Top Material Albums
click on the album covers to see material lyrics inside the album
Demo 2018
[2023]
[2023]
'Leather'
[2019]
[2019]
言霊物語
[2016]
[2016]
-STRAiGHT- - EP
[2016]
[2016]
Tomorrow - EP
[2007]
[2007]
Temporary Music
[1999]
[1999]
Intonarumori
[1999]
[1999]
The Road To the Western Lands
[1998]
[1998]
Temporary Music (1979-1981)
[1996]
[1996]
Hallucination Engine
[1994]
[1994]
The Third Power
[1991]
[1991]
Seven Souls (Bonus Version)
[1989]
[1989]
American Songs
[1988]
[1988]
Secret Life
[1986]
[1986]
Bill Laswell Material And Friends
[1985]
[1985]
One Down
[1982]
[1982]
Memory Serves
[1981]
[1981]
Temporary Music (Compilation)
[1980]
[1980]
Temporary Music Compilation
[1980]
[1980]
order by popularity | order by alphabet
Related Information for Material
Material is a musical group formed in 1979 and led by bass guitarist Bill Laswell.In 1978, having received a substantial royalty payment for his work with The Yardbirds, Georgian music entrepreneur Giorgio Gomelsky relocated to New York in an attempt to open up the American market to the European progressive rock/jazz-rock bands he was working with, such as Gong, Henry Cow and Magma. He established the Zu Club in Manhattan and after meeting 24 year old bass player Bill Laswell, encouraged him to form a band. Three young friends, Michael Beinhorn (17, synthesizer), Martin Bisi (17, engineering) and Fred Maher (14, drums), responded to Laswell's advert in The Village Voice and the band began rehearsing in the club's basement... read more
