What got you into avant-garde and experimental music?

jackhammer · 12-23-2008, 12:56 PM

If you are into a bit of prog then you can sometimes have more of an inclination for Avant Garde artists but I will admit that MB has helped developed my exploration of the genre.

Piss Me Off · 12-23-2008, 02:19 PM

Sonic Youth.

5-Track · 12-23-2008, 03:15 PM

People kept telling me the music I made was strange. I still don't think what I was doing at that time was odd by most standards, although some of what I've done since might be... Anyway, you get told you're a freak enough times, you go looking for some other ones. I found stuff WAY more outside than anything I'd ever conceived of, though often along similar logical lines, and then in turn I was influenced by that music to get perhaps legitimately stranger in my own sounds. Or maybe not. I like to write a good rocknroll song, and I also like to make a bunch of weird noise. Or both at once.

dac · 12-23-2008, 11:01 PM

Pink Floyd + Radiohead + Sigur Ros

Urban Hat€monger ? · 12-24-2008, 03:34 AM

It was around 1997.

Can had just released their Sacrilege remix album & Primal Scream had just put out Vanishing Point. Melody Maker got Holger Czukay & Bobby Gillespie to interview each other which raised my interest enough for me to rush out & buy Tago Mago. I loved what I heard & never looked back.

Fraig · 12-24-2008, 12:38 PM

I got into Tanya Tagaq after hearing her on the Bjork album Medulla, then heard Mike Patton on Tagaq's new album and wow! I don't know how many times I've heard the MB albums in the last month, too many to count. Love all of Patton's other stuff too.

OccultHawk · 04-10-2019, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Fraig

I got into Tanya Tagaq after hearing her on the Bjork album Medulla, then heard Mike Patton on Tagaq's new album and wow! I don't know how many times I've heard the MB albums in the last month, too many to count. Love all of Patton's other stuff too.

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Retribution is the fourth studio album by Canadian Inuk musician Tanya Tagaq, which was released on October 21, 2016

This album and artist deserves more attention.

apptarheel · 10-23-2009, 07:39 PM

The internet is what opened the door for me...I guess that my entry points would be: Genesis, King Crimson, and Zappa. After this, I started listening to Gentle Giant, Yes, Camel, etc. After that, it got kind of out of hand: Magma, Brand X, Hatfield and the North, Weather Report, Bill Bruford, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Can, Neu!, etc.

clutnuckle · 10-24-2009, 08:37 AM

Exploring the Mike Patton catalogue.

~~Farfisa~~ · 10-25-2009, 03:19 AM

Captain Beefheart's sense of humor. At first I ultimately hated his music and found no real way to get into TMR, then I watched a Beefheart interview and loved the guy instantly. If I had the chance to meet Beefheart but had to give a toe, I'd surely do it.

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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,626	It was around 1997. Can had just released their Sacrilege remix album & Primal Scream had just put out Vanishing Point. Melody Maker got Holger Czukay & Bobby Gillespie to interview each other which raised my interest enough for me to rush out & buy Tago Mago. I loved what I heard & never looked back. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

12-24-2008, 12:38 PM	#6 (permalink)
Fraig Groupie Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 38	I got into Tanya Tagaq after hearing her on the Bjork album Medulla, then heard Mike Patton on Tagaq's new album and wow! I don't know how many times I've heard the MB albums in the last month, too many to count. Love all of Patton's other stuff too.

10-23-2009, 07:39 PM	#8 (permalink)
apptarheel Groupie Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 12	The internet is what opened the door for me...I guess that my entry points would be: Genesis, King Crimson, and Zappa. After this, I started listening to Gentle Giant, Yes, Camel, etc. After that, it got kind of out of hand: Magma, Brand X, Hatfield and the North, Weather Report, Bill Bruford, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Can, Neu!, etc.

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clutnuckle Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: -_-_-_-_~__~-~_-`_`-~_-`-~-~ Posts: 1,276	Exploring the Mike Patton catalogue.

10-25-2009, 03:19 AM	#10 (permalink)
~~Farfisa~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,773	Captain Beefheart's sense of humor. At first I ultimately hated his music and found no real way to get into TMR, then I watched a Beefheart interview and loved the guy instantly. If I had the chance to meet Beefheart but had to give a toe, I'd surely do it.