Kazumoto Endo

Aliases: Killer Bug

Since the mid-'90s, Japanese noise artist Kazumoto Endo has released albums and EPs under his own name and the alias Killer Bug on noise labels in several countries. Growing up in the '80s, Endo listened to British bands like the Cure and the Smiths, then got turned on to groups such as Pussy Galore and Big Black, and began attending live performances by influential noise bands including Hanatarash and Hijokaidan. Endo was, however, unimpressed with how noise music came across on recordings. He wanted to learn to play something different and so took traditional Bolivian music classes. It was during this time that Endo purchased the first noise record he was impressed by: Merzbow's Cloud Cock 00 Ground. Endo began buying equipment and making noise around 1990, in addition to continuing his Bolivian music classes. Endo began recording in 1994 under the name Killer Bug, with his first 7" released on Sweden's Releasing Eskimo label. He performed and recorded as Killer Bug for a couple of years, but eventually dropped the alias.