Grand Guignol

Band	Naked City
Type	Album (Studio full-length)
Released	1992
Genres	Avant-garde Jazz, Grindcore
Labels	Avant
Format	CD
Length	1:01:37

Reviews : 1
Comments : 1

Total votes : 2
Rating : 40 / 100

Have : 1 Want : 0

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Davilian

Grand Guignol Information

Track listing (Songs)

	title		rating	votes
1.	Grand Guignol	17:40	45	2
2.	La cathédrale engloutie	6:24	50	2
3.	Three Preludes op. 74 i. Douloureux déchirant	1:17	52.5	2
4.	Three Preludes op. 74 ii. Très lent, contemplatif	1:42	55	2
5.	Three Preludes op. 74 iii. Allegro drammatico	0:48	52.5	2
6.	Prophetiae sibyllarum	1:46	57.5	2
7.	The Cage	2:00	55	2
8.	Louange à l'éternité de Jésus	7:07	60	2
9.	Blood Is Thin	1:00	45	2
10.	Thrash Jazz Assassin	0:45	45	2
11.	Dead Spot	0:31	45	2
12.	Bonehead	0:51	45	2
13.	Piledriver	0:33	45	2
14.	Shangkuan Ling-Feng	1:14	45	2
15.	Numbskull	0:29	45	2
16.	Perfume of a Critic's Burning Flesh	0:24	45	2
17.	Jazz Snob Eat Shit	0:24	45	2
18.	The Prestidigitator	0:43	45	2
19.	No Reason to Believe	0:26	45	2
20.	Hellraiser	0:39	45	2
21.	Torture Garden	0:35	45	2
22.	Slan	0:23	45	2
23.	The Ways of Pain	0:31	45	2
24.	The Noose	0:10	42.5	2
25.	Sack of Shit	0:43	45	2
26.	Blunt Instrument	0:53	45	2
27.	Osaka Bondage	1:14	45	2
28.	Shallow Grave	0:40	45	2
29.	Kaoru	0:50	45	2
30.	Dead Dread	0:45	45	2
31.	Billy Liar	0:10	45	2
32.	Victims of Torture	0:20	45	2
33.	Speedfreaks	0:48	45	2
34.	New Jersey Scum Swamp	0:41	45	2
35.	S-M Sniper	0:14	45	2
36.	Pigfucker	0:23	45	2
37.	Cairo Chop Shop	0:22	45	2
38.	Facelifter	0:54	45	2
39.	Whiplash	0:19	45	2
40.	The Blade	0:35	45	2
41.	Gob of Spit	0:18	45	2

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Line-up (members)

John Zorn : Alto Sax, Vocals
Bill Frisell : Guitars
Wayne Horvitz : Keyboards
Fred Frith : Bass
Joey Baron : Drums
Yamatsuka Eye : Vocals
Bob Dorough : Vocals (on "the cage")

Production staff / artist

Producer : John Zorn

Grand Guignol Reviews

(1)

Reviewer :

SilentScream213 40/100

Date : Sep 27, 2021

An interesting development in the discography of the mad maniac John Zorn. While the previous Naked City albums were pure Avant-Garde Jazz and Grindcore, this one has a healthy dose of Classical and Ambient sensibilities. Of course, these are all created with the same ensemble of instruments as far as I can tell, so it’s usually a dissonant hum, but certainly interesting to hear this group cover composers such as Debussy.

The rest is classic Naked City, and I’m not sure giving this the Avant-Garde Metal title is truly deserved. It’s a bizarre affair, that’s for sure, but as most tracks are short, different elements are usually kept separate as opposed to woven together, making this a very eclectic collection of songs rather than a unique genre that ties them all together.

If you like John Zorn’s mad rambling music, you’ll surely like this. If not, you might appreciate some of the Classical stuff, so it’s worth a shot.

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Grand Guignol Comments

(1)

Megametal 40/100

Jul 8, 2023

budem sa asi opakovať, aj keď teraz len stručne: psycho jazz bordel pre psycho fans. Z môjho pohľadu je to odpad.

Naked City Discography

Album	Type	Release date	Rating	Votes	Reviews
Torture Garden	Album	1990	64.4	9	0
Naked City	Album	Feb 20, 1990	69.4	8	0
▶ Grand Guignol	Album	1992	40	2	1
Leng Tch'e	Album	Nov 1, 1992	53.3	3	0