Karlheinz is a one-man powerhouse noise machine. The noise persona of Karl Giesing, the name Karlheinz was adopted as an homage to composer Karlheinz Stockhausen - although Karlheinz has grown into a different beast altogether. A Karlheinz performance is distinguished by its sheer volume and ferocious energy.

During the mid-1990's, I wrote music reviews for a local music rag named Lollipop. Since I always use pseudonyms for everything, I wrote under the moniker of "Smak" - if you read the Foetus or Crash Worship reviews, you may remember me. Two years after I started writing, I resigned, and while cleaning out my room I found the never-published resignation letter.

Not much has changed after all these years.