Sonic Youth Gossip - Kill Your Idols online

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Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

I was just quoting the no wave artists directly. they have all said at various times that they were out to destroy music.

Industrial was DANCE MUSIC man. whatever it has become now it started as DANCE music, and not out to destroy music.

but like thurston says, the sex pistols were out to "destroy" music, the no wave artists were eventually appropriated to serve commericial ends like any fucking avant-garde art. look at dada and what happend with pop art. nothing is safe!