Algis Kizys (born September 8, 1960 in Chicago) is a
New York City
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bass guitar
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ist most well known for his long-time membership in
New York City
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band
Swans
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. First joining Swans on 1986's ''
Greed
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''
LP, he stayed with the group through ''
The Great Annihilator
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'' (1995). He is also a founding member
Of Cabbages and Kings, an offshoot of Bag People.
Biography
Of Cabbages and Kings featured Kizys, founder/guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist/producer Carolyn Master,
Roy Mayorga
Roy Mayorga (born April 6, 1970) is an American musician, best known as the drummer of heavy metal bands Hellyeah and Stone Sour and is currently the drummer for the industrial metal band Ministry.
Early life
Mayorga was born in Forest Hi ...
(
Nausea
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,
Soulfly
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,
Stone Sour
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),
Vinnie Signorelli
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(
Unsane
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),
Ted Parsons
Ted Parsons is an American drummer most notable for his membership in bands such as Swans, Prong, Godflesh, Killing Joke, and Jesu.
Biography
Parsons' early career began in 1985 with Swans, when he contributed to their ''Holy Money'' album. He ...
(
Prong
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, Swans,
Godflesh
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,
Jesu, Teledubgnosis) and Diane Wlezein. Kizys, Master, and Wlezein previously played in Bag People.
Kizys has spent time in
Foetus' live incarnation and played for
Glenn Branca Glenn may refer to:
Name or surname
* Glenn (name)
* John Glenn, U.S. astronaut
Cultivars
* Glenn (mango)
* a 6-row barley variety
Places
In the United States:
* Glenn, California
* Glenn County, California
* Glenn, Georgia, a settlement ...
in his ''Symphony No. 6''.
Kizys was a member of Problem Dogs, his first band formed with Rick Radtke, John Connors, and
Demetra Plakas
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Early life
Plakas was born November 9, 1960 in Chicago, Illinois. Her parents immigrated independently from Greece and late ...
(who later played drums with
L7).
During this time, August 1982, he briefly joined forces with guitarist Edward "Phast Eddie" Lines, Connors and Plakas as Phlegm Magnets, which played several shows at the Space Place in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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From 1994 -1997 Algis Kizys created a band with singer songwriter Soraya Rashid called "Soraya". Other members included
Norman Westberg
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(ex Swans), Ted Parsons (Prong), Vinnie Signorelli (Swans, Unsane), Eric Hubel (
Glenn Branca Glenn may refer to:
Name or surname
* Glenn (name)
* John Glenn, U.S. astronaut
Cultivars
* Glenn (mango)
* a 6-row barley variety
Places
In the United States:
* Glenn, California
* Glenn County, California
* Glenn, Georgia, a settlement ...
), and
J. G. Thirlwell (Foetus)
Kizys with Jonathan Bepler and David Thorpe composed "Firmament" for
Nerve
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A nerve transmits electrical impulses. It is the basic unit of the peripheral nervous system. A nerve provides a common pathway for the e ...
magazine's "Sweet & Vicious" audio book. Firmament served as a soundscape to the JT Leroy story, "Natoma Street", performed by
Callie Thorne
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.
Gus Van Sant used "Firmament" for the pivotal scene in his film, "
Finding Forrester
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", starring
Sean Connery
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.
Kizys's current band, NeVAh, features
Vinnie Signorelli
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Vincents
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* Vinny Appice (born 1957), American rock d ...
from Unsane and
Norman Westberg
Norman Westberg is a guitarist from Detroit best known for his work with Swans. Present through almost the entirety of the band's existence, Westberg was brought on for Swans' debut album '' Filth'' (1983) and appeared on every album through 199 ...
from Swans. NeVAh are currently playing in what's left of New York's underground scene.
Discography
;
Swans
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;
Of Cabbages and Kings
;Other appearances
References
External links
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1960 births
Living people
American rock bass guitarists
American male bass guitarists
American indie rock musicians
Of Cabbages and Kings members
Pigface members
Swans (band) members
American punk rock bass guitarists
American post-punk musicians
American industrial musicians
Noise rock musicians
American people of Lithuanian descent
Guitarists from Chicago
Guitarists from New York City
American male guitarists
20th-century American guitarists