Of Cabbages and Kings featured Kizys, founder/guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist/producer Carolyn Master,
Roy Mayorga (
Nausea,
Soulfly,
Stone Sour),
Vinnie Signorelli (
Unsane),
Ted Parsons (
Prong, Swans,
Godflesh,
Jesu, Teledubgnosis) and Diane Wlezein. Kizys, Master, and Wlezein previously played in Bag People. Kizys has spent time in
Foetus' live incarnation and played for
Glenn Branca in his
Symphony No. 6. Kizys was a member of Problem Dogs, his first band formed with Rick Radtke, John Connors, and
Demetra Plakas (who later played drums with
L7). During this time, August 1982, he briefly joined forces with guitarist Edward "Phast Eddie" Lines, Connors and Plakas as Phlegm Magnets, which played several shows at the Space Place in
Chicago. From 1994 -1997 Algis Kizys created a band with singer songwriter Soraya Rashid called "Soraya". Other members included
Norman Westberg (ex Swans), Ted Parsons (Prong), Vinnie Signorelli (Swans, Unsane), Eric Hubel (
Glenn Branca), and
J. G. Thirlwell (Foetus) Kizys with Jonathan Bepler and David Thorpe composed "Firmament" for
Nerve magazine's "Sweet & Vicious" audio book. Firmament served as a soundscape to the
JT Leroy story, "Natoma Street", performed by
Callie Thorne.
Gus Van Sant used "Firmament" for the pivotal scene in his film, "
Finding Forrester", starring
Sean Connery. Kizys's current band, NeVAh, features
Vinnie Signorelli from Unsane and
Norman Westberg from Swans. NeVAh are currently playing in what is left of New York's underground scene. ==Discography==