Jesse Pintado
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Jesse Pintado was a lead guitar player born in Mexico who at an early age moved to the US. He started in the band Terrorizer
where he recorded the grindcore
album World Downfall
, the first album to feature Pete Sandoval
who would later leave the band to join Morbid Angel
. It was Jesse Pintado who coined the term "grindcore
" for the first time (in 1983), to describe a musical mixture of "noise and chaos" which he was developing at that time.
Replacing guitarist Bill Steer
he joined Napalm Death
immediately prior to the recording of their album Harmony Corruption
. In 2004 he officially left Napalm Death and revived Terrorizer, recruiting Tony Norman of Monstrosity
and Anthony Rezhawk of Resistant Culture; he and Pete Sandoval were the only original members. Whilst in Napalm Death, he had also played with bass-player Shane Embury
in Lock Up
, releasing two albums.
With Terrorizer he released in 2006 the album Darker Days Ahead
. He also played for Brujeria
on their 2000-album Brujerizmo
(as Cristo de Pisto).
He lived in Ridderkerk
in the Netherlands
, and a few weeks after the release of Terrorizer's second album, died in a hospital in the Netherlands due to liver failure
after a diabetes-induced coma. His death also stemmed from excessive drinking. http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=219
Terrorizer
Terrorizer is an American grindcore and death metal band formed in 1986 in Los Angeles, California. After disbanding, its members gained recognition by playing in influential extreme metal bands, such as Morbid Angel , Napalm Death and Nausea...
where he recorded the grindcore
Grindcore
Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....
album World Downfall
World Downfall
World Downfall is the debut album by the American grindcore band Terrorizer. It was released on Earache Records in 1989.-Album information:...
, the first album to feature Pete Sandoval
Pete Sandoval
Pete Sandoval is an American death metal drummer. Born in Santa Ana, El Salvador, he is known for his accomplishments in the world of extreme metal drumming. His first significant stint as a drummer was for the grindcore band Terrorizer, formed in 1986, where he began to demonstrate some of his...
who would later leave the band to join Morbid Angel
Morbid Angel
Morbid Angel is an American death metal band based in Tampa, Florida. UK music magazine Terrorizer ranked one Morbid Angel album in its “Top 40 greatest death metal albums”, with their 1989 debut Altars of Madness appearing at number 1...
. It was Jesse Pintado who coined the term "grindcore
Grindcore
Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....
" for the first time (in 1983), to describe a musical mixture of "noise and chaos" which he was developing at that time.
Replacing guitarist Bill Steer
Bill Steer
Bill Steer is an English guitar player, and a founder of British Metal band Carcass...
he joined Napalm Death
Napalm Death
Napalm Death are a death metal band formed in Birmingham, England in 1981. While none of its original members remain in the group, the lineup of vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway, bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch Harris and drummer Danny Herrera has remained consistent for most of the band's ...
immediately prior to the recording of their album Harmony Corruption
Harmony Corruption
-From the Mentally Murdered EP:*The song Mentally Murdered is a different recording than the version found on From Enslavement to Obliteration-Bonus LP 'Live I.C.A...
. In 2004 he officially left Napalm Death and revived Terrorizer, recruiting Tony Norman of Monstrosity
Monstrosity (band)
Monstrosity is a death metal band originating from Fort Lauderdale, Florida during the death metal scene of the early 1990s. Vocalist, George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher and drummer, Lee Harrison, were the founders of Monstrosity. Harrison had just left the band Malevolent Creation and George Fisher...
and Anthony Rezhawk of Resistant Culture; he and Pete Sandoval were the only original members. Whilst in Napalm Death, he had also played with bass-player Shane Embury
Shane Embury
Shane Embury is a British bassist and member of Napalm Death.-Napalm Death:Embury is the only member left who has been in the band since the Scum tour, replacing previous bassist Jim Whitley in 1987...
in Lock Up
Lock Up (UK band)
Lock Up is a deathgrind side project originally formed by Shane Embury , Nicholas Barker and Jesse Pintado...
, releasing two albums.
With Terrorizer he released in 2006 the album Darker Days Ahead
Darker Days Ahead
Darker Days Ahead is the second album by Terrorizer. It was released in 2006 on Century Media, seventeen years after their 1989 debut World Downfall. Darker Days Ahead is Terrorizer's final album recorded with guitarist, Jesse Pintado, who died five days after its release due to liver failure...
. He also played for Brujeria
Brujeria (band)
Brujeria is an extreme metal band formed in Tijuana, Mexico in 1989. Their name comes from the Spanish word for "witchcraft". Their songs, which are sung in Spanish, are focused on Satanism, anti-Christianity, sex, immigration, narcotics smuggling, politics....
on their 2000-album Brujerizmo
Brujerizmo
Brujerizmo is the third studio album by Brujeria. Brujerizmo featured a more clear and refined sound as opposed to the grindcore/deathgrind style of the previous albums.-Reception:...
(as Cristo de Pisto).
He lived in Ridderkerk
Ridderkerk
Ridderkerk is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality had a population of 44,886 in 2010, and covers an area of 25.10 km² ....
in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, and a few weeks after the release of Terrorizer's second album, died in a hospital in the Netherlands due to liver failure
Liver failure
Acute liver failure is the appearance of severe complications rapidly after the first signs of liver disease , and indicates that the liver has sustained severe damage . The complications are hepatic encephalopathy and impaired protein synthesis...
after a diabetes-induced coma. His death also stemmed from excessive drinking. http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=219
Studio albums
- Harmony CorruptionHarmony Corruption-From the Mentally Murdered EP:*The song Mentally Murdered is a different recording than the version found on From Enslavement to Obliteration-Bonus LP 'Live I.C.A...
(1990) - Utopia BanishedUtopia BanishedUtopia Banished is the fourth album by the UK band Napalm Death. The album was released in 1992 by Earache Records. It is the first album featuring Danny Herrera on drums following the departure of Mick Harris....
(1992) - Fear, Emptiness, DespairFear, Emptiness, DespairFear, Emptiness, Despair is the fifth album by British grindcore band Napalm Death, released in 1994. Originally titled Under Rule, this record is notable for its extensive use of midpaced songs and elaborate music structures, similar to previous albums such as Utopia Banished and Harmony...
(1994) - DiatribesDiatribes- Personnel :* Mark "Barney" Greenway - Vocals* Shane Embury - Bass, Backing vocals* Mitch Harris - Guitar* Jesse Pintado - Guitar* Danny Herrera - Drums...
(1996) - Inside the Torn ApartInside the Torn ApartInside the Torn Apart is the seventh album by Napalm Death.-Track listing:All songs written by Shane Embury, except where noted.* - Bonus tracks on digipak edition of the albumTracks 13 and 14 were also featured On Breed to Breathe-Credits:...
(1997) - Words from the Exit WoundWords from the Exit WoundWords from the Exit Wound is the eighth album by Napalm Death released in 1998. It, along with Enemy of the Music Business, is one of two studio albums that were released by Napalm Death only on CD.-Track listing:* Bonus tracks on U.S...
(1998) - Enemy of the Music BusinessEnemy of the Music BusinessEnemy of the Music Business is the ninth album by the British band Napalm Death released in 2000. This album along with Words from the Exit Wound are the only Napalm Death studio albums that were released only on CD...
(2000) - Order of the LeechOrder of the LeechOrder of the Leech is the tenth album by the British band Napalm Death released in 2002. Although credited in the line-up, Jesse Pintado never performed. The second guitar is actually Mitch Harris overdubbing.-Track listing:-Notes:...
(2002) - Leaders Not Followers: Part 2Leaders Not Followers: Part 2Leaders Not Followers: Part 2 is the eleventh album by the British band Napalm Death. It contains covers of various hardcore punk and heavy metal songs...
(2004)
Singles and EPs
- Mentally MurderedMentally MurderedMentally Murdered is an EP by the English band Napalm Death, originally released in 1989. It was later included on the Harmony Corruption CD and the Death by Manipulation compilation album...
(EP 1989) - Harmony Corruption bonus live EP (EP, 1990)
- Mass Appeal MadnessMass Appeal MadnessMass Appeal Madness is an EP by Napalm Death. It was released in 1991 on Earache Records and is dedicated to the memory of Roger Patterson, a member of the death metal band Atheist who died in the same year.-Track listing:...
(EP, MOSH46 1991) - The World Keeps TurningThe World Keeps TurningThe World Keeps Turning is an EP by Napalm Death. It was released in 1992 on Earache Records.-Track listing:-Credits:*Mark "Barney" Greenway - Vocals*Shane Embury - Bass*Mitch Harris - Guitar*Jesse Pintado - Guitar*Danny Herrera - Drums...
(EP, MOSH65 1992) - Nazi Punks Fuck Off (EP, MOSH92 1993)
- Hung (EP, 1994)
- More Than Meets the EyeMore Than Meets the Eye (Napalm Death)Promo featuring two songs previously unreleased on a real album at the time .-Credits:*Mark "Barney" Greenway - Vocals*Mitch Harris - Guitar*Jesse Pintado - Guitar*Shane Embury - Bass...
(Promo, 1994) - Plague Rages (Promo, 1994)
- Greed KillingGreed KillingGreed Killing is an EP by the British band Napalm Death.It was released in 1995 on Earache Records, containing two songs from the Diatribes album and four exclusive songs from the Diatribes recording sessions.-Track listing:-Credits:...
(EP, 1995) - Cursed to Tour (split with At the GatesAt the GatesAt the Gates is an extreme metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, and a major progenitor of the Gothenburg death-metal sound. Their early albums lean towards a death metal sound, but later albums sound more like melodic death metal.Initially active from 1990 to 1996, the band reformed in 2007 for a...
, 1996) - In Tongues We SpeakIn Tongues We SpeakIn Tongues We Speak is a split EP album by Napalm Death and Coalesce.-Track listing:-Credits:Napalm Death*Mark "Barney" Greenway - Vocals*Shane Embury - Bass*Mitch Harris - Guitar*Jesse Pintado - Guitar*Danny Herrera - DrumsCoalesce...
(split-CD with Coalesce) (MOSH168 1997) - Breed to BreatheBreed to BreatheBreed to Breathe is an EP by the English band Napalm Death, released on Earache Records in 1997.The CD also includes a CD-ROM track, containing band biography and discography...
(EP, 1997) - Leaders Not FollowersLeaders Not FollowersLeaders Not Followers is an EP album by the British band Napalm Death. The EP has six tracks, which are covers from various punk and metal bands.-Track listing:-Notes:...
(EP, 1999)
Napalm Death-only Compilation albums
- Death by ManipulationDeath by ManipulationDeath by Manipulation is a compilation album of singles by the British band Napalm Death released in March 1992. On the album tracks 1-4 are from the Mass Appeal Madness EP, 5-7 from "Suffer the Children" single, 8-13 from Mentally Murdered EP, and tracks 14-19 are Napalm Death songs from Napalm...
(MOSH51, Earache 1992) - The Peel Sessions (1993)
- The Complete Radio One SessionsThe Complete Radio One Sessions-Credits:Tracks 1 to 8 *Lee Dorrian - Vocals*Shane Embury - Bass*Bill Steer - Guitar*Mick Harris - DrumsTracks 9 to 12 *Mark "Barney" Greenway - Vocals*Shane Embury - Bass*Mitch Harris - Guitar...
(2000) - Noise for Music's SakeNoise for Music's SakeNoise for Music's Sake is a double-disc compilation by British band Napalm Death. This album is a retrospective of the band's entire career. The first disc is a best-of compilation; the second disc contains rarities. The booklet includes 20 pages with interviews of band members Shane Embury and...
(MOSH266, Earache 2003)
Live albums
- The Peel Sessions (1989)
- Live CorruptionLive CorruptionLive Corruption is a live album by the English band Napalm Death released in 1992. It was recorded live at the Salisbury Arts Centre, England on 30 June 1990...
(1990) - Bootlegged in JapanBootlegged in Japan-Credits:*Mark "Barney" Greenway - Vocals*Shane Embury - Bass, Backing vocals*Mitch Harris - Guitar, Backing vocals*Jesse Pintado - Guitar*Danny Herrera - Drums...
(1998) - Punishment in CapitalsPunishment in Capitals-DVD extras:*Video of the London ULU show*45 minute documentary/interview with Napalm Death*Video of "If the Truth Be Known" in the Harmony Corruption sessionsTokyo, Japan #My Own Worst Enemy#More Than Meets the Eye...
(2002, CD)
DVDs & VHS
- Live CorruptionLive CorruptionLive Corruption is a live album by the English band Napalm Death released in 1992. It was recorded live at the Salisbury Arts Centre, England on 30 June 1990...
(VHS, 1991) - The DVDThe DVD (Napalm Death)The DVD is a Napalm Death DVD released by Earache in 2001. The only material seeing release for the first time is the Nottingham show from 1989 and the Killburn National show from 1989...
(DVD, 2001) - Punishment in CapitalsPunishment in Capitals-DVD extras:*Video of the London ULU show*45 minute documentary/interview with Napalm Death*Video of "If the Truth Be Known" in the Harmony Corruption sessionsTokyo, Japan #My Own Worst Enemy#More Than Meets the Eye...
(DVD, 2002)
Studio albums
- Pleasures Pave SewersPleasures Pave SewersPleasures Pave Sewers is the debut album of grindcore band Lock Up, a side project of Napalm Death, featuring Peter Tägtgren on vocals.- Background :...
(CD, 1999) - Hate Breeds SufferingHate Breeds SufferingHate Breeds Suffering is the second album by Napalm Death grindcore side project Lock Up. It features Tomas Lindberg on vocals.-Track listing:# "Feeding on the Opiate" # "Castrate the Wreckage" # "Violent Reprisal"...
(CD, 2002)
Compilation albums
- Mextremist! Greatest HitsMextremist! Greatest HitsMextremist! Greatest Hits is the name of a greatest hits album by Brujeria. The album is more like a B-sides compilation, including songs not available on the LPs edited by Roadrunner Records.-Album information:...
(Kool Arrow Records, 2001) - The Mexecutioner! - The Best of BrujeriaThe Mexecutioner! - The Best of BrujeriaThe Mexecutioner! The Best of Brujeria is the name of a best of compilation album by Brujeria released in 2003 by Roadrunner Records. The liner notes are written by Hank Williams III.-Track listing:#"Pura de Venta" – 0:41...
(Roadrunner RecordsRoadrunner RecordsRoadrunner Records is an American record label that concentrates primarily on heavy metal bands. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Music Group.-History:...
, 2003) - The Singles (2006)
External links
- Terrorizer MySpace with memorial to Jesse