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16.01.61 – 20.10.07 |
Paul Raven provided the low end for literally years of my life. His discography is mammoth – Killing Joke in their prime, the short but sweet Murder, Inc. (I probably heard him somewhere in Pigface’s muck as well), Prong’s Cleansing and Rude Awakening (he and Ted Parsons were such a mighty rhythm section that they also briefly anchored Godflesh), the last two Killing Joke records, the last two Ministry albums. At the time of his death, he was working with Treponem Pal (remember them?) and a new project, Mob Research.
Prong – Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck
The intro to Prong’s “Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck” crosses my mind almost every day. I kid you not. If one could be addicted to a sound, I am, to this. The economy of Raven’s bass in lockstep with Parsons’ kick-snare tattoo – it’s brutal. After probably thousands of iterations of these seconds in my brain, I’d recently thought of posting on this song. I’m sad it had to come this way.
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He will be sorely missed. I always loved his gutteral tone underneath “Broken Peace.”
I haven’t thought of Treponem Pal since maybe 1993. Jesus.
So sad. For about a year, the cassette of Cleansing never left my car. He will be missed
Paul Raven's work with Killing Joke is mammoth and immense — they always got deep as hell with their bass players and Raven just hit that lock-step groove perfectly. His playing on NIGHT TIME, FIRE DANCES, and EXTREMITIES will live forever.