The No W.T.O. Combo

The No WTO Combo was a short-lived punk rock band started by Jello Biafra, formerly of the Dead Kennedys. The band consisted of Biafra; Kim

The No WTO Combo was a short-lived punk rock band started by Jello Biafra, formerly of the Dead Kennedys. The band consisted of Biafra; Kim Thayil of Soundgarden; and the rhythm section of Sweet 75, Gina Mainwal and Krist Novoselic. They were originally scheduled to play the Showbox November 31, the night before the WTO meeting of 1999 in Seattle, but the performance was canceled because the venue's staff could not get past the police "curfew zone". They rescheduled the show for the next night, December 1st, but played that night down the street at The Central Tavern where Biafra was approached by local record producer Mark Cavener. Cavener offered to record the album at the Showbox the next evening. Novoselic later asked Jack Endino to mix the recordings, resulting in the bands' only release titled "Live from the Battle in Seattle" distributed by Biafra's record label Alternative Tentacles.