2002: Saint of Killers

Jesse Quattro: voice
Alywnn Quebido: guitar
Tyler Cox: drums

A post-metal wave of improvised darkness Saint of Killers’ primary objective is to leave listeners with the sensation that life is not all it’s made out to be, that beauty and happiness can only be found once one can actually acknowledge the ultimate truth of the ugliness and horrors that is human nature. Either the audience either gets it, or is absolutely repulsed.

Tyler Cox (also of San Francisco proto-progressive punk outfit The Mass) lays down the crushing and free foundation of uncompromisingly voluminous percussion. Alwyn Quebido flanks the attack with a focused laser of unfocused aural mayhem on the guitar. Jesse Quattro rounds out the core with her stunning array of melodic/cacophony vocal sheets of sound.

They have also performed with the occasional guest(s): Miya Osaki, Rent Romus, David Slusser, Matt Waters of The Mass, to name a few. Saint of Killers, who sites Fantomas, Nels Cline, Meshuggah, John Coltrane, Frank Zappa, Diamanda Galas, and John Zorn as major influences, are constantly searching for new ways of expressing the sonic truth to themselves while never swaying from the sound that brought them together in the first place, which is searing, abrasive, obnoxious, and terrifying free metal destructo jazz.

Jesse Quattro is a vocalist, composer and writer. Moving here from South Carolina 3 years ago, she has found her niche in the improv scene and most recently heavy metal. She is the featured vocalist of the thrash improv group Saint of Killers, the grindcore band Carniceria, and the "experimental" jazz improv group The Abstractions. She is writing for her first solo album that will feature all original works and a select handful of musicians. She collaborates with improvisers Michael Manring, Al Quebido, Tyler Cox, Moe! Staino, Jai Young Kim, Rent Romus, Colin Stetson, Ernesto Diaz-Infante, David Slusser; the list is never-ending.... Jesse is largely self-taught, influenced by the compositional styling of Frank Zappa, Mike Patton, The Melvins, film songs from Bollywood, John Zorn, Sade, etc. Jesse uses guitar pedals to create noise, waves of soft crashing sounds, gender shifting, and so on. Jesse also doesn't do any of that and just sings or screams. She is currently studying Music Theory with Mills College Music Professor Steed Cowart.

Coming from the vein of punk/DIY music, Tyler Cox prefers not to write an elaborate bio, feeling that his music speaks volumes in comparison to any life story or personal history (which is, in fact, quite boring). He is the drummer for Bay Area rock band The Mass, as well as the more experimental Saint of Killers. He also releases sporadic Noise compositions under the moniker Skull, and operates a nebulous production/inspiration think tank by the name of Skullworks Mfg., which recently hosted a successful celebration of noise and "difficult" music, the Oakland Noise Festival. Tyler offers that one listen closely to his various music/sound endeavors in order to gain more personal insight into his thoughts and feelings.

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