Anybody Heard Of This Guy? (rock, albums, cover, classic)

Mirrorball95 · 04-14-2009, 08:38 AM

Alrite just recentley came across this guy and he is fantastic. He is an avant garde composer who mixes classical music with electric guitar, I have his two first albums 'Lesson No.1 For Electric Guitar' (In my opinion any album with that name deserves checking out) & 'The Ascension'.
Wondering if anybody else has heard of him as I have asked many people of all ages who have not heard of him.
His name is Glenn Branca.

jackhammer · 04-14-2009, 09:28 AM

http://www.musicbanter.com/avant-gar...t=glenn+branca

The Ascension is a great piece of work. Do you like Rhys Chatham too?

Mirrorball95 · 04-14-2009, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

http://www.musicbanter.com/avant-gar...t=glenn+branca

The Ascension is a great piece of work. Do you like Rhys Chatham too?

Alrite mate yeah Ive only really listened to The Ascension once, Its more 'Lesson No.1 For Electric Guitar' that I keep coming back to, have you heard that one?
As for Rhys Chatham, no i have never heard his stuff before, but have jotted it down and will sure check it out- cheers man!

jackhammer · 04-14-2009, 11:41 AM

No I only have the one Branca album. Check this out. It will blow your mind:

Zarko · 04-14-2009, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

No I only have the one Branca album. Check this out. It will blow your mind:

Rofl... Had this album, and I didn't even know it...

Yeah it's okay, great precision for its grandeur...

Kevorkian Logic · 04-14-2009, 12:28 PM

damn, I was reading your post getting more and more excited about who it was going to be, then you named the album and I got all sad cause I knew Branca already

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But Branca's good, I use to dig his beats a lot.

Mirrorball95 · 04-14-2009, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevorkian Logic

damn, I was reading your post getting more and more excited about who it was going to be, then you named the album and I got all sad cause I knew Branca already

.

But Branca's good, I use to dig his beats a lot.

Haha sorry to ruin ur moment man but Glenn Branca is good like im just kind of baffled everyone ive asked (apart from people on forums) hasnt heard of him.

Mirrorball95 · 04-14-2009, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

No I only have the one Branca album. Check this out. It will blow your mind:

Cool man i might download it tonight it looks that good is that guy the same idea as Branca then?

vacuumnoise · 04-16-2009, 11:49 AM

Glenn Branca can also get you into more noisey stuff, like stuff from the No-Wave era... like:
-DNA
-James Chance and the Contortions
-Mars
-teenage Jesus and the Jerks (LYDIA LUNCH)
-sonic youth
-Suicide

Mirrorball95 · 04-21-2009, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by vacuumnoise

Glenn Branca can also get you into more noisey stuff, like stuff from the No-Wave era... like:
-DNA
-James Chance and the Contortions
-Mars
-teenage Jesus and the Jerks (LYDIA LUNCH)
-sonic youth
-Suicide

Alright mate thanks for that, I know someone at work who keeps going on about no wave and drone music. I already know and love sonic youth (favourite album is Goo) Ive heard of a few of the others but will do the usual drill and jot them down for downloading.
Cheers!

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vacuumnoise Groupie Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 29	Glenn Branca can also get you into more noisey stuff, like stuff from the No-Wave era... like: -DNA -James Chance and the Contortions -Mars -teenage Jesus and the Jerks (LYDIA LUNCH) -sonic youth -Suicide