Universal Congress Of

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Universal Congress Of is an American rock band from Los Angeles formed by guitarist and singer Joe Baiza in 1986.

Band history

Baiza played in the rock band Saccharine Trust , which was under contract with the independent record label SST Records , since 1980 . With Universal Congress Of, Baiza pursued the idea of ​​his own band project, which should unite different, changing musicians and whose music style should be different from that of the Saccharine Trust. Another band project by Baiza is the founding of The Mecolodiacs .

Universal Congress Of is assigned to the style of punk jazz . Guitarist Joe Baiza was on friendly terms with bands like Black Flag , Hüsker Dü , Mike Watt or the Minutemen , or appeared as a guest musician. Baiza was also known as a role model in the hardcore , noise or grunge environment . For example, Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth formulated Universal Congress Of as his musical influences. Even John Zorn punk jazz-influenced music project Naked City goes back to baiza. The history of the Universal Congress Of band is unsteady. After a fight with neo-Nazis during the Germany tour in 1991, Baiza suffered a broken arm, which he broke in Berlin. A spontaneous benefit concert of musician friends was then organized. At the beginning of the nineties the SST Records label lost its importance, because some bands broke up, others came under contract with major labels. They then released on the indie label Enemy Productions. In 1997 they released a live album on the German label Hazelwood Records .

In 2010, the band was together with Saccharine Trust on Germany tournee .

Discography

So far, Universal Congress Of has released five studio albums and one live release

  • 1987: Joe Baiza & The Universal Congress Of
  • 1988: This Is Mecolodics
  • 1988: Prosperous And Qualified
  • 1990: The Sad And Tragic Demise Of Big Fine Hot Salty Black Wind
  • 1996: 11th Hour Shine On
  • 1997: Sparkling Fresh (Live)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ UCO at discogs
  2. ↑ According to Joe's own statement, this album is actually a record of the formation "Latino Baby Jesus", which no longer existed at the time of publication. The record company sst released the record under the name of Joe Baiza's new band for marketing reasons.

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