The No WTO Combo | |
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 Jello Biafra and Kim Thayil as part of The No WTO Combo, December 1, 1999 | |
| Background information | |
| Genres | Spoken word,hardcore punk |
| Years active | 1999 |
| Labels | Alternative Tentacles |
| Past members | Jello Biafra Krist Novoselic Kim Thayil Gina Mainwal |
| Website | Artist page on Alternative Tentacles website |
TheNo WTO Combo was a one-shotpunk rock band started byKrist Novoselic (formerNirvana bassist). The band consisted ofJello Biafra (former frontman ofDead Kennedys); guitaristKim Thayil ofSoundgarden; and therhythm section ofSweet 75, with Gina Mainwal on drums and Novoselic on bass.[1]
They were originally scheduled to play the Showbox November 30, the night before theWTO meeting of 1999 inSeattle, but the performance was canceled because the venue's staff could not get past the police "curfew zone."[2]
They rescheduled the show for the next night, December 1, but Biafra and Novoselic played a short acoustic set that night down the street at The Central Tavern, where Biafra was approached by local record producer Mark Cavener. Cavener offered to record the album at the Showbox the next evening.[3] The performance itself would be the first formal concert played by Thayil since the demise of Soundgarden a few years beforehand, and only the second time Biafra had played music in a planned live setting since Dead Kennedys split in 1986.[a]
Novoselic later asked Jack Endino to mix the recordings, resulting in the bands' only release,Live from the Battle in Seattle, distributed by Biafra's record labelAlternative Tentacles.[4]
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