The Rockier/Harder side of Jazz Fusion/Jazz Rock

Niacin, excellent as they are, followed where Jonas Hellborg and the Johansson brothers had been : e  (hard Hammond dominated, bass heavy jazz rock fusion) and as the Shining Path with the death metal fusion of No Other World  (check out DEM/Bardo Records for both recordings). Hard brass rock/jazz rock fusion, (sorry to repeat myself but) said by many of those who have the record, is the best jazz rock of the 90's, Conrad Schrenk & Extravanganza's Save The Robots (check out Abstractlogix for this difficult to find but IMHO essential album). Located in the wrong place on the PA Electrocution 250 is jazz rock ultra-shred at 250 bpm.

Just remembered  I put myself (for in-car entertainment), an 80 minute burn of heavy  jazz fusion back in 2005 with the following track-listing, to provides some ideas of where to sample:

1.       Conrad Schrenk: 777 (ex. Save The Robots) - 666 and 888 are other interesting compositions/arrangement by guitarist Schrenk.
 2.  Gongzilla: Image (ex. Thrive) - Gary Husband guesting on drums provides the heaviness

3.       Fire Merchants: Sybil (ex. Landlords Of Atlantis), Brand X side project(??) - example of what was called 'grunge jazz fusion' in the early 90's.

4.       Niacin: Swing Swang Swung (ex. Deep)

5.       Electrocution 250: Brainscrapper (ex. Electric Cartoon Music From Hell)

6.       The Shining Path: My Turn To Lose (ex. No Other World)

7.       Ohm: Searching For The Suicide King (ex. Ohm) - what do you expect with Chris Poland ex Megadeth as lead?

8.       Black Light Syndrome: Dark Corners (ex. BLS) - aka Bozzio Levin & Stevens

9.       David Fiuczynski: Shafta (ex. Black Cherry Acid Lab). Probably the most interesting  of the  younger American guitarist around. Also check out his band Scream Headless Torsos.

10.   Alkemy: Underwater (ex. Da 63 Project)

11.   Gambale, Hamm, Smith: Bad Intent (ex. Show Me What You Can Do) - Stu Hamm better known for collaborations with Vai and Satriani, flexing his fusion muscles in excellent company

12.   Shaun Baxter: Make It Reel (ex. Metal Jazz)
London-based music teacher, toured with Carl Palmer in 2003-ish.

13.   Heavy Metal Jazz Concepts: What Once Was (ex. Heavy Was A Sweater)

14.   Network: Looking Into Space (ex. LNC). Cobham drum technician (etc.)  Steve Clarke's Network with a strange hybrid of  jazz fusion and Scandanavian death metal - and Jan Hammer apparently playing keys!

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