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| '''Noise rock''' (sometimes called '''noise punk'''){{sfn|Felix|2010|p=172}} is a ]-oriented style of ]<ref name="Osborn2011">{{cite journal|last1=Osborn|first1=Brad|title=Understanding Through-Composition in Post-Rock, Math-Metal, and other Post-Millennial Rock Genres*|journal=]|url=http://www.mtosmt.org/issues/mto.11.17.3/mto.11.17.3.osborn.html|date=October 2011|volume=17|issue=3}}</ref> that spun off from ] in the 1980s.<ref name="AllMusicNR">{{cite web|title=Noise Rock|url=http://www.allmusic.com/style/noise-rock-ma0000004455|website=]|access-date=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Treblezine"/> Drawing on movements such as ], ], and ],{{sfn|Blush|2016|p=266}} artists indulge in extreme levels of distortion through the use of ]s and, less frequently, ]ation, either to provide percussive sounds or to contribute to the overall arrangement.<ref name="AllMusicNR"/> | '''Noise rock''' (sometimes called '''noise punk'''){{sfn|Felix|2010|p=172}} is a ]-oriented style of ]<ref name="Osborn2011">{{cite journal|last1=Osborn|first1=Brad|title=Understanding Through-Composition in Post-Rock, Math-Metal, and other Post-Millennial Rock Genres*|journal=]|url=http://www.mtosmt.org/issues/mto.11.17.3/mto.11.17.3.osborn.html|date=October 2011|volume=17|issue=3}}</ref> that spun off from ] in the 1980s.<ref name="AllMusicNR">{{cite web|title=Noise Rock|url=http://www.allmusic.com/style/noise-rock-ma0000004455|website=]|access-date=March 11, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Treblezine"/> Drawing on movements such as ], ], ], and ],{{sfn|Blush|2016|p=266}} artists indulge in extreme levels of distortion through the use of ]s and, less frequently, ]ation, either to provide percussive sounds or to contribute to the overall arrangement.<ref name="AllMusicNR"/> | ||
| Some groups are tied to song structures, such as ]. Although they are not representative of the entire genre, they helped popularize noise rock among ] audiences by incorporating melodies into their droning textures of sound, which set a template that numerous other groups followed.<ref name="AllMusicNR"/> Other early noise rock bands were ] and ]. | Some groups are tied to song structures, such as ]. Although they are not representative of the entire genre, they helped popularize noise rock among ] audiences by incorporating melodies into their droning textures of sound, which set a template that numerous other groups followed.<ref name="AllMusicNR"/> Other early noise rock bands were ] and ]. | ||
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| == Characteristics == | == Characteristics == | ||
| Noise rock fuses ] to noise, usually with recognizable "rock" instrumentation, but with greater use of distortion and electronic effects, varying degrees of ], improvisation, and ]. One notable band of this genre is Sonic Youth, who took inspiration from the ] composers ] and ].<ref>, ''Kalvos-Damien'' website. (Accessed 20 October 2009).</ref> Sonic Youth's ] has stated: "Noise has taken the place of punk rock. People who play noise have no real aspirations to being part of the mainstream culture. Punk has been co-opted, and this subterranean noise music and the avant-garde folk scene have replaced it."<ref name="Sisario20042">{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2004/12/art-noise/|title=The Art of Noise|date=December 2, 2004|website=]|last1=Sisario|first1=Ben}}</ref> | Noise rock fuses ] to noise, usually with recognizable "rock" instrumentation, but with greater use of distortion and electronic effects, varying degrees of ], improvisation, and ]. One notable band of this genre is Sonic Youth, who took inspiration from the ] composers ] and ].<ref>, ''Kalvos-Damien'' website. (Accessed 20 October 2009).</ref> Sonic Youth's ] has stated: "Noise has taken the place of punk rock. People who play noise have no real aspirations to being part of the mainstream culture. Punk has been co-opted, and this subterranean noise music and the avant-garde folk scene have replaced it."<ref name="Sisario20042">{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2004/12/art-noise/|title=The Art of Noise|date=December 2, 2004|website=]|last1=Sisario|first1=Ben}}</ref> | ||
| ] musicians such as ], ] and ] would help influence the genre with releases like ], ], ] and ] by inspiring the more ] approach at guitar playing artists such as ] and ] would later undertake.<ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ornette-coleman-lonely-woman-lou-reed-837918/</ref> | |||
| ==History== | ==History== | ||
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| ===Forerunners=== | ===Forerunners=== | ||
| While the music had been around for some time, the term "noise rock" was coined in the 1980s to describe an offshoot of punk groups with an increasingly abrasive approach.<ref name="Treblezine">{{cite web|last1=Terich|first1=Jeff|title=Hold On To Your Genre : Noise Rock|url=http://www.treblezine.com/hold-on-to-your-genre-noise-rock/|website=Treblezine|access-date=29 March 2021}}</ref> |
While the music had been around for some time, the term "noise rock" was coined in the 1980s to describe an offshoot of punk groups with an increasingly abrasive approach.<ref name="Treblezine">{{cite web|last1=Terich|first1=Jeff|title=Hold On To Your Genre : Noise Rock|url=http://www.treblezine.com/hold-on-to-your-genre-noise-rock/|website=Treblezine|access-date=29 March 2021}}</ref> | ||
| <ref>https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_nihilist_spasm_band_invented_noise_rock_in_1965</ref> | |||
| ] formed in 1965 in ] and were one of the first bands to refer to themselves as a "]" band, they got together every Monday night just to make noise, their album ] released in 1968 contains ] pieces followed by abrasively shouted spoken word lines as evident on "Dog Face Man" and "Destroy The Nations", their ] approach to music would also be seen as a precursor to ], with them making a film between 1965-1966 entitled "NO movie" and plastering the word "NO" on all their equipment, clothing and handmade instruments - member Bill Exley would sometimes wear a ] ] to conceal his identity as to not ruin his teaching career.<ref>https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2014/11/nihilist-spasm-band-interview.html</ref> | |||
| ] experimented with noise and feedback between 1965-1966, their loud unstructured solos are present on their 1965 single "Complication / Oh How To Do Now" as well as their only album ] most obviously on"I Hate You" they are considered to be one of the first ever ] groups.<ref>https://www.the-monks.com/feedback.htm</ref> | |||
| ] (formerly known as The Ethix) released a song in 1967 entitled "Bad Trip" which is widely considered to be the first commercially released noise rock song. | |||
| ] (or Crayola) are also seen as early ] pioneers, as their debut album ] showcased heavily improvised tracks entitled "Free Form Freak-Out" in-between each song, tracks such as "War Sucks" also embrace the noisier side of ] music at the time. ''"If art-damaged noise rock began anywhere, it was on this album."'' <ref>http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-parable-of-arable-land-mw0000274607</ref> Their second album ] from 1968 briefly re-explored these ideas. ''"The Jewels Of The Madonna predates the noise-rock of the 1990s"''.<ref>https://scaruffi.com/vol2/redcrayo.html</ref> | |||
| ] explored elements of noise rock in the late 1960s, during live performances and on the release of their first album in 1967 entitlted "]" which presented an unstructured final piece dubbed "European Son", incoherent viola screeching on "Heroin" and feedback solos on "Run Run Run". These songs would later influence bands such as ].<ref>https://www.gigwise.com/photos/105750/15-artists-who-were-inspired-by-the-velvet-underground</ref> | |||
| ] debut album ] from 1969 is considered to be a precursor to ] as well as the more ] sides of rock as heard on "Caledonia".<ref>https://www.soundohm.com/product/orgasm-lp</ref>.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/orgasm-mw0000619006|title= Cromagnon: Orgasm|work=]|access-date=May 17, 2020|first=Alex |last=Henderson}}</ref> Specifically, ]'s Zach Baron noted their song "Caledonia" for its "pre-industrial stomp".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/6400-the-200-greatest-songs-of-the-1960s/2/|title=The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s|work=]|access-date=20 February 2017|first= Zach |last=Baron}}</ref> | |||
| An archetypal album is ]'s '']'' (1968).<ref name=gross>{{cite journal|last1=Gross|first1=Joe|title=Essentials: Noise Rock |journal=]|date=April 2007|volume=23|issue=4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AuTSBJnG06YC&pg=PA94}}</ref><ref name="Treblezine"/> ''Treblezine''{{'}}s Joe Gross credits ''White Light/White Heat'' as the "cult classic" with being the first noise rock album, accordingly, "perhaps it’s an obvious starting point, but it’s also the starting point. Period."<ref name="Treblezine" /> | |||
| Other early noise rock bands are duo Doug Snyder & Bob Thompson who released their album "Daily Dance" in 1973<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY6IAVLO_Hs</ref>, Jack Ruby who were prominent between 1973-1977 and made music in ] that predated the ] movement and influenced ].<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/apr/25/thurston-moore-on-jack-ruby-the-forgotten-heroes-of-pre-punk</ref> and the ] a nihilist ] band inspired by ], ] and poet ]. | |||
| ===Origins=== | ===Origins=== | ||
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| In the 1980s, Big Black, Sonic Youth and ] were the leading figures of noise rock.<ref name="quietus" /> Sonic Youth were the first noise rock band to get signed by a major in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/6199-sonic-youth/|title=Sonic Youth|publisher=Pitchfork|first=Julianne |last=Escobedo Shepherd |date=19 November 2005|access-date=29 March 2021}}</ref> Later notable bands of the noise scene were ], ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/19929-the-best-noise-rock-albums-reviewed|title=Quietus Writers' Top 40 Noise Rock Tracks|publisher=The Quietus |date=29 March 2016|access-date=29 March 2021}}</ref> | In the 1980s, ], ] and ] were the leading figures of noise rock.<ref name="quietus" /> Sonic Youth were the first noise rock band to get signed by a major in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/6199-sonic-youth/|title=Sonic Youth|publisher=Pitchfork|first=Julianne |last=Escobedo Shepherd |date=19 November 2005|access-date=29 March 2021}}</ref> Later notable bands of the noise scene were ], ], ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/19929-the-best-noise-rock-albums-reviewed|title=Quietus Writers' Top 40 Noise Rock Tracks|publisher=The Quietus |date=29 March 2016|access-date=29 March 2021}}</ref> | ||
| While noise rock has never had any mainstream popularity, the raw, distorted and feedback-intensive sound of some noise rock bands had an influence on ], which enjoyed some popularity in the 90s, especially in the UK, and ], the most commercially successful. Among them are ]'s ], ]'s ], and most notably ]'s ], a band known for its slowed-down and murky "noise punk". The ]' mix of ], ] and noise rock was a major influence, particularly on the early work of ].<ref>{{cite book | last =Azerrad | first =Michael | author-link =Michael Azerrad | title =Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991 | publisher =Little, Brown | year =2001 | pages=439 }}</ref> | While noise rock has never had any mainstream popularity, the raw, distorted and feedback-intensive sound of some noise rock bands had an influence on ], which enjoyed some popularity in the 90s, especially in the UK, and ], the most commercially successful. Among them are ]'s ], ]'s ], and most notably ]'s ], a band known for its slowed-down and murky "noise punk". The ]' mix of ], ] and noise rock was a major influence, particularly on the early work of ].<ref>{{cite book | last =Azerrad | first =Michael | author-link =Michael Azerrad | title =Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991 | publisher =Little, Brown | year =2001 | pages=439 }}</ref> | ||
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Experimental rock music mixed with noise This article is about the specific genre. For the general application of noise in rock music, see Noise in music § Rock music, and Noise music § Noise rock and no wave. Not to be confused with hard rock.| Noise rock | |
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| Other names | Noise punk |
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| Cultural origins | c. Mid-1960s–1980s, New York City, United States |
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Noise rock (sometimes called noise punk) is a noise-oriented style of experimental rock that spun off from punk rock in the 1980s. Drawing on movements such as minimalism, avant-garde, industrial music, and New York hardcore, artists indulge in extreme levels of distortion through the use of electric guitars and, less frequently, electronic instrumentation, either to provide percussive sounds or to contribute to the overall arrangement.
Some groups are tied to song structures, such as Sonic Youth. Although they are not representative of the entire genre, they helped popularize noise rock among alternative rock audiences by incorporating melodies into their droning textures of sound, which set a template that numerous other groups followed. Other early noise rock bands were Big Black and Swans.
Characteristics
Noise rock fuses rock to noise, usually with recognizable "rock" instrumentation, but with greater use of distortion and electronic effects, varying degrees of atonality, improvisation, and white noise. One notable band of this genre is Sonic Youth, who took inspiration from the no wave composers Glenn Branca and Rhys Chatham. Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore has stated: "Noise has taken the place of punk rock. People who play noise have no real aspirations to being part of the mainstream culture. Punk has been co-opted, and this subterranean noise music and the avant-garde folk scene have replaced it."
Free Jazz musicians such as Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler and Peter Brötzmann would help influence the genre with releases like Free Jazz, Bells, Machine Gun and The Shape of Jazz to Come by inspiring the more free form approach at guitar playing artists such as Lou Reed and Steve Albini would later undertake.
History
Forerunners
While the music had been around for some time, the term "noise rock" was coined in the 1980s to describe an offshoot of punk groups with an increasingly abrasive approach.
Nihilist Spasm Band formed in 1965 in London, Ontario and were one of the first bands to refer to themselves as a "noise" band, they got together every Monday night just to make noise, their album No Record released in 1968 contains freely improvised pieces followed by abrasively shouted spoken word lines as evident on "Dog Face Man" and "Destroy The Nations", their nihilistic approach to music would also be seen as a precursor to punk rock, with them making a film between 1965-1966 entitled "NO movie" and plastering the word "NO" on all their equipment, clothing and handmade instruments - member Bill Exley would sometimes wear a monkey mask to conceal his identity as to not ruin his teaching career.
The Monks experimented with noise and feedback between 1965-1966, their loud unstructured solos are present on their 1965 single "Complication / Oh How To Do Now" as well as their only album Black Monk Time most obviously on"I Hate You" they are considered to be one of the first ever punk rock groups.
Fifty Foot Hose (formerly known as The Ethix) released a song in 1967 entitled "Bad Trip" which is widely considered to be the first commercially released noise rock song.
Red Krayola (or Crayola) are also seen as early noise rock pioneers, as their debut album The Parable of Arable Land showcased heavily improvised tracks entitled "Free Form Freak-Out" in-between each song, tracks such as "War Sucks" also embrace the noisier side of psychedelic rock music at the time. "If art-damaged noise rock began anywhere, it was on this album." Their second album God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It from 1968 briefly re-explored these ideas. "The Jewels Of The Madonna predates the noise-rock of the 1990s".
The Velvet Underground explored elements of noise rock in the late 1960s, during live performances and on the release of their first album in 1967 entitlted "The Velvet Underground & Nico" which presented an unstructured final piece dubbed "European Son", incoherent viola screeching on "Heroin" and feedback solos on "Run Run Run". These songs would later influence bands such as Sonic Youth.
Cromagnon's debut album Orgasm from 1969 is considered to be a precursor to industrial music as well as the more noisier sides of rock as heard on "Caledonia".. Specifically, Pitchfork's Zach Baron noted their song "Caledonia" for its "pre-industrial stomp".
An archetypal album is the Velvet Underground's White Light/White Heat (1968). Treblezine's Joe Gross credits White Light/White Heat as the "cult classic" with being the first noise rock album, accordingly, "perhaps it’s an obvious starting point, but it’s also the starting point. Period."
Other early noise rock bands are duo Doug Snyder & Bob Thompson who released their album "Daily Dance" in 1973, Jack Ruby who were prominent between 1973-1977 and made music in New York City that predated the no wave movement and influenced Sonic Youth. and the Electric Eels a nihilist proto-punk band inspired by free jazz, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band and poet E. E. Cummings.
Origins
Guitarist Steve Albini of noise rock band Big Black stated in 1984 in an article that "good noise is like orgasm". He commented: "Anybody can play notes. There's no trick. What is a trick and a good one is to make a guitar do things that don't sound like a guitar at all. The point here is stretching the boundaries." He said that Ron Asheton of the Stooges "made squealy death noise feedback" on "Iggy monstruous songs". Albini also mentioned John McKay of Siouxsie and the Banshees, saying: "The Scream, is notable for a couple of things: only now people are trying to copy it, and even now nobody understands how that guitar player got all that pointless noise to stick together as songs". Albini also said that Keith Levene of Public Image Ltd had this "ability to make an excruciating noise come out of his guitar".
In an article about noise rock, Spin wrote that a US compilation album titled No New York released in 1978 on an independent label called "Antilles", was important as it documented the no wave New York scene. It featured several songs of Lydia Lunch's first band Teenage Jesus and the Jerks along with material of other groups such as Mars, DNA and James Chance and the Contortions.
Music
In the 1980s, Big Black, Sonic Youth and Swans were the leading figures of noise rock. Sonic Youth were the first noise rock band to get signed by a major in 1990. Later notable bands of the noise scene were the Jesus Lizard, Cows, Liars and Unsane.
While noise rock has never had any mainstream popularity, the raw, distorted and feedback-intensive sound of some noise rock bands had an influence on shoegaze, which enjoyed some popularity in the 90s, especially in the UK, and grunge, the most commercially successful. Among them are Wisconsin's Killdozer, Chicago's Big Black, and most notably San Francisco's Flipper, a band known for its slowed-down and murky "noise punk". The Butthole Surfers' mix of punk, heavy metal and noise rock was a major influence, particularly on the early work of Soundgarden.
Starting in the 1990s, noise punk developed mostly as a form of party music, with the band Lightning Bolt serving as key players in the 2000s noise punk scene in Providence, Rhode Island.
See also
References
- ^ Gardner, Noel (March 30, 2016). "The Sound Of Impact: Noise Rock In 1986". The Quietus. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
- Felix 2010, p. 172.
- Osborn, Brad (October 2011). "Understanding Through-Composition in Post-Rock, Math-Metal, and other Post-Millennial Rock Genres*". Music Theory Online. 17 (3).
- ^ "Noise Rock". AllMusic. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
- ^ Terich, Jeff. "Hold On To Your Genre : Noise Rock". Treblezine. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- Blush 2016, p. 266.
- "Rhys Chatham", Kalvos-Damien website. (Accessed 20 October 2009).
- Sisario, Ben (December 2, 2004). "The Art of Noise". Spin.
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ornette-coleman-lonely-woman-lou-reed-837918/
- https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_nihilist_spasm_band_invented_noise_rock_in_1965
- https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2014/11/nihilist-spasm-band-interview.html
- https://www.the-monks.com/feedback.htm
- http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-parable-of-arable-land-mw0000274607
- https://scaruffi.com/vol2/redcrayo.html
- https://www.gigwise.com/photos/105750/15-artists-who-were-inspired-by-the-velvet-underground
- https://www.soundohm.com/product/orgasm-lp
- Henderson, Alex. "Cromagnon: Orgasm". AllMusic. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- Baron, Zach. "The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s". Pitchfork. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ Gross, Joe (April 2007). "Essentials: Noise Rock". Spin. 23 (4).
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY6IAVLO_Hs
- https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2014/apr/25/thurston-moore-on-jack-ruby-the-forgotten-heroes-of-pre-punk
- ^ Albini, Steve. (September - October 1984). "Tired of Ugy Fat ?". Matter (10).
- Escobedo Shepherd, Julianne (19 November 2005). "Sonic Youth". Pitchfork. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- "Quietus Writers' Top 40 Noise Rock Tracks". The Quietus. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- Azerrad, Michael (2001). Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981-1991. Little, Brown. p. 439.
- Sisario, Ben (December 2, 2004). "The Art of Noise". Spin.
Sources
- Blush, Steven (2016). New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-1-250-08361-6.
- Felix, Stanford (2010). The Complete Idiot's Guide Music Dictionary. DK Publishing. ISBN 978-1-101-19809-4.
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