WORLD was: Hiroshi Zen (aka Left): vocals+noise Tadahiko Aono (aka Center): drums Akira Kawabata (aka Right): vocals (original drummer Kaname Ohara plays on 1st 7" only) WORLD started out circa 1995-96 out of Osaka, Japan. They are the classic blurrcore threepiece except they have no guitar, all their noise is generated via a special microphone created by Hiroshi Zen. Their original 7" was okay but not great and their split with Yes Means Yes and their material on the "Snarl Out" comp are far from essential but when I saw them first play in 1997 when they opened for Discordance Axis they blew me away. Their live presence was like being run over by a car. 5 minutes. Extreme speed and screaming. A year later "Space" and the split with Cripple Bastards stand as the best grind/noise type stuff since the original A.C. records. They unfortunately broke up right before they were supposed to record an LP for Studio Grey (a grindcore label owned by Discordance Axis' Jon Chang), Akira is now performing as a one-man purely noise artist.
Why Who What 7" ep. (1 sided) [Meaningless Sounds] MS-003 Tracks : (Left) 1. The Misery is a Kind of Interesting Things 2. The Daily Life Lead You to Ruin 3. It's Not Easy Life 4. Burned Away by Yourself 5. How to Use the Power 6. Stinky Emotion 7. B.C.W. 8. W.O.R.L.D. 9. Trial and Error 10. Control of the Iron 11. Complete Denial = Death 12. Why Who What (right) 1. Let All Thing Lives 2. Die Three 3. Die Two 4. I Hate this World 5. It's You 6. Die One 7. Chaos Osaka 8. W.O.R.L.D. 9. Konketuzi no Negai 10. Die Four 11. S 12. Why Who What (note song lists on World stuff lists 2 times as many songs because both singers have different names for the songs!)   WORLD Why Nobody Understand?/Yes Means Yes split 7" [NAT Records] NAT???-004 Tracks : (left) 1. Dried Up Scream 2. How to Use the Power 3. Controll of the Iron 4. For Somebody Who has Own Attitude 5. Walls (cover by Siege originally) (right) 1. The Rules of Composition 2. It's You 3. Nothing 4. Greed 5. Walls (cover by Siege originally) V/A Snarl Out Volume 1 [Slightly Fast Records] FAST-002 Live session. All words in Japanese. . SPACE 7" [MCR Records] MCR-133 Tracks : (left) -side a- 1. Dreams 2. Getting to my soul 3. February I'll remember -side b- 1. Today to tomorrow 2. PITY 3. Save yourself 4. Die she must 5. If it wasn't the ocean 6. Your lover is gone 7. Something told me 8. Myself died a thousand times 9. It's always you 10. My father's hand 11. Until done 12. I'll be with you 13. You said goodnight (right) -side a- 1. SPACE 2. Can swindle others, but not yourself -side b- 1. Problem of spirits 2. The same color 3. Wasted curiosity 4. Way of living, way of saved 5. Little chance of it's comeback 6. The life has only result 7. Swallowed up by the light 8. Eternal joursuit 9. Bending words 10. The swung eyes around 11. Firm belief New World/Cripple Bastards Split 7" [NAT Records] NAT???-010 Tracks : (left) 1. I'm in nightmare 2. Ebony devouring flames 3. Inevitable 4. Born to hate 5. Agonize 6. Grief of seperation 7. Who's the morning star? 8. This feeling comes from deep inside 9. Am I somebody? 10. Hold on to my soul 11. No fate 12. I'll see you in another world (right) 1. See through with primarity 2. Hope for the future 3. Blockhead policy 4. Power of unity 5. Popularity of killing 6. Self analyzation 7. Truth is no matter 8. Rage for ALL 9. Constructive investment 10. A lot of problem 11. Are you thinking of becoming GOD 12.No way out
More info on World's activities can be found at the Studio Grey website.