Hideki Kato, better known under the
stage name
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Crack Fierce, is a Japanese
noise music
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ian. He started Crack Fierce in the spring of 1996, and also runs the label United Syndicate. He has also built
effects unit
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Common effects include distortion/overdrive, often used with electric guitar in el ...
s.
Note: He is not the same as
Kato Hideki
Kato Hideki (born 1962 in Nagoya, Japan; 加藤英樹, family name Kato) is a Japanese musician and composer. He was a seminal member of the Tokyo Noise music scene of the late 80s and early 90s, collaborating with Japanese experimental musician ...
, who plays bass in
Ground Zero
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.
Discography
As Crack Fierce
*''Vagina Starving'' (1996 United Syndicate)
*''Smack My Crack'' (199? Self Abuse)
*''Felony Noise'' (1997 Lazy Squid)
*''Illegal Collage & Feedback'' (1998 Robotomy)
*''Full Metal Confused'' (1998 Solipsism)
*''Perspicacious Variance'' (1999 Spite)
*''Red Flag'' (2008 Noise Ninja)
*''Heterogenious Infusion'' (split with Mlehst) (1997 United Syndicate)
*"Pain Circulation" (split with Kazumoto Endo) (1997 United Syndicate)
*"Crowded Noise" (split with Armenia) (1997 Bizarre Audio Arts / United Syndicate)
*untitled (split with Third Organ) (1999 United Syndicate)
As C-Fat
with Two Assistant Deputy Ministers
*untitled (2004 United Syndicate)
*''Kennel Club'' (2004 United Syndicate)
As Flip Flop
*''Interior A Priori Estimate'' (200? United Syndicate)
As Melting Plastic Head Core
with Mo*Te
*''My Sweet Memory'' (1998 Uncut)
References
External links
Noise musicians
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