Noise rock
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Noise rock is a subgenre of rock music that originally emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Artists fuse rock music to noise, while utilizing extreme levels of guitar distortion and feedback, pr
Flipper at the 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C., 1984
A publicity photo of the Velvet Underground holding a copy of White Light/White Heat c. 1968.
Sonic Youth in a publicity photo issued by SST to promote their fourth album, Sister (1987). Left to right: Shelley, Ranaldo, Moore, Gordon
Big Black at Chicago's Union Station in 1986; left to right: Riley, Albini, and Durango
Noise music
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Noise music is a subgenre of experimental music that is characterised by its use of unwanted noise as a primary musical element. The genre has roots in early 20th century avant-garde music, but later
Noise rock
…Noise rock is a subgenre of rock music that originally emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Artists fuse rock music to noise, while utilizing extreme levels of guitar distortion and feedback, primarily through the use of electric guitars. The term "noise rock" refers to "noise…
Depiction of charivari, early 14th century (from the Roman de Fauvel)
Luigi Russolo and his assistant Ugo Piatti in their Milan studio in 1913 with the Intonarumori (noise machines)
Merzbow, prominent Japanoise musician, in 2007
Futurist pratella