Upon learning of G.I.S.M.’s visionary frontman and creative architect Sakevi Yokoyama’s death on August 24th, 2023, POISON IDEA and TKO felt compelled to honor the monumental legacy left in the wake of this loss, and we are now proud to present the result with POISON IDEA's Tribute To G.I.S.M. 7” EP.
Collecting both G.I.S.M. covers from P.I.'s 1993 We Must Burn sessions for the first time ever, every facet of this EP is a carefully crafted ode to the inimitable and uncompromising spirit of Sakevi and G.I.S.M.
“Endless Blockades For The Pussyfooter” appears as a previously unreleased mix that differs from the version featured on We Must Burn, while “Death, Agonies & Screams” is the same version that appears on POISON IDEA's posthumous Religion & Politics EP. Rounding out the track list is a newly composed noise piece by Jerry A and Andrew Stromstad, “Pig Scream”, paying tribute to the avant garde sound of G.I.S.M.’s later material.
PIG CHAMPION - GUITAR
MONDO - GUITAR
JERRY A - VOCALS
THEE SLAYER HIPPY - DRUMS
MYRTLE TICKNER - BASS
RECORDED AT SOUND IMPRESSIONS
PORTLAND, OR - SEPTEMBER 1992
ENGINEERED BY TONY LASH
MIXED AT WHITE HORSE STUDIO
PORTLAND, OR - NOVEMBER 1992
MIXED BY TONY LASH, BOB STARK & POISON IDEA
EXCEPT "PIG SCREAM"
RECORDED AT MISERABLE PYRE STUDIO
PORTLAND, OR - SEPTEMBER 2023
ENGINEERED BY ANDREW STROMSTAD
MASTERED BY ADAM GONSALVES
AT TELEGRAPH MASTERING
PORTLAND, OR - SEPTEMBER 2023
FRONT COVER ART BY JERRY A. LANG
BACK COVER AND INTERIOR ART BY MARK RAINEY
LAYOUT BY ROB JONES