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Yakuza Is An Avant-Garde Metal Band Formed In Chicago In 1999. They Have Been Acclaimed For Their Incorporation Of Jazz And World Music Elements. Yakuza Was Formed In 1999 By The Chicago Native Eric Plonka When After An Unsuccessful Attempt To Find A Guitar Player For The Band He And Drummer James Staffel Were Currently Involved In Which Plonka Was The Bass Player Taught Himself To Play Guitar And Recorded A Three Song Cd Titled "Thursdays In Hell" With Staffel. Using Said Cd They Put An Add Out For A Bass Player And Found Eric Clark. After Playing Several Live Shows Singer-Less Answered An Add Put Out By Bruce Lamont In The Chicago Reader. Bringing With Him The Saxophones Which Have Become The Bands Not So Secret Weapon. Using Unusual Instruments Like The Aforementioned Saxophone And Clarinet And Incorporating Free Jazz World Music And Psychedelic Music The Band Debuted With Its Independently-Released Album Amount To Nothing In 2001. The Album Was Met With Acclaim From Terrorizer And The Chicago Sun Times. Yakuza Followed Its Release With A Tour Alongside Candiria And Burnt By The Sun Eventually Leading To A Slot On The Vans Warped Tour. Such Exposure Led To A Record Contract And The Release Of Their Second Album Way Of The Dead Through Century Media Records In 2002. Yakuza Then Shared The Stage With Opeth The Dillinger Escape Plan And Mastodon. Jazz Musician Ken Vandermark Guests On The Record A Unique Live Performance From 2002 Is On YouTube . While The Band Received Critical Acclaim The Record Failed To Meet Sales Expectations As A Result Way Of The Dead Was The Only Century Media Release. In 2005 The Band Signed With Prosthetic Records In 2006 Samsara Was Released. Samsara Was Recorded By Matt Bayles Isis Botch Pearl Jam At Volume Studios In Chicago. Yakuza Enlisted A Wide Variety Of Musical Guests On The Album Including Pianist Jim Baker Cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm Sanford Parker And Mastodon’s Troy Sanders. Yakuza Released Transmutations In 2007. This Album Incorporates More Psychedelic Elements Alongside Stretching Doomy Movements And The Jazz Influences While Also Incorporating Breakneck Grind Riffs And Grooves. The Album Features Guest Performances By World-Renowned Jazz Percussionists Hamid Drake And Michael Zerang. This Is Unique For The Fact That The Two Rarely Play Together Except During Their Annual "Winter Solstice Performances" In Chicago. In 2010 The Band Released Of Seismic Consequence Their First Album For Profound Lore Records. Edit Influences The Prosthetic Record Label Describes Them This Way "Staying Deeply Rooted In A Genre All Its Own YAKUZA’s Existence Lies On A Metal Base With Progressive Flair While Somehow Also Incorporating Elements Of Jazz World Beat And Post-Rock Ambience." Influence Is Also Noted From King Crimson John Coltrane Tortoise And Napalm Death. Bruce Lamont Has Discussed An Appreciation For Pink Floyd Huun Huur Tu Peter Brötzmann Battles Enslaved Brighter Death Now George Orwell Ethiopian Music And Blut Aus Nord. Discography Amount To Nothing 2001 Way Of The Dead 2002 Century Media Records
Samsara 2006 Prosthetic Records
Transmutations 2007 Prosthetic Records
Transmutations Vinyl Edition 2008 Of Seismic Consequence 2010 Profound Lore Records Band Members Current Members Bruce Lamont – Saxophone Clarinet Vocals Effects
James Staffel – Drums Percussion Keyboard
Matt McClelland – Guitar Vocals
Ivan Cruz– Bass Guitar Vocals Former Members Eric Plonka – Guitar Vocals Mixing
Eric Clark – Bass Guitar Vocals
John E. Bomher – Bass Guitar read less