Slaughter Joe

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Slaughter Joe, (AKA 'Joe Foster', real name Boudwijn de Kadt), is a musical artist, historian, former child actor, and record producer, active from the 1970s through to the present day, who was part of the Creation Records roster, and indeed one of the founders of the label, producing most of the early releases. Previously he had been a member of The Television Personalities, Biff Bang Pow and several other bands. His music was noise pop, much like the early work of The Jesus and Mary Chain, for whom, in 1984, he produced the debut single, 'Upside Down'. In 1986 he released the album 'All Around My Hobbyhorse's Head', and in 1991 a second album, Pied Piper of Feedback. His complete sessions, with material worked on by his band, which featured Dave Musker (ex-Television Personalities), Tony Barber (ex-Buzzcocks) and Francis Sweeney (from The June Brides), were released as the CD Zé Do Caixão in 2003. Joe Foster continues to run the critically acclaimed Rev-Ola record label (originally a Creation subsidiary). He is currently working with a number of artists including Eugene Kelly, BMX Bandits, Norman Blake, The Fine Arts Showcase, Zoe, Control Freak, The Cake, Roger Nicholls and A Small Circle Of Friends, Evie Sands, The Wondermints, The Ecstasy Of St. Theresa, The Telescopes, Brian Jonestown Massacre, and Richard Olsen. He was apparently recently working on vocal arrangements and production for artists in Mexico City and doing work for the British Council, as well as working on projects with Alan McGee and Andrew Loog Oldham in various Latin American countries; whilst there he introduced a series of shows on Mexican national radio, narrated some 'talking books' for an Argentinian label, and appeared in a number of Telenovelas in Colombia. In the early 1990s, he appeared in some episodes of The X-Files along with former Television Personalities drummer and actor Mark Sheppard. He is also widely suspected of being a vampire.