List of noise musicians explained

The following is a list of artists who make noise music.

A

• Maryanne Amacher
• Anenzephalia^[1]
• Astro^[2]
• Kenneth Atchley^[3]
• Atrax Morgue^[4]
• Aube^[5]

B

• Bastard Noise^[6]
• Emil Beaulieau^[7]
• Philip Best^[8]
• Maurizio Bianchi^[9]
• Black Dice^[10]
• Borbetomagus^[11]
• Brighter Death Now^[12]
• Bull of Heaven^[13]

C

• C.C.C.C.^[2]
• Antoine Chessex^[14]
• Chop Shop^[15]
• Club Moral^[16]
• Cock E.S.P.^[17]
• Controlled Bleeding^[18]

D

• Danny Devos^[16]
• Diesel Guitar^[19]
• Aaron Dilloway^[20]
• Kevin Drumm^[21]
• John Duncan^[22]

E

• Esplendor Geométrico^[23]

G

• Genocide Organ^[24]
• The Gerogerigegege^[2]
• Government Alpha^{[2] [25]}

H

• Hair Police^[26]
• Hanatarash^[27]
• Russell Haswell^[28]
• The Haters^[29]
• Florian Hecker^[30]
• Hijokaidan^{[2] [31]}
• Kommissar Hjuler^[32]

I

• If, Bwana^[33]
• Incapacitants^{[2] [24] [34]}

J

• GX Jupitter-Larsen^[35]

K

• Zbigniew Karkowski^[36]
• KK Null^{[2] [24] [37]}

L

• Lingua Ignota^[38]

M

• Macronympha^[39]
• Mama Baer^[32]
• Lasse Marhaug^[40]
• Masonna^{[2] [41]}
• Mattin^{[24] [42]}
• Mauthausen Orchestra^[43]
• Daniel Menche^[44]
• Merzbow^{[2] [45] [46]}
• Metal Machine Trio^[47]
• Metalux^[48]
• Minóy^[49]
• Monde Bruits^{[2] [24]}
• Thurston Moore^[50]
• Morphogenesis^[24]

N

• Nautical Almanac^[51]
• Nihilist Spasm Band^[52]
• Nordvargr^[53]

O

• Otomo Yoshihide^[54]

P

• P16.D4^[55]
• Panicsville^[56]
• Pharmakon^[57]
• Prurient^[58]
• Puce Mary^[59]

R

• Ramleh^[60]
• Richard Ramirez^[61]
• Boyd Rice (NON)^[62]
• Antonio Russolo
• Luigi Russolo^[63]

S

• Smegma^[64]
• Solmania^[2]
• Howard Stelzer^[65]

T

• Terrestrial Tones^[66]
• Throbbing Gristle^[67]
• To Live and Shave in L.A.^[68]

V

• V/Vm^[69]
• Violent Onsen Geisha^[2]

W

• Wapstan
• John Wiese^{[48] [70]}
• Whitehouse^[71]
• Wolf Eyes^{[24] [72]}

X

• Xome^[73]

Y

• Justice Yeldham^[24]
• Yellow Swans^[74]

See also

• List of industrial music bands
• List of Japanoise artists
• List of noise rock bands

References

Books

• Book: Moss, Karen . The World on Its Head (De wereld op zijn kop): An Exhibition of Contemporary Belgian Art from Flanders . 2000 . . San Francisco, California . 978-0-930-49536-7.
• Book: Niebisch, Arndt . Media Parasites in the Early Avant-Garde: On the Abuse of Technology and Communication . . New York . 2012 . 978-1-349-44684-1.
• Book: Novak, David . Japanoise: Music at the Edge of Circulation . 2013 . . Durham, North Carolina . 978-0-822-35392-8.
• Book: Graham, Stephen . Sounds of the Underground: A Cultural, Political and Aesthetic Mapping of Underground and Fringe Music . 2016 . . Ann Arbor, Michigan . 978-0-472-11975-2.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Review: Anenzephalia – Kaltwelt . Skarsnik . November 1, 2013 . . September 22, 2018.
2. . "By the early 1990s, recordings by Hijokaidan, Incapacitants, C.C.C.C., Solmania, Masonna, Monde Bruits, Astro, Aube, Government Alpha, Pain Jerk, K.K. Null, K2, MSBR, Geriogerigegege, Violent Onsen Geisha, and Merzbow had swept into North American reception."
3. Web site: [{{AllMusic|album|fountains-mw0000985048|pure_url=yes}} Review: Kenneth Atchley – Fountains ]. Couture . François . . . September 22, 2018.
4. Web site: "The Sounds I Produce Mirror My Hell": An Italian's Introduction to Atrax Morgue . Vinciguerra . Nicola . May 24, 2018 . . September 16, 2018.
5. Web site: Eric Lanzillotta on the Death of Experimental Musician Aube . Segal . Dave . December 9, 2013 . . Index Newspapers LLC . September 16, 2018.
6. Dale . Jon . November 2007 . 285 . Size Matters: Bastard Noise & Antennacle – Bastard Noise & Antennacle . . London . 58 . 0952-0686.
7. Delaurenti . Christopher . On Location: Wooden Octopus Skull Experimental Musick (P)Festival . . London . November 2005 . 261 . 87 . 0952-0686.
8. "There's No Prescribed Reaction": Consumer Electronics' Philip Best Interviewed . Colegate . Mat . July 11, 2012 . . September 22, 2018.
9. Web site: [{{AllMusic|artist|maurizio-bianchi-mn0002148512/biography|pure_url=yes}} Maurizio Bianchi Biography ]. Torreano . Bradley . . . September 16, 2018.
10. Web site: Black Dice to Release New Album in April; Hear "Pigs" Now . Albert . Nathan . January 9, 2012 . . . September 16, 2018.
11. Web site: [{{AllMusic|artist|borbetomagus-mn0000074616/biography|pure_url=yes}} Borbetomagus Biography ]. Kelsey . Chris . . . September 16, 2018.
12. Web site: Review: Brighter Death Now – 1890 . SanFilippo . Richard . February 23, 2002 . . September 21, 2018.
13. Web site: Bull of Heaven Works to Provide Enough Music for Several Lifetimes . Klosowski . Thorin . February 28, 2011 . . Denver Westword, LLC . September 23, 2018.
14. Web site: Nosnibor, Christopher (October 6, 2018) "Review: Antoine Chessex – Subjectivation". Aural Aggravation . October 6, 2018 . March 22, 2024.
15. Web site: Review: Chop Shop – Oxide . Dunton . Creaig . . May 4, 2008 . September 21, 2018.
16. "In 1981, in the middle of the postpunk period, she founded the collective Club Moral together with the visual artist Danny Devos. They organized noise concerts, performances, exhibitions, and published the magazine Force Mental, to explore the boundaries of the morally and aesthetically acceptable."
17. Web site: Cock ESP Show You How Noise Should Be Done . Lockwood . MP . October 16, 2011 . . . September 21, 2018.
18. Web site: [{{AllMusic|artist|controlled-bleeding-mn0000123674/biography|pure_url=yes}} Controlled Bleeding Biography ]. Ankeny . Jason . . . September 22, 2018.
19. News: Unexpected Places Step in to Fill the Role of Live House Venues in Japan's North . Martin . Ian . October 23, 2015 . . September 18, 2018.
20. Pothast . Emily . August 2021 . 450 . Aaron Dilloway . . London . 40 . 0952-0686.
21. Web site: Review: Kevin Drumm – Relief. Howe . Brian . November 16, 2012 . . . September 16, 2018.
22. Duguid . Brian . Outer Limits: John Ducan – Mort aux vaches: Seek . March 1999 . 181 . . London . 71 . 0952-0686.
23. Web site: [{{AllMusic|artist|esplendor-geom%C3%A9trico-mn0000198384/biography|pure_url=yes}} Esplendor Geométrico Biography ]. Simpson . Paul . . . September 21, 2018.
24. . "Latter-day harsh noise subgenres, such as harsh wall noise, which developed concurrently in the American and Japanese noise scenes of the 1990s with artists such as Monde Bruit and Incapacitants for the latter and Skin Crime and Black Leather Jesus for the former, are practiced by all sorts of artists, from K. K. Null to Werewolf Jerusalem, Kites, Hum of the Druid, and Wolf Eyes. These harsh noise genres sit alongside diffuse techniques and practices, from persisting power electronics (Genocide Organ); to DIY noise improv (Prick Decay, Sonic Catering Band, Morphogenesis); to the noisier ends of lo-fi, noise performance art (Justice Yeldham), concept-laden noise rock, and improvisation (Mattin); and to the wide genre(s) of post-noise music."
25. Pouncey . Edwin . Savage Pencil . November 2009 . 309 . Soundcheck: Government Alpha – Resolution of Remembrance 1992–1999 . . London . 54 . 0952-0686.
26. Web site: Review: Hair Police – Obedience Cuts . Stosuy . Brandon . June 17, 2004 . . . February 3, 2022.
27. Web site: [{{AllMusic|artist|hanatarash-mn0000556129/biography|pure_url=yes}} Hanatarash Biography ]. Hage . Erik . . . September 16, 2018.
28. Web site: Review: Russell Haswell – As Sure As Night Follows Day . Maleney . Ian . October 28, 2015 . . September 16, 2018.
29. Richardson . Nick . May 2010 . 315 . The Haters: John Wiese Hails Hollywood's Noise Veterans . . London . 10–11 . 0952-0686.
30. Web site: Noise Legend Florian Hecker Releases Radical New Book Chimerizations . May 31, 2013 . . . September 18, 2018.
31. Cummings . Alan . March 2005 . 235 . Hijokaidan: Big Boss Man . . London . 33 . 0952-0686.
32. Keenan . David . David Keenan . January 2013 . 347 . 2012 Rewind: Imprints of Greatness . . London . 46 . 0952-0686.
33. Web site: If, Bwana plays Railroad Earth June 1 . Radford . Chad . June 1, 2018 . . September 24, 2018.
34. Haynes . Jim . March 2009 . 301 . Soundcheck: Incapacitants – Box Is Stupid . . London . 52–53 . 0952-0686.
35. Web site: Sonic Circuits: GX Jupitter-Larsen Knows How to Make an Audience Riot . Young . Logan K. . September 15, 2011 . . September 23, 2018.
36. Web site: Zbigniew Karkowski . Topolski . Jan . NC . July 2017 . . . September 16, 2018.
37. Coley . Bryon . May 2004 . 243 . Size Matters: 3", 7", 10" and Other Misshapen Formats. . London . 68 . 0952-0686 . "KK Null is widely and correctly lauded as one of the fathers of Japanese noise guitar ...".
38. Web site: Fire, Prayer & Curses: Lingua Ignota Interviewed . Armstrong . Aimee . . January 25, 2018 . February 3, 2022.
39. Web site: The Music of Rodger Stella . Gates . Joseph . September 1, 2011 . . September 21, 2018.
40. Neset . Anne Hilde . November 2006 . 273 . Lasse Marhaug . . London . 24 . 0952-0686.
41. Web site: [{{AllMusic|artist|masonna-mn0000860106/biography|pure_url=yes}} Masonna Biography ]. Layne . Joslyn . . . September 16, 2018.
42. Web site: The Authority of Taste. Mattin and Theses on Noise . Raponi . Martina . 2017 . Digicult.
43. Web site: Review: Broken Flag: A Retrospective / Ramleh – Awake! . Dunton . Creaig . August 5, 2012 . . February 3, 2022.
44. Web site: Daniel Menche's Crushing Drone and Noise Sometimes Features His Dog . Ham . Robert . Bandcamp Daily . . September 16, 2018.
45. Web site: Larkin . Colin . Colin Larkin (writer) . Merzbow . subscription . 2009 . Encyclopedia of Popular Music 4 ed. . . 9780199726363 . 10.1093/acref/9780195313734.001.0001 . September 16, 2018.
46. Web site: [{{AllMusic|artist|merzbow-mn0000884057/biography|pure_url=yes}} Merzbow Biography ]. Couture . François . . . September 16, 2018.
47. Web site: Lou Reed's Metal Machine Trio; Wanda Jackson: Royal Festival Hall, London; Luminaire, London . Empire . Kitty . Kitty Empire . April 25, 2010 . . . February 3, 2022.
48. Davies . Sam . Outer Limits: Metalux & John Wiese – Esoteric . July 2006 . 269 . . London . 60 . 0952-0686.
49. Web site: Minoy . Campau . Don . November 17, 2011 . The Living Archive of Underground Music . September 16, 2018.
50. Web site: Sonic Youth Founder Thurston Moore Asks Why a Song Can't Be an Hour Long . Kelly . Jennifer . September 16, 2019 . . February 3, 2022.
51. Web site: Review: Nautical Almanac – Rooting for the Microbes . Schleicher . Lucas . June 27, 2004 . . February 3, 2022.
52. News: The Nihilist Spasm Band: 51 Years Later It's Still Chaos. Hadfield . James . March 13, 2016 . . September 22, 2018.
53. Web site: Show No Mercy . Stosuy . Brandon . February 27, 2008 . . . September 16, 2018.
54. Bell . Clive . July 1999 . 185 . Otomo Yoshihide . . London . 32 . 0952-0686.
55. Web site: The Out Door: The End is the Beginning . Masters . Marc . Currin . Grayson . February 1, 2013 . . . 4 . September 23, 2018.
56. Web site: [{{AllMusic|artist|panicsville-mn0001884235/biography|pure_url=yes}} Panicsville Biography ]. Ankeny . Jason . . . September 21, 2018.
57. Web site: Review: Pharmakon – Abandon . Neyland . Nick . May 16, 2013 . . . February 3, 2022.
58. Web site: [{{AllMusic|artist|prurient-mn0000857062/biography|pure_url=yes}} Prurient Biography ]. Simpson . Paul . . . September 16, 2018.
59. Web site: Wilson . Rich . Puce Mary . . June 24, 2021.
60. Web site: [{{AllMusic|artist|ramleh-mn0000393760/biography|pure_url=yes}} Ramleh Biography ]. Mason . Stewart . . . September 23, 2018.
61. Live Report: Harsh Noise Wall Festival III . Williams . Russell . May 22, 2014 . . September 18, 2018.
62. Web site: FACT Meets Boyd Rice: Noise Pioneer, Film Buff, Leader of the Church of Satan . Barry . Robert . October 3, 2012 . . . September 16, 2018.
63. Web site: Latham . Alison . Luigi Russolo . subscription . 2011 . . . 9780199579037 . 10.1093/acref/9780199579037.001.0001 . September 22, 2018.
64. Web site: [{{AllMusic|artist|smegma-mn0000036269/biography|pure_url=yes}} Smegma Biography ]. Semprebon . Rolf . . . September 21, 2018.
65. Web site: The Out Door: Trimming the Historical Thorns . Masters . Marc . Currin . Grayson . March 4, 2011 . 4 . . . February 3, 2022.
66. Web site: Review: Terrestrial Tones – Dead Drunk . Clarke . Mia Lily . March 12, 2006 . . . February 3, 2022.
67. Web site: Review: Throbbing Gristle – Part Two: The Endless Not . Harvell . Jess . April 18, 2007 . . . September 22, 2018.
68. Web site: To Live and Shave in L.A.'s Tom Smith Dies at 65 . Hussey . Allison . January 22, 2022. . . February 3, 2022.
69. Web site: Leyland James Kirby Resurrects Harsh Noise Project V/Vm . Lee . Morgan . August 18, 2016 . . . September 24, 2018.
70. Web site: Review: John Wiese – Soft Punk . Currin . Grayson Haver . June 11, 2007 . . . February 3, 2022.
71. Web site: Review: Whitehouse – Asceticists 2006 . Linhardt . Alex . May 23, 2006 . . . September 16, 2018.
72. Web site: Review: Wolf Eyes – Undertow . Camp . Zoe . March 31, 2017 . . . September 16, 2018.
73. News: Ten Artists to Catch at Ende Tymes Festival of Noise and Experimental Liberation 2015 . Cummings . Raymond . May 13, 2015 . . September 23, 2018.
74. Web site: Review: Yellow Swans – Going Places . Masters . Marc . March 3, 2010 . . . September 16, 2018.