Paul Raven
Paul Raven (born the January 16th 1961, England and dead the October 20th 2007, Swiss), is a Bassiste known Rock for its work within the groups of Post-punk/industrial Metal Killing Joke, Punk/industrial rock'n'roll Prong and industrial Metal Ministry.
Its career really begins when he sees himself indicated to replace the bass player of Killing Joke, Youth. Little time after, the group leaves in North-American round , and among the first recorded scenic services of Raven appears the maximum 45 turns " HA" , whose sound recording takes place with Toronto, with the Canada.
The careers of Killing Joke and Paul Raven are dependant until in 1988, when this last decides to leave the group at the tumultuous sessions of recording of the album Outside the Gate . However, it decides to briefly return in 1990 to take part in the album Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions .
After the promotional tour of this last album, the group separates again. In 1991, all the members, except Jaz Coleman, the singer, join the group Murder, Inc.. Raven, at this period, will also join the rows of the very ambitious project of Martin Atkins (old beater of Killing Joke), Pigface. This musical collective will quickly count several tens of contributors of different backgrounds, manpower changing with each working session.
The second flourishing period for Raven starts when it is invited, in 1994, To join the group of Metal New Yorkean Prong. It will appear on two albums of this formation. After the separation of Prong, it starts a career of producer, arranger and musician in several other group.
In 1998, it is requested by Hideto " Hide" Matsumoto, like Ray McVeigh (The Professionals), Joey Castillo (Danzig) and I.N.A. (Hide With Spread Beaver), to play in its new formation: Zilch. But the death of Hide in May 1998, little before the exit of their first album, 3.2.1., constrained the group has to separate a few years later. In 2001, Raven integrates Godflesh, the group of the British Justin Broadrick in whom already his former companion of Prong Ted Parsons prevailed, the time of a round. Broadrick will scuttle the group little time after the end of this round.
It joined Killing Joke in 2003 and takes part in the recording of two major albums of the group, Killing Joke 2003 and Hosannas from the Basements off Hell . However, Raven will end up leaving Killing Joke to integrate Ministry into 2005 into the sides of the singer of Prong Tommy Victor and to take part in the recording of the last two albums of the group of Al Jourgensen: Rio Grande Blood (2006) and The Last Sucker (2007). It will form also Mob Research in company of the former singer of Warrior Soul Kory Clarke.
He dies in Geneva, the October 20th 2007, during the phase of recording of an album of Treponem Pal in a Swiss studio, of a Heart attack
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