35 Facts About Justin Broadrick

Justin Karl Michael Broadrick was born on 15 August 1969 and is an English musician, singer and songwriter.

Justin Broadrick is best known as the lead singer and a founding member of the band Godflesh, one of the first bands to combine elements of extreme metal and industrial music.

Justin Broadrick was briefly in the English grindcore band Napalm Death when he was a teenager in the mid-1980s, writing and recording guitar for their debut album, Scum.

Justin Broadrick has maintained a parallel career as a producer, producing records and remixes for groups such as Pantera, Isis, Mogwai and Hydra Head labelmates Pelican.

Justin Broadrick has set up record labels such as HeadDirt, Avalanche Recordings, Post Mortem Productions, Lo Fibre and Heartache.

Justin Broadrick was born on 15 August 1969, in a council estate of inner Birmingham.

Justin Broadrick began to play with his stepfather's guitar, who was then into Roxy Music and Brian Eno.

Justin Broadrick had a short-lived progressive punk band called The Blakk Korridor with Diarmuid Dalton and Dan.

Justin Broadrick met Nicholas Bullen in 1985 at the flea market where he met Andy.

Justin Broadrick gave Final tapes to Bullen and they recorded some material together.

Justin Broadrick gave the first side to Earache Records founder Digby Pearson, who then contacted the new Napalm Death that had recorded the second side.

The industrial metal band Head of David had played live with Napalm Death before their drummer left and Justin Broadrick was invited to take his place.

Justin Broadrick had been writing more brutal songs for the band, but due to artistic differences, he was kicked out in 1988.

Justin Broadrick played guitar for Sweet Tooth with Scott Kiehl and Dave Cochrane, who released the album Soft White Underbelly on Earache Records in 1990.

Justin Broadrick revived his Final project along with his ambient guitar experiments in 1993.

Justin Broadrick joined Kevin Martin's band GOD as a guitarist for their second and final album The Anatomy of Addiction.

Justin Broadrick was more influenced by hip-hop and dub music when Godflesh recorded the fourth album, Songs of Love and Hate, with live drummer Bryan Mantia.

Justin Broadrick recorded the second Final full-length that was released on Rawkus Records.

From 1997 to 1999, Martin and Justin Broadrick released two Techno Animal compilations, Versus Reality and Radio Hades, a split album with Porter Ricks.

Justin Broadrick had recorded tracks as JK Flesh during this time but they were released in 2009 in the compilation album From Hell.

Justin Broadrick turned down offers to join both Faith No More and Danzig.

Justin Broadrick released drum and bass music under numerous pseudonyms such as Cylon, Tech Level 2 and Youpho.

Justin Broadrick recorded such music with Kevin Martin under the names White Viper and Eraser.

Godflesh was booked for a European tour to open for Fear Factory, so Justin Broadrick invited Paul Raven to replace Ben.

Justin Broadrick slipped into a mental breakdown, fled back to Birmingham and hid at a friend's house just as he was supposed to board a plane to begin the North American tour.

Bands, equipment companies and promoters moved to recoup the lost money and Justin Broadrick lost his house and other valuable assets in his name.

In November 2005 Justin Broadrick played live as Final for the first time in 20 years and supported Jarboe.

Justin Broadrick began to release limited runs of material on his Avalanche Recordings label, including new material by Final and a Jesu full-length compilation of electronic tracks titled Pale Sketches.

In May 2008, Justin Broadrick released the first download-only final full-length, Fade Away, and the second, Afar, in October.

In 2009, Justin Broadrick released the album Disconnected with his new band, Greymachine.

In November 2009, Justin Broadrick announced that Godflesh were reforming for a few shows in the summer 2010.

In March 2010, Justin Broadrick announced that he felt Jesu had strayed further away from the guitar driven music that he intended it to be and more into electronica.

Justin Broadrick released the album Posthuman under the JK Flesh project name on 30 April 2012.

Justin Broadrick was in a 13-year relationship that ended around the time Godflesh broke up in 2002.

In 2022, Justin Broadrick was diagnosed with autism and post-traumatic stress disorder.