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ohhh man, now things are going to get ugly!!!! i can already feel the air of superiority of the boardies ready to say "this poll is shit, noise is shit!!!! everyone who listens to noise is shit!"
1. A Noise Song that defines the genre:
unoriginal but it hits the spot: merzbow - rainbow electronics
2. A Noise band that defines the genre:
yellow swans
3. One Noise album you would want on a desert island:
kevin drumm - sheeer hellish miasma
4. One Noise song that makes you smile:
rubbish - untitled track 4 (if memory serves me correct) of vexanation, the great american outhouse.
5. One Noise song that makes you frown:
in disgust? all of wolf eyes - river slaughter; lazy piece of crap.
6. A band that should be thought of as Noise, but rarely are:
so many: pita, atari teenage riot, early anal cunt, etc.
7. A band that shouldn't be thought of as Noise, but regularly are:
wolf eyes, melt banana, boredoms, dinosaur jr, sebadoh, yellow swans*, jesus lizard, anything mike patton related, etc.
8. Japanese or American:
the lazy answer is worldwide but of these two, japanese; i would go with british as they pioneered and influenced the japanese who perfected it and made it unto it's own. nowadays, the british scene is the most versatile with ashtray navigations, blood stereo, vibracathedral, bbblood, towering breaker and affiliated artists and groups making a huge variety of sounds.
9. Sonic Youth's most Noise song (no covers):
lazy answer: silver sessions; other answer: mote or anything in syr4.
*yes, yellow swans can define noise but at the same time not be thought up as noise, both instances for the reason of them being so versatile and not wanting to stay in one place and even exploring sounds and styles unrelated to noise (like ambient, electronica and rock, this last one in small corners) that other purists might frown upon, yet it's this willingness to explore that defines a crucial aspect of the noise that most people involve take for granted or don't even consider, that is, the desire to experiment.
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