Wall of Mouths

What like the Japanese noise stuff… or some the projects mike patton has done? Lots of static and strange samples… no regular structure.

If so, then no, it’s not the most exciting genre out there… it’s sort of like some modern art. There is a fine line between calling it interesting and inventive or just plain arse… most of the time it goes into the latter of the two.

I do have some noise stuff and i have got into it, and enjoy hearing stuff which is a bit different and not so standard… i prefer it over most chart stuff any day… but i do have my limits.

See i don’t mind some melt banana stuff… they do have a bit of order to there music. I have also checked out wolf eyes and i don’t personaly rate them.

I have no problems with the no structure thing, as i do like things to go places that you wouldn’t expect its just when people get all elitist and beard stroking over it.

melt bananas latest record was ok, but the other stuff: “songs” with a lenght of about 5 - 20 seconds.. nah, i dont like this. it was kind of funny first, but then…

never heard wolf eyes, but if i think about noise rock.. then i have several names in my head: mclusky, kill kenada, martini henry rifles, shellac… and many more, but actually mostly they arent pure noise rock bands. this is good cause, otherwise it would get boring very soon. but my fav. bands have a lot things in their music that are also used or that sound familiar to that genre.
but in most cases i describe them with noise, cause i like the sound of it… and to a certain degree its true.. aaaaand you mostly you can never never describe a band with just one genre, as they reach out to about a bunch different genres. therapy?’s first records weren’t even pure noise rock songs!

thanks, i always have open arms for good recommendations… i’ll check them out! :)

errm, are we the only 3 people who are into this kind of music?

Wolf Eyes, Errase Errata, Liars, Lightning Bolt, Sunn O))), Deerhoof, The Locust… yeah I think that noise rock is the best thing out there at the mo. Plus the fact the movement’s been influenced by old favs like the Mary Chain, MBV, Sonic Youth and Spacemen 3 just cements its great-ness :)

Drum’s Not Dead is the best album of 2006 by a mile. I had to try really hard not to write that in capitals. It was tough. And “They Were Wrong” is fucking incredible.

Liars are absolutely amazing live as well. They’re the best band out there at the mo doing things that no-one else is. They’re great-ness!

Just started getting into Nurse With Wound because of them - they make Liars sound like S Club 7 :eek:

Yeah, I’ve got some tracks Current 93 did with Nurse With Wound, sounds good. Psychic TV as well. I think MBV influenced a lot of noise rock rather than being noise rock themselves (although I have a few live recordings of theirs that say otherwise!) I’d call Sunn O))) sludge or something but they always seem to get lumped in too - will be seeing them live in October, cannae wait :)

Anyone can make a noise, however to turn that noise into music is a real achievment…

I’d recommend An Albatross. Saw them live last year and they totally blew me away. Think kind of electronic pop sounds mixed with heavy metal guitar and fronted by a hippie singer with screamy vocals. They seem at their best live though.

Another favourite of mine is early Laibach. Especially their live “Ljubljana-Zagreb-Beograd” album. It’s really, really noisy, people have been known to cover their ears and flee the scene whenever I put on the CD… :D

Lots of good noise rock on Touch & Go + Amphetamine Reptile.

Jesus Lizard, Scratch Acid, Cows, Shellac, Heroine Sheiks are all great..