Bastard Noise is a noise music band founded in 1991 by Eric Wood, Henry Barnes, and Bill Nelson. The band was initially a side project of Wood's and Barnes's power violence band Man Is The Bastard. Bastard Noise often collaborates, and has had a number of members or almost-members during the years. One of the more prolific ex-members is John Wiese, who joined the Bastard Noise lineup in 1998 and contributed in updating the sound of the band. Wiese is however no longer a member of Bastard Noise. The band have numerous releases on prominent noise labels such as Kitty Play, Release, Ground Fault Recordings and Alien8.
Selected Discography
- (1996) Merzbow / Bastard Noise: Voice Pie (Release Entertainment) compact disc split album
- (1998) Bastard Noise: If It Be Not True (Vermiform) compact disc album
- (2000) Bastard Noise / Hospital: (Noisebludgeon) compact disc split album
- (2005) Bastard Noise: The Analysis of Self-Destruction (Alien8) compact disc album
- (2007) Bastard Noise + Antennacle: collaborative 7" (Kitty Play)
