[batreleaser]

man, i cant even imagine how unfuckingbelievable an early sonic youth/swans nyc gig must have been.

i mean, no wave was done, people thought experimental punk music was done for the city. and here were these two bands, tuning their cheap guitars all sorts of wierd fucking ways, turning their amps up to 10 combining the ferocity of the stooges, the experimental improv tendencies of free jazz, and the confrontational aspect of the early new wave bands, and creating the most fascinating guitar based music since, well, no wave. nyc music lived on!