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From: barth@tellab1.UUCP (Barth Richards)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: the cutting edge of rock music
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Date: Wed, 9-Oct-85 14:36:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  9 14:36:00 1985
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In article <25@mit-eddie.UUCP> nessus@mit-eddie.UUCP (Doug Alan) writes:
>> From: Barth Richards
>
>>    OK, you asked for it:
>
>> SHOCKABILLY...
>> THE RESIDENTS...
>> SKELETON CREW...
>> STEVE TIBBETTS
>
>>     That's all I can think of at the moment. When I come up with some more,
>>     I'll zap you a line.
>
>Good list!  But that's all you could think of!?!?  There are zillions of
>others: Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Art Bears, Birsongs of The Mesozoic,
>Eric Lindgren, Roger Miller, Mission of Bhurma, Tuxedomoon, Laurie
>Anderson,  Bill Nelson, Nina Hagen, Nash The Slash, The Swans, Coil,
>Yellow Magic Orchestra, Brian Eno, Captain Beefheart (Oops, forgot to
>mention him when talking about great lyrics!),....

I could have listed many more artists that I happen to like (some of which you
just mentioned) but I tried to think of artists that were undisputable "out on
the edge". Peter Gabriel is excellent but largely accessible (although being
experimental and accessible at the same time may be qualification for the list
in itself!) others have done what the Art Bears did, both before and after.
(After all, the Art Bears was largely a continuation of Henry Cow.) Mission
of Bhurma was excellent (they have broken up, haven't they?), but didn't
necissarily cut any new trails. (Well, maybe a few.) Nash The Slash is
definately avant-garde, but maybe not on the absolute cutting edge. (My
favorite song of his is "Vincent's Crows" from AND YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE NORMAL,
any other opinions out there?)

>P.S.  Does Skeleton Crew have an album out?

Yep. It's called LEARN TO TALK. There should be another one out soon.


				   Barth Richards
				   Tellabs, Inc.
				   Lisle, IL

				   "If God's up there, we're his excrement."
				   -Ron Geesin