Zeni Geva

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Zeni Geva
KK Null, Tatsuya Yoshida, and Mitsuru Tabata, live in 2009
Background information
Origin	Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Heavy metal, hardcore punk, progressive rock, noise rock, math rock[1]
Years active	1987–present
Labels	NUX Organization Skin Graft Records Alternative Tentacles Neurot Recordings
Members	KK Null Tatsuya Yoshida
Past members	Ikuo Taketani Fumiyoshi Suzuki Elle Bunsho Nishikawa Mitsuru Tabata Yasuko Eito Noro Blake Fleming Masataka Fujikake
Website	Official KK Null webpage

Zeni Geva is a Japanese noise rock band featuring singer and guitarist KK Null and drummer Tatsuya Yoshida.^[2] Formed in Tokyo in 1987, the group's name translates roughly as "money violence" ("Zeni" is an old Japanese term for money, and "Geva" comes from the German "Gewalt," meaning "violence").

Zeni Geva typically performs as a trio of two guitars and drums. Their music can be diverse and experimental, incorporating elements ranging from death metal and hardcore punk^[3] to math rock, psychedelic, and noise rock.^[4] Their music is often technically unorthodox and demanding, and has earned progressive rock comparisons: critic Patrick Kennedy describes their 1993 album Desire for Agony as resembling "Motörhead meets King Crimson."^[5]

The Chicago-based Skin Graft Records has released much of the band's music in North America, and the band released several albums with the American Alternative Tentacles label.