Ultraviolence

Ultraviolence is an industrial/techno band formed in London in 1991 and headed by 'the Quentin Tarantino of techno' Johnny Violent (b. Jonathan Casey). To date, they have released five studio albums, including a ten-year retrospective and six EPs/singles. The group have produced a number of club classics[3] which include the tracks Hardcore Motherfucker and Psycho Drama and have been recognised as being at the 'forefront of the UK Industrial-Cyber scene'. The Ultraviolence sound incorporates elements from various styles including hardcore techno/gabber, breakbeat hardcore, industrial techno, power noise, metal and rap.

A substantial body of the Ultraviolence releases received positive critical reception since the first album Life of Destructor gaining '5Ks' from Kerrang magazine.[6] In 2004 Ultraviolence released a retrospective two CD album titled Blown Away 1994-2004. Johnny Violent has worked with several female vocal artists on different releases, but as of 2005, singer and angle grinding stage performer Mel Allezbleu has become a permanent member of the band...(Read more)

Links to Peel
The band recorded one session for Kat's Karavan: the track We Are The Dead drew from John the comment, "That's Ultraviolence taking an unnecessarily pessimistic view of things, I think."

Festive Fifty Entries

 * None

Sessions

 * One session, no known commercial release. Also on DW Tape 38 and HO John Peel 49 1992.

1. Recorded: 1992-08-27. First broadcast: 14 November 1992. Repeated: 01 January 1993
 * Demons / Broken Hearted / Time To Die / We Are The Dead

Other Shows Played

 * 23 November 1991: 'Shout And Destroy'Ultraviolence - Shout and Destroy
 * HO John Peel 37 1991: 'You'll Never Sleep Tonight (12"-Shout)' (not on label)
 * Best Of Peel Vol 40: 'You'll Never Sleep Tonight (12"-Shout)' (not on label)
 * 01 December 1991: 'You'll Never Sleep Tonight (12" Single B-side 'Shout')' (White)
 * 02 December 1991 (Ö3): 'You'll Never Sleep Tonight (12"-Shout)' (not on label)
 * Best Of 1991 Vol 7: 'You'll Never Sleep Tonight (12"-Shout)' (not on label)
 * Dance 13: 'Shout (12")' (not on label)
 * 24 July 1992: 'Die Alone Screaming (12"-Vengeance)' (Safe)
 * HO John Peel 46 1992: 'Die Alone Screaming (12"-Vengeance)' (Safe)
 * 25 July 1992: 'Die Alone Screaming (12"-Vengeance)' (Safe)
 * 03 August 1992 (BFBS): 'Die Alone Screaming (12"-Vengeance)' (Safe)
 * 04 August 1992 (Ö3): 'Die Alone Screaming (12"-Vengeance)' (Safe)
 * 17 August 1992 (BFBS): 'Die Alone Screaming (12"-Vengeance)' (Safe)
 * 24 September 1993: 'I, Destructor (12" promo-Destructor EP)' (Earache) John plays entire track at the wrong speed, realises this at the end
 * 17 December 1993: 'I, Destructor (12")' (Earache)
 * 01 April 1994: ‘I, Destructor (The Lenny Dee Remix) (12"-I Destructor (The Lenny Dee Mixes))’ (Earache)
 * 16 April 1994 (BBC World Service): 'I, Destructor (The Lenny Dee Remix) (12"-I, Destructor (The Lenny Dee Mixes)' (Earache)
 * 23 April 1994 (BBC World Service): 'I, Destructor (The Lenny Dee Remix) (12"-I, Destructor (The Lenny Dee Mixes)' (Earache)
 * 15 July 1994: ‘Electric Chair (CD-Life Of Destructor)’ (Earache)
 * 16 July 1994: ‘I Am Destructor (CD-Life Of Destructor )’ Earache
 * 23 July 1994: 'Joan (CD-Life of Destructor)' (Earache)
 * 24 September 1994 (BFBS): 'Destructor's Fall (CD-Life Of Destructor)' (Earache)
 * 28 April 1998: 'Immolation (CD-Killing God)' (Earache)
 * 14 December 2004 (Rob Da Bank): 'E Heads Must Die (LP-Blown Away 94-04)' (Earache)