Shizuo (born 14th August, 1973 in Wehr, Germany, died 15th May, 2011) was the Digital Hardcore Recordings manifestation of David Hammer, with occasional vocals and an animated stage show by Annika Trost.
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Originally an Engineer for Atari Teenage Riot in early 90s[1], Shizuo released The album Shizuo Vs. Shizor in 1997, which wowed critics with its giddy, crazy blend of punk rock electronics.[2] During the popularity with Shizuo's music, David also started a band with Annika and Razi Barakat called Give Up (Razi had earlier been featured on The Cramps cover song "New Kick"and is also known as Boy from Brazil, and Pharoah Chromium when performing as the lead singer of Golden showers and the Assassinations), but the band later broke up after the 1997 DHR tour due to a serious disagreement with creative differences, which led to David attacking Razi half way through their set.[3] Hammer's last release under the Shizuo alias was with the self released vinyl Shizuo No.1 in 2000. He was last seen playing guitar in a Berlin based band called The Nothings. Trost now performs solo or with Cobra Killer.
As from May 29th 2011, he was pronounced dead from a suspected overdose by a recent facebook update from Cobra Killer and former ATR member Hanin Elias. He was 38.[4].