Hello everybody

dankrsta · 04-20-2010, 06:48 AM

I found this forum totally by accident, basically just by browsing. And I'm loving it.

In the years of my music loving, I listened to all kinds of music. But what had the greatest impact on me was that whole alternative and avantgarde side of popular music. Sonic Youth and Swans are probably my all time favorites, especially their 80's albums. I love this so called noise scene, or industrial like Einsturzende Neubauten, Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire etc. Also, I like kraut-rock (Neu being my favorite), post-rock and that whole hypnotic, repetitive shtick. I love it when I have to discover beautiful melodies through the walls of noise.

I am, however, incurably fixated on late 70's, early 80's, as this New Wave period never lost its magic for me. I love punk, post-punk, electro-pop, and then Joy Division, Tuxedomoon (which I used to listen a lot), Pere Ubu, Suicide, The Fall, Public Image Ltd., etc.

I never got into jazz, unfortunately. I tried to approach it from progressive rock or Rock in Opposition, but I always had problems with it too. I'm definitely planning to give Henry Cow another listening, as I was able to digest Captain Beefheart much easier. I believe this forum will be helpful.

04-20-2010, 06:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
dankrsta ... Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,776	Hello everybody I found this forum totally by accident, basically just by browsing. And I'm loving it. In the years of my music loving, I listened to all kinds of music. But what had the greatest impact on me was that whole alternative and avantgarde side of popular music. Sonic Youth and Swans are probably my all time favorites, especially their 80's albums. I love this so called noise scene, or industrial like Einsturzende Neubauten, Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire etc. Also, I like kraut-rock (Neu being my favorite), post-rock and that whole hypnotic, repetitive shtick. I love it when I have to discover beautiful melodies through the walls of noise. I am, however, incurably fixated on late 70's, early 80's, as this New Wave period never lost its magic for me. I love punk, post-punk, electro-pop, and then Joy Division, Tuxedomoon (which I used to listen a lot), Pere Ubu, Suicide, The Fall, Public Image Ltd., etc. I never got into jazz, unfortunately. I tried to approach it from progressive rock or Rock in Opposition, but I always had problems with it too. I'm definitely planning to give Henry Cow another listening, as I was able to digest Captain Beefheart much easier. I believe this forum will be helpful. Last edited by dankrsta; 04-20-2010 at 07:18 AM.