nihilist spasm band
Nihilist Spasm Band - Meateater
@ Wikipedia:
The Nihilist Spasm Band (NSB) is a London, Ontario-based noise band. The band was formed in 1965 by Hugh McIntyre, John Clement, John Boyle, Bill Exley, Murray Favro, Archie Leitch, Art Pratten, and Greg Curnoe. Leitch has since retired, Curnoe was killed in a bicycle accident in 1992, and McIntyre died of heart failure in 2004. The band members are mostly local artists, none is a trained musician.
The term spasm band refers to a band that uses homemade instruments. Indeed, most of the NSB’s instruments are modifications of other instruments, or wholly invented by the members. In addition to the homemade instruments, members are encouraged to improvise. The range of the improvisation is such that instruments are not tuned to each other, tempi and time signatures are lacking, and the members push the ranges of their already homemade instruments by engaging in constant innovation.
@ allmusic:
The Nihilist Spasm Band is a unique experimental collective generally known as “the first noise band”. Formed in 1965 in London, Ontario, the Canadian group has since improvised on a number of instruments, including homemade creations such as the violin created by bandmember Art Pratten, the “Pratt-a-various”. Bandmembers include Pratten (who also plays “water-pipe”), Bill Exley (spoken word), Murray Favro (guitar), John Clement (guitar and drums), John Boyle (drums and kazoo), and Hugh McIntyre (bass). Their first concert took place in early 1966 and their debut recording, No Record, followed two years later. Another decade passed before their next album, Vol. 2, was released, but despite their sporadic recording, the band remained busy with live performances. For over 30 years, NSB has performed every Monday night at a gallery in their hometown. They have also performed at N.Y.C.’s Knitting Factory, the FIMAV music festival in Quebec and other creative music festivals, and toured Japan in 1997. Many of the Nihilist Spasm Band albums have been reissued on the Japanese label Alchemy Records by fan and noise artist Jojo Hiroshige (of Hijokaidan). Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore is also counted among NSB’s big fans. In March 1998, the band threw the first No Music Festival, featuring improvisers from Japan, Toronto, N.Y.C., Chicago, and more. Box sets of each No Music Festival have been issued on Canada’s independent label Entartete Kunst.
nihilist spasm band - no record (1968)
01. destroy the nations
02. when in london sleep at the york hotel
03. the byron bog
04. dog face man
05. oh brian dibb
06. destroy the nations again
nihilist spasm band - vol. 2 (1979)
01. no canada
02. stupidity
03. dum-de-dum
04. elsinore
nihilist spasm band - 1984 (1984)
01. march 20 1984
02. are you ok bill? july 30 1984
03. june 5 1984
04. sept 10 1984
05. oct 16 1984
nihilist spasm band - 7x~x=x (1985)
01. this is a test
02. an appeal to reason
03. enough is enough
04. fretful
05. stop and think shit heads
06. sinister
07. no canada
nihilist spasm band - what about me (1992)
01. hesitation
02. what about me
03. indecision of the night
04. function
05. wish
06. grumbling
07. hijokaidan warp
08. breathing
09. i have nothing to say
10. dance/slow
nihilist spasm band - live in japan (1997)
01. introduction/no canada
02. indecision of the night
03. stupidity
04. shinkansen
05. murray
06. la mama lament
07. better than nothing
08. here not here
09. hesitation
nihilist spasm band - every monday night (1999)
01. mother canada
02. i dreamt i was living in paradise
03. forget
04. it’s not my fault
05. i’m a real nice fellow
06. the filter song
07. gazetteer of newfoundland
08. however but
09. slow dance
nihilist spasm band & cock. e.s.p. - split (2000)
01. what about me (live u.s. debut) [nihilist spasm band]
02. canada doesn’t like us [cock e.s.p.]
nihilist spasm band feat. joe mcphee - no borders [stage] (2001)
![Nihilist Spasm Band feat. Joe McPhee - No borders [stage] (2001)](http://blog.fernandocamargo.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/nihilist-spasm-band-feat-joe-mcphee-no-borders-stage-2001.jpg)
01. nihilist party lights
02. duet
03. united nations
04. going too far
05. poughkeepsie
06. why try
07. acrostics
08. trio
09. victor
nihilist spasm band feat. joe mcphee - no borders [studio] (2001)
![Nihilist Spasm Band feat. Joe McPhee - No borders [studio] (2001)](http://blog.fernandocamargo.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/nihilist-spasm-band-feat-joe-mcphee-no-borders-studio-2001.jpg)
01. do it my way
02. boing
03. meateater
04. unlikely
05. mature consideration
06. stridor
07. helpless
08. road kill
09. duet again
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Po, seu blog me ajudou bastante.
Recentemente perdi tudo o que tinha em meu hd e graças a você estou recuperando algumas coisas.
Continue postando, creio que ajuda não só a mim como a todo mundo que está a procura de boa música…
great to see you’re back postng hard to find stuff. Is it gonna be regular?
please reupload 2nd part of CDof NO NECK BLUES BAND - STICKS .. .the link is false or broken …What a a great HALF record…
thanx alot
michelangelo from greece
Wow! Great band, great music ! Is there a chance of uploading this record :
The Nihilist Spasm Band & Reynols - No Borders To No Borders
Thanks anyway.
Para você ver como gostos musicais são tão particulares..!
Não consegui gostar, de jeito nenhum, da banda. Mas, enfim, é algo bem pessoal mesmo, heh.
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