy talk and weirdo screeching scream in that trade mark BN style, with addition of collaborators sources, the simple caveman electronics oscillations and clean studio production works out nicely.
You can hear the caveman electronics along Masamis work and both these LP's rotated multiple times.

I haven't had the chance to listen to my copy of the collab yet, but I did get the chance to talk to Eric about it for a while when I bought it from him at a Bastard Noise show last month.  He was extremely proud that the vinyl mastering was done by the same guy who did Tupac, Sex Pistols, Black Flag and many other such huge musicians!

(Bastard Noise live in 2023 is an immense experience, by the way.  He literally destroyed one of the venue speakers during his set, but kept on playing as if nothing happened!)