Zach Hill

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Zach Hill
Zach Hill in 2012
Background information
Birth name	Zachary Charles Hill
Born	(1979-12-28) December 28, 1979 (age 41) Sacramento, California, United States
Genres	Rock experimental electronic hip hop noise industrial jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician drummer visual artist screenwriter director
Instruments	Drums vocals piano sampler guitar bass keyboards trumpet cornet
Years active	1995–present
Labels	5 Rue Christine Ache Anticon Deathbomb Arc Epic Ipecac Joyful Noise Kill Rock Stars Narnack Ormolycka Overlap Rodriguez Lopez The Advantage Rock Is Hell Sargent House Sick Room Skin Graft Sub Pop Suicide Squeeze Third Worlds Harvest Toad
Associated acts	Bygones Crime in Choir Death Grips Flössin Goon Moon Hella Holy Smokes The I.L.Y's Legs on Earth Nervous Cop Team Sleep Wavves Mick Barr Matt Cameron Omar Rodríguez-López Janet Weiss Boredoms Undo K From Hot

Zachary Charles Hill (born December 28, 1979)^[1] is an American multi-instrumentalist and visual artist. He is best known as the drummer and co-producer of the group Death Grips and as the drummer of math rock band Hella.

Art[]

In addition to music, Hill is also a visual artist. He published a fully illustrated book, Destroying Yourself is Too Accessible, which included the Zach Hill and Holy Smokes album "Masculine Drugs" Released in 2004 on TNI books and Suicide Squeeze Records.

The Sacramento, California art space Fools Foundation ran an exhibition of Hill's art, titled "Poltergeist", from April 1 to 29 in 2006. Parts of the exhibit are visible in the photos accompanying Hill's article in the August 2006 issue of Modern Drummer and on the Fools Foundation website.^[2]

Film[]

Hill was said to be working on an original feature film in 2013, which was confirmed to feature late actress Karen Black in a leading role.^[3] However, she had died before the film could come into full fruition. A shortened excerpt of the footage was posted on the Death Grips YouTube account in October 2015 in a 15-minute video entitled Bottomless Pit. It has been rumored that either Death Grips or Hill's side-project, The I.L.Y's, would be involved with the soundtrack of the film as well.^[4]

Discography[]

Solo releases[]

• Astrological Straits 2CD/2LP (August 12, 2008, Anticon/Ipecac)
• Face Tat CD/LP (October 19, 2010, Sargent House)
• Lil Scuzzy 10" (2011, Altamont Apparel) (as Xach Hill)

With Bygones[]

• by- CD/LP (August 4, 2009, Sargent House)
• Spiritual Bankruptcy Digital (February 16, 2010, Sargent House)

With Death Grips[]

Albums

• The Money Store CD/LP/Cassette/Digital (April 21, 2012, Epic)
• No Love Deep Web CD/LP/Digital (October 1, 2012, Third Worlds/Harvest)
• Government Plates LP/Digital (November 13, 2013, Third Worlds/Harvest)
• Fashion Week LP/Digital (January 4, 2015, Third Worlds)
• The Powers That B 2xLP/2xCD/Digital (March 31, 2015, Third Worlds/Harvest)
• Bottomless Pit CD/LP/Digital/Cassette (May 6, 2016, Third Worlds/Harvest)
• Year of the Snitch CD/LP/Digital/Cassette (June 22, 2018, Third Worlds/Harvest)

Mixtapes

• Exmilitary CD/LP/Cassette/Digital (April 25, 2011, Third Worlds)

EPs

• Death Grips Digital (March 8, 2011, Third Worlds)
• Interview 2016 LP/Digital (March 22, 2016, Third Worlds)
• Steroids (Crouching Tiger Hidden Gabber Megamix) Digital (May 22, 2017 Third Worlds)
• Gmail and the Restraining Orders Digital (June 21, 2019, Third Worlds)

With Flössin[]

• Lead Singer CD/LP (September 14, 2004, Ache)
• Live at Overlap 01 Digital (February 18, 2006, Overlap)
• Serpents Digital (February 10, 2009, Overlap)
• White Anaconda and the Rainbow Boa Digital (December 25, 2011, Overlap)

With Hella[]

Albums

• Hold Your Horse Is CD/LP (March 19, 2002, 5 Rue Christine)
• The Devil Isn't Red CD/LP (January 20, 2004, 5 Rue Christine/Suicide Squeeze)
• Church Gone Wild/Chirpin' Hard 2CD (March 22, 2005, Suicide Squeeze)
• There's No 666 in Outer Space CD/2LP (January 30, 2007, Ipecac)
• Tripper CD/LP (August 30, 2011, Sargent House)

EPs

• Leather Diamond CD (2001, self-released)
• Falam Dynasty 7" (September 10, 2002, 5 Rue Christine)
• Bitches Ain't Shit but Good People CD/12" (June 17, 2003, Suicide Squeeze)
• Total Bugs Bunny on Wild Bass CD/LP (August 12, 2003, Narnack)
• Acoustics CD (May 2004, Toad)
• Concentration Face & Homeboy CD+DVD-V (November 8, 2005, 5 Rue Christine)
• Acoustics CD (September 12, 2006, 5 Rue Christine)
• Santa's Little Hella 7" Flexi disc (November 1, 2013, Joyful Noise)

DVDs

• Portals DVD-r (2008, self-released)

Split releases

• with Dilute – Live Split 2CD (October 7, 2003, Sick Room)
• with Four Tet – Split Seven Inch 7" (March 30, 2004, Ache)

With Holy Smokes[]

• Masculine Drugs/Destroying Yourself Is Too Accessible Book+CD (September 21, 2004, Suicide Squeeze)
• Talk to Your Kids About Gangs CD (September 12, 2006, Skin Graft)

With the I.L.Y's[]

• I've Always Been Good at True Love Digital (June 4, 2015, Third Worlds)
• Scum With Boundaries Digital (July 16, 2016, Self-released)
• Bodyguard Digital/CD/LP (2017, Castle Face)

With Marnie Stern[]

• In Advance of the Broken Arm CD (February 20, 2007, Kill Rock Stars)
• This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That CD/LP (October 7, 2008, Kill Rock Stars)
• Marnie Stern CD/LP (October 5, 2010, Kill Rock Stars)

With Mick Barr[]

• Shred Earthship CD (May 9, 2006, 5 Rue Christine)
• Volume 2 LP (March 12, 2007, Rock Is Hell)

With Omar Rodríguez-López[]

• Mantra Hiroshima CD (November 29, 2010, Rodriguez Lopez)
• Telesterion 2CD/4LP (April 16, 2011, Rodriguez Lopez)

El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez[]

• Cryptomnesia CD/LP (May 5, 2009, Rodriguez Lopez)

With Spoek Mathambo[]

• Put Some Red on It Digital (September 27, 2011, Sub Pop)
• Father Creeper CD/LP (March 13, 2012, Sub Pop)

With Team Sleep[]

• Team Sleep CD/LP/Digital (May 10, 2005, Maverick)

With Undo K From Hot[]

• G.A.S. Get a Star Digital (May 7, 2021)^[5]

Other bands and collaborations[]

Release details	Release	Artist	Additional information
Released: 1999 Label: Para-Sight Formats: CD	Lasers and Saviors	Legs on Earth
Released: January 1, 2001 Label: Perishable Formats: CD, LP	10 Songs	Friend/Enemy
Released: June 25, 2002 Label: Omnibus Formats: CD, LP	Crime in Choir	Crime in Choir
Released: July 30, 2002 Label: Absolutely Kosher/Nail in the Coffin Formats: CD, 12"	Chapel of the Chimes	Xiu Xiu
Released: November 4, 2003 Label: 5 Rue Christine Formats: CD	Nervous Cop	Nervous Cop
Released: November 18, 2003 Label: Jade Tree Formats: CD	Maryland Mansions	Cex
Released: 2005 Label: Mash Down Babylon Formats: CD	Apotheke	Apotheke
Released: January 17, 2005 Label: Frenetic Formats: 2CD	Thank Gods It's Friday/Louisiana Purchase	Toughguy Fantasy/Arctic Boys
Released: May 3, 2005 Label: Temporary Residence Limited Formats: CD	Howard Hello	Howard Hello
Released: February 21, 2006 Label: Temporary Residence Limited Formats: CD, LP	They Mean Us	The Ladies
Released: October 24, 2010 Label: Temporary Residence Limited Formats: CD, LP	Distressed	Damsel
Released: 2007 Label: self-released Formats: CD-R	Flannel Graduate	with No Age
Released: August 14, 2007 Label: self-released Formats: CD-R	Greener Grassing	Them Hills
Released: August 31, 2007 Label: self-released Formats: Digital	"Untitled"	with Ben Weinman
Released: 2008 Label: aRCHIVE Formats: 2DVD	Mick Barr	Mick Barr
Released: April 14, 2009 Label: Warp Formats: CD/2LP	Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian	Prefuse 73
Released: May 4, 2009 Label: Warp Formats: CD	Ice Capped at Both Ends	Diamond Watch Wrists
Released: October 20, 2009 Label: Porter Formats: CD, LP	Aggressively Humble	Chll Pll
Released: October 28, 2009 Label: Important Formats: CD, LP	Non Meters Volume One	Risil
Released: April 11, 2010 Label: Sundial Formats: Digital	eclecticraft	Aaron Molho
Released: June 15, 2010 Label: Porter Formats: CD, LP	Who Do You Think You Aren't?	with Robby Moncrieff
Released: October 10, 2010 Label: Life's Blood Formats: 2x7"	Split	Mason Lindahl/Ellie Fortune/Raleigh Moncrief/Zach Hill
Released: October 10, 2010 Label: Lex Formats: 3LP+3CD	Unearthing	Alan Moore & Mitch Jenkins
Released: February 7, 2011 Label: Joyful Noise Formats: 2LP	Oh Brother	Joan of Arc
Released: July 5, 2011 Label: self-released Formats: Digital	Many Moods	with Delicate Steve
Released: August 6, 2011 Label: Altered Beats Formats: Digital	Initium	Sol Invicto
Released: August 27, 2013 Label: Jackpot Formats: LP	Drumgasm	Weiss/Cameron/Hill
Released: October 14, 2016 Label: Party Smasher, Cooking Vinyl Formats: CD, LP, DL	Dissociation	The Dillinger Escape Plan	additional drums on "Dissociation"[6]

Other appearances[]

• Various Artists (Hella) – If the Twenty-First Century Didn't Exist It Would Be Necessary to Invent It CD (June 4, 2002, 5 Rue Christine)
• Various Artists (Team Sleep) – The Matrix Reloaded (Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture) 2CD (May 5, 2003, Maverick/Warner Sunset)
• Various Artists (Hella) – You've Got Your Orders – Volume One CD (June 6, 2003, Chrome Peeler)
• Various Artists (Les Claypool) – Under the Influence: A Jam Band Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd CD (September 14, 2004)
• Various Artists (Hella) – Slaying Since 1996 2CD (July 5, 2006, Suicide Squeeze)
• Various Artists (The Ladies) – Thankful CD (November 2, 2006, Temporary Residence Limited)
• Various Artists (Diamond Watch Wrists) – Warp20 (Recreated) 2CD (September 28, 2009, Warp)
• Various Artists – Revival Drum Comp Cassette (2010, Mississippi)

References[]

External links[]

• Official Myspace page
• The Zach Hill Archive
• Pitchfork interview Zach Hill on Death Grips
• Fools Foundation Art Exhibit April 2006
• Zach Hill at exclaim!
• Interview with Zach Hill about Astrological Straits, collaborations and history on the Jekyll and Hyde Show. By Oren Siegel and Oded Fluss, Israel