[Genteel Death]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

I think Jesus and Mary Chain were more like a modern VU, if we're talking boring, druggy, hazey, vaguely noisey but still accessible stuff.

Sonic Youth are way more interesting, as they've actually broken down barriers within the confines of rock music (VU did too, but in a much more narrow way). If anything, they're a modern day Captain Beefheart -- without sounding anything like the Captain, mind you. They have reconfigured the language of "rock" music, not just added some blackness to it, but actually pulled it completely inside out... created their own language, if you will.

Perhaps we should ask the thousands of bands that VU influenced or SY themselves, then shut up and listen to what they have to say.