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Monte Cazazza is an American artist and composer best known for his seminal role in helping shape the early landscape of industrial music through recordings with the Sheffield, England-based Industrial Records in the mid-1970's.

Cazazza, based primarily in San Francisco during his early career, is credited with coining the phrase "Industrial Music for Industrial People". This was later used to encapsulate the record label and the artists representing it. Later, the noise collages and experimental sound manipulation coming out of Industrial records came to be known as Industrial music. Cazazza had built up an underground reputation as a particularly volatile performer with a potentially dangerous and antisocial aesthetic. Industrial Culture Handbook described his work as "insanity-outbreaks thinly disguised as art events". The Futurist Sintesi show near the end of 1975 was heralded on a promo flier as "Sex - religious show; giant statue of Jesus got chainsawed and gang raped into oblivion".

Cazazza did not limit his "performances" to the familiar dynamic of stage, audience and audience reaction. Much of his work involved acts designed for maximum shock value. In a well known incident, while a student at the Oakland College of Arts and Crafts, Cazazza created a cement waterfall that permanently disabled the main stairway of the building. He once created a 15'x15' screw-together metal swastika and was known to visit his friends with a dead cat and formaldehyde that he would use to set the cat alight.

Much of his early work is considered obscene and virtually impossible to find. He worked with both print and sound collage, film, performance, and presentation. His recordings with Throbbing Gristle in early 1977 are highly regarded among collectors and continue to be esteemed as some of the most significant to come out of that period. Some of his early output was collected and released by The Grey Area of Mute in 1992 under the title, The Worst of Monte Cazazza.

Cazazza worked with Factrix, an early industrial and experimental group from San Francisco and recorded soundtracks for Mark Pauline and Survival Research Laboratories. More recent activity has included co-creating the independent distribution and film company, MMFilms with Michelle Handelman and various soundtrack recordings.

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 '''Monte Cazazza''' is an [[American]] [[artist]] and [[composer]] best known for his seminal role in helping shape the early landscape of  [[industrial music]] through recordings with the [[Sheffield]], [[England]]-based [[Industrial Records]] in the mid-[[1970's]].
-Cazazza, based primarily in [[San Francisco]] during his early career,  is credited with coining the phrase "Industrial Music for Industrial People".  This was later used to encapsulate the record label and the artists representing it.  Later, the noise collages and experimental sound manipulation coming out of Industrial records came to be known as [[Industrial music]]. Cazazza had built up an underground reputation as a particularly volatile performer with a potentially dangerous and [[antisocial]] aesthetic.  [[Industrial Culture Handbook]] described his work as "insanity-outbreaks thinly disguised as art events".  The [[Futurist]]  Sintesi show near the end of [[1975]] was heralded on a promo flier  as "Sex - religious show; giant statue of [[Jesus]] got chainsawed and [[gang-rape]]d into oblivion".
+Cazazza, based primarily in [[San Francisco]] during his early career,  is credited with coining the phrase "Industrial Music for Industrial People".  This was later used to encapsulate the record label and the artists representing it.  Later, the [[noise music|noise]] collages and experimental sound manipulation coming out of Industrial records came to be known as [[Industrial music]]. Cazazza had built up an underground reputation as a particularly volatile performer with a potentially dangerous and [[antisocial]] aesthetic.  ''[[Industrial Culture Handbook]]'' described his work as "insanity-outbreaks thinly disguised as art events".  The [[Futurist]] Sintesi show near the end of [[1975]] was heralded on a promo flier  as "Sex - religious show; giant statue of [[Jesus]] got [[chainsaw]]ed and [[gang rape]]d into oblivion".
-Cazazza did not limit his "performances" to the familiar dynamic of stage, audience and audience reaction.  Much of his work involved acts designed for maximum [[shock value]].  In a well known incident, while a student at the [[Oakland]] College of Arts and Crafts, Cazazza created a cement waterfall that permanently disabled the main stairway of the building.  He once created a 15'x15' screw-together metal [[swastika]] and was known to visit his friends with a dead cat and formaldehyde that he would use to set the cat alight.
+Cazazza did not limit his "performances" to the familiar dynamic of stage, audience and audience reaction.  Much of his work involved acts designed for maximum [[shock value]].  In a well known incident, while a student at the [[Oakland]] College of Arts and Crafts, Cazazza created a cement waterfall that permanently disabled the main stairway of the building.  He once created a 15'x15' screw-together metal [[swastika]] and was known to visit his friends with a dead [[cat]] and formaldehyde that he would use to set the cat alight.
-Much of his early work is considered [[obscene]] and virtually impossible to find.  He worked with both print and sound collage, film, performance, and presentation. His recordings with Throbbing Gristle in early [[1977 in music|1977]] are highly regarded among collectors and continue to be esteemed as some of the most significant to come out of that period. Some of his early output was collected and released by [[Mute|The Grey Area of Mute]] in [[1992 in music|1992]] under the title, ''The Worst of Monte Cazazza''.
+Much of his early work is considered [[obscene]] and virtually impossible to find.  He worked with both print and sound collage, film, performance, and presentation. His recordings with [[Throbbing Gristle]] in early [[1977 in music|1977]] are highly regarded among collectors and continue to be esteemed as some of the most significant to come out of that period. Some of his early output was collected and released by [[Mute Records|The Grey Area of Mute]] in [[1992 in music|1992]] under the title, ''[[The Worst of Monte Cazazza]]''.
+Cazazza  worked with [[Factrix]], an early industrial and experimental group from San Francisco and recorded soundtracks for [[Mark Pauline]] and [[Survival Research Laboratories]]. More recent activity has included co-creating the independent distribution and film company, [[MMFilms]] with [[Michelle Handelman]] and various soundtrack recordings.
-Cazazza  worked with [[Factrix]], an early industrial and experimental group from San Francisco and recorded soundtracks for [[Mark Pauline]] and [[Survival Research Laboratories]]. More recent activity has included co-creating the independent distribution and film company, ''MMFilms'' with [[Michelle Handelman]] and various soundtrack recordings.
 ==External Links==
 *[http://www.brainwashed.com/axis/cazazza/monte.htm Profile/biography from Slash Magazine, 1979]
 *[http://www.awrc.com/review/c/the_worst_of_monte_cazazza.html Review of Worst of Monte Cazazza comp. CD]
-*[http://www.researchpubs.com/books/ichexc2.shtml Industrial Culture Handbook interview]
+*[http://www.researchpubs.com/books/ichexc2.shtml Industrial Culture Handbook interview excerpt]
-*[http://members.evansville.net/tgodsend/cazazza.html Interview 1998]
+*[http://members.evansville.net/tgodsend/cazazza.html Interview from 1998]
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+[[Category:Industrial musicians]]