Zeni Geva

Zeni Geva
KK Null, Tatsuya Yoshida, and Mitsuru Tabata, live in 2009
Background information
Origin	Tokyo, Japan
Genres	Heavy metal, progressive rock, noise rock, math rock
Years active	1987–present
Labels	NUX Organization Skin Graft Records Alternative Tentacles Neurot Recordings
Associated acts	Acid Mothers Temple Steve Albini The Boredoms Hanatarashi Ruins
Website	Official KK Null webpage
Members	KK Null Tatsuya Yoshida
Past members	Ikuo Taketani Fumiyoshi Suzuki Elle Bunsho Nishikawa Mitsuru Tabata Yasuko Eito Noro Blake Fleming Masataka Fujikake

Zeni Geva is a Japanese noise rock band featuring singer and guitarist KK. Null and drummer Tatsuya Yoshida. 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's music can be diverse and experimental, incorporating elements ranging from death metal and hardcore punk to math rock, psychedelic, and noise rock. 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."

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.

Following several years in the Japanese noise rock scene that included collaborations with Merzbow and Hanatarashi, experimental noise rock guitarist and electronic programmer KK Null formed Zeni Geva in 1987 with guitarist Fumiyoshi Suzuki (also known as "NP"), vocalist Elle, and drummer Ikuo Taketani of the Japanese experimental groups The Boredoms and Hanatarashi. The group released its debut record, How to Kill, on Null's own NUX Organization label later that year. With bassist Bunsho Nishikawa replacing Elle, they released the Vast Impotenz cassette early in 1988.