I wanna hear the Hairy Chapter albums. "Can't Get Through" is awesome.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 16:53 (sixteen years ago) link
only ones I know:
Art Bears Cabaret Voltaire John Cage Can Captain Beefheart Chrome Crass Faust Flying Lizards Fred Frith Gong Hampton Grease Band Henry Cow King Crimson Kraftwerk Steve Lacy Mothers of Invention Negativland Neu! Nico Yoko Ono Evan Parker and Paul Lytton Pere Ubu Plastic Ono Band Public Image Ltd Red Krayola Steve Reich The Residents Sonny Sharrock Soft Machine Stooges Tangerine Dream Throbbing Gristle Velvet Underground James White and the Contortions Robert Wyatt La Monte Young Frank Zappa
― nicky lo-fi, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 16:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Mutant Sounds = NWW List Turbo Edition
― gnarly sceptre, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 16:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Gave up on that place after a while
― Tom D., Tuesday, 13 May 2008 16:57 (sixteen years ago) link
as conversation, every record ive heard has been great. as what i actually put on less than half would find their way from the stack.
hmmm perhaps i should do a nww mix later tonight...will post if done...then we can play the is that ghedahlia tazartes at 22 minutes game. will also force me to listen to a lot of this again and perhaps delete a few more
― bb, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 16:58 (sixteen years ago) link
I can verify that I have owned records by 67 of the folks on that list. How many I have heard, I dunno.
― libcrypt, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 17:01 (sixteen years ago) link
I haven't downloaded that much of it at all. In fact, I have no idea how much stuff is listed there in total. Seems enormous. And maybe I'm giving it more credit than it's due. It just seems like anytime I see discover something obscure looking and interesting and old in the store or on eBay, it's already posted there. All of 'em! But maybe some of it is obscure and unremarkable, rather than obscure and unmissable.
― gnarly sceptre, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 17:01 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost re Mutant Sounds
― gnarly sceptre, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 17:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Around 60. I'd heard of this list, but never bothered to look it up before. So, thanks!
― augustgarage, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 17:03 (sixteen years ago) link
70
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 17:05 (sixteen years ago) link
21, and what's sad is that I thought this would be average...
― Pete Scholtes, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 17:17 (sixteen years ago) link
I come in somewhere between 65 and 70. (I was scrolling fast.)
(I understand what you mean, QN. I'm just playing devil's advocate. I was just thinking it wouldn't be a bad thing if the word noise was subtracted from your statement.)
The reason why I poked fun at the noise kids is because I've heard so many rave about this 'n' that rare record on the NWW list. Then they give me their latest cassette, and it sounds like the last cassette I was given -- pure static! What I dig about this list is its diversity in sound. Sure, a lot of it is uber-obscure, but it's all over the map, sonically.
― QuantumNoise, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 17:27 (sixteen years ago) link
179. and not one of them wasn't worth the time/effort.
― Mr. Hal Jam, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 17:36 (sixteen years ago) link
can we pick favorites? I will rep for DEBRIS STATIC DISPOSAL
http://www.anthologyrecordings.com/images_cat/45_1_300.jpg
digital reissue w/ sound clips: http://www.anthologyrecordings.com/release.asp?album=vJhj3ZB2IzM
― dmr, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 17:36 (sixteen years ago) link
That might be mine, too!
― QuantumNoise, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 17:38 (sixteen years ago) link
70 or so.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 17:42 (sixteen years ago) link
hmm, I got 118. and that's without a couple that are probably slam dunks for most (I don't think I've ever heard Cabaret Voltaire, for example.)
and I don't think I ever sought out any of these records simply for being on the list. it's usually due to obsessive interest in a number of different specialist areas (Thud Rock, euro-improv, Krautrock, 20th century composition, etc)
― Stormy Davis, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 17:49 (sixteen years ago) link
heard: 70 enjoy: 40-ish
― nerve_pylon, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 17:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Damn, I've got some hunting to do. I'm only at 32.
― Z S, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 17:57 (sixteen years ago) link
130
― Milton Parker, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 18:13 (sixteen years ago) link
i have records by 96 of them. i also never noticed negativland were on the list before. i didn't know they existed then!
― stirmonster, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 18:35 (sixteen years ago) link
can we pick favorites? I will rep for DEBRIS STATIC DISPOSAL Yeah, I love that, too. But if there's one that I'm going to single out, it's gotta be Algarnas Tradgard. http://therisingstorm.net/audio/algarnastradgard.jpg THE FUTURE IS A HOVERING SHIP, ANCHORED IN THE PRESENT. (same artist as the one who did Bo Hansson's first two records, he was in the band, too)
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 18:36 (sixteen years ago) link
About 56-58 of those folks are currently represented by at least one LP in the collection; I've gotten rid of probably a dozen more.
Static Disposal love seconded!
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 18:37 (sixteen years ago) link
this brings up an interesting question, how hasn't there been a compilation with a track from each of these groups so that everyone can say they've heard everything? Even the difficult to license stuff could probably have a track had from a release.
― matinee, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 18:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Fifty, though that's largely down to the collection of one particular friend.
― Soukesian, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 18:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Actually on my iPod and in legitimate rotation:
Mythos Can PIL Stooges Tangerine Dream Velvet Underground
I've never heard Nurse With Wound!
― Savannah Smiles, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 18:44 (sixteen years ago) link
perhaps we should do a wee little comp of our own, xpost
― bb, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 19:24 (sixteen years ago) link
I love that he listed "Henty Cow" (sic).
― Abbott, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 19:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Anopheles are doing a second Static Disposal LP reissue soon, I believe. Not clear vinyl this time, but I missed out before, so I'll definitely be picking one up this time.
― gnarly sceptre, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 19:52 (sixteen years ago) link
I came up with about 70 as well.
― Bimble, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 20:02 (sixteen years ago) link
I do remember now that Wayside Music has smartly added a NWW list subcategory to their online catalog. But ya, I'm definitely curious to try to put something together for a one-track per name comp.
― matinee, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 20:30 (sixteen years ago) link
okay i did the full count. 61
― dmr, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 20:36 (sixteen years ago) link
if we are picking faves then i gotta give my obligatory shout-out to the greatest krautrock album ever made by former members of paul revere and the raiders in california in 1969. MUSIQUE! CONCRETE!
http://www.popsike.com/pix/20060104/4817194518.jpg
(also vinyl reissues are cheap and easy to come by and you need it yesterday if you don't own a copy)
― scott seward, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 21:49 (sixteen years ago) link
STORMY HAS NEVER HEARD TEH CABS???? OH BEHAVE!
― scott seward, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 21:50 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm putting that on my list for sure, Scott.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 21:52 (sixteen years ago) link
FRIEND SOUND RULES.
― ian, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 22:04 (sixteen years ago) link
45
# Alternative TV # Amon Düül # Amon Düül II # Ash Ra Tempel # Cabaret Voltaire # John Cage # Can # Captain Beefheart # Chrome # Comus # Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft # Faust # Fred Frith # Gong # Hugh Hopper # King Crimson # Kluster # Kraftwerk # Steve Lacy # Magical Power Mako # Anthony Moore # Negativland # Neu! # Nico # Yoko Ono # Evan Parker # Pere Ubu # Plastic Ono Band # Pop Group # Public Image Ltd # Red Krayola # Steve Reich # The Residents # Sonny Sharrock # Soft Machine # Stooges # Karlheinz Stockhausen # Tangerine Dream # This Heat # Throbbing Gristle # Univers Zero (first heard them yesterday actually!!!) # Velvet Underground # James White and the contortions # Robert Wyatt # Frank Zappa
most of these I first encountered in the last year
― Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 22:13 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm surprised ian hasn't heard more of them!
― Curt1s Stephens, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 22:14 (sixteen years ago) link
OTM!
― dmr, Tuesday, 13 May 2008 22:34 (sixteen years ago) link
65-70 I think.
― RabiesAngentleman, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 00:20 (sixteen years ago) link
44
― electricsound, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 00:21 (sixteen years ago) link
67. Amazing they were able to find all these artists from so many different areas, No York No Wave, English Prog, limited release Psych, tiny post punk, French avant garde, early early noise/industrial, and all without the internet.
― filthy dylan, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 00:53 (sixteen years ago) link
friendsound scorpio version used to be like $8 and is worth ten times that. gonna go count up the NWW list things i've heard.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 01:00 (sixteen years ago) link
ive heard them all - in fact i am them - i am them all
inside
― jhøshea, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 01:03 (sixteen years ago) link
How many of those did Stapleton et al actually LISTEN to/learn from, as opposed to merely namecheck?
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 01:04 (sixteen years ago) link
j/k 28
― jhøshea, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 01:06 (sixteen years ago) link
103, but only because a year or two ago, there was some blog (linked from ILX!) that was trying to do the whole list. It folded after getting through about 50 of them, but that's where I got my Limbus 4 download.
And man, looking at it, I'm always like, "I didn't realize Magical Power Mako had been around that long!"
― I eat cannibals, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 01:09 (sixteen years ago) link
165, apparently.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 01:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Didn`t he work in a mailorder place or something that distributed alot of this kind of stuff? Someone had to be listening to it back then, right?
― Matt #2, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 08:37 (sixteen years ago) link
45 (only two of which were sufficiently obscure not to have their own Wiki links - Berrocal and Kirchin.)
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 14 May 2008 09:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Just checked, and I'd heard 99 eleven years ago LOL. Not sure I've added much beyond that.
― Arthur Lowe & Love (Tom D.), Monday, 29 July 2019 10:03 (four years ago) link
Depends on your tolerance to practical jokes.
xp
― pomenitul, Monday, 29 July 2019 10:04 (four years ago) link
just going through the list, hurrah I've finally found a use for that click counter I bought for no good reason. Never listened to Dubuffet, have seen his work tho.
― calzino, Monday, 29 July 2019 10:59 (four years ago) link
60
― calzino, Monday, 29 July 2019 11:02 (four years ago) link
oops 61, thought I hadn't heard any of the D's despite owning a DAF album or 2 in the 80's.
― calzino, Monday, 29 July 2019 11:09 (four years ago) link
About 50 I think, and about 10 new to me in the last 10 years. One of them being Catherine Ribiero + Alpes, who've moved near the top of my alltime favorites, so I should keep digging.
― bendy, Monday, 29 July 2019 18:31 (four years ago) link
― Arthur Lowe & Love (Tom D.), Monday, 29 July 2019 10:03 (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Just checked, I'm up to 176. I need to get out more.
― Arthur Lowe & Love (Tom D.), Monday, 29 July 2019 18:38 (four years ago) link
wow I counted exactly 100
― brimstead, Monday, 29 July 2019 21:55 (four years ago) link
Conservatively, 59
― dan selzer, Monday, 29 July 2019 22:01 (four years ago) link
38 that i can definitively say i have heard and know what they sound like
― bookmarkflaglink (jim in vancouver), Monday, 29 July 2019 22:04 (four years ago) link
The List goes mainstream:https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/24/got-any-horrific-child-discover-the-list-of-the-worlds-291-weirdest-bands
― funnel spider ESA (Matt #2), Tuesday, 24 September 2019 10:59 (four years ago) link
It is about beginnings for Stapleton in another way, too – he has inadvertently played a long game in record collecting, and is now using the proceeds from selling his rare vinyl to build a house in Clare, Ireland, “near the Father Ted house”.“I have maybe 1,000 albums left, but most of the rare ones are gone,” he says. “I could not believe the prices of some of them.”
“I have maybe 1,000 albums left, but most of the rare ones are gone,” he says. “I could not believe the prices of some of them.”
Didn't know he really sold off most of his records!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 24 September 2019 11:41 (four years ago) link
How many Chilean avant-garde noseflute LPs does one man need?
― funnel spider ESA (Matt #2), Tuesday, 24 September 2019 13:23 (four years ago) link
At least five tbh.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 24 September 2019 13:31 (four years ago) link
Good article! The band that only recorded one song was Sphinx Tush (though there are two different versions of that song). I also appreciated Allan acknowledging that the list is not some comprehensive chronicle of the underground but is honestly fairly limited in scope.
My main hope is that Finders Keepers will somehow finagle the rights for a legit reissue of the Don Bradshaw-Leather LP. I love that record, but the pressing was apparently not very good, and all the online copies floating about sound extremely bad.
― Poody Mae Bubblebutt, Miss Kumquat of 1947 (rushomancy), Tuesday, 24 September 2019 13:49 (four years ago) link
NWW That's What I Call Music! If only
― bendy, Tuesday, 24 September 2019 16:35 (four years ago) link
"the Don Bradshaw-Leather LP"
The back cover of the album looks like a low-budget community theatre reworking of Zardoz - if only it had been the front cover. But the music is better than I expected, like early Tangerine Dream. And now Youtube's sidebar has me.
― Ashley Pomeroy, Tuesday, 24 September 2019 22:37 (four years ago) link
enjoy your Joe Rogan videos
― Poody Mae Bubblebutt, Miss Kumquat of 1947 (rushomancy), Tuesday, 24 September 2019 23:36 (four years ago) link