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Originally Posted by atsonicpark
I'm trying to close the can of worms here, but ...
Merzbow is AMAZING, rightly judged as a hero of noise and the inventor (well.. maybe not inventor but the one who gave it a face, a meaning, etc.). But I'm just saying.. compared to a LOT of other noise artists, his work just doesn't interest me anymore. I mean, another example is Wolf Eyes. Lots of really good releases actually, but man... I dunno. Overrated as fuck.
Merzbow is another one of those artists who could belong in a hall of fame somewhere, but as far as noise goes his skronk just doesn't excite me as much as other artists. That's what I meant.
"Make feedback and make a living off of it" is just a general summary of him, and I'm proud of what he's done and so on and so on but man... it'd be so fun to just record an hour of silence or an hour of one feedback tone or an hour of beating on random metals or an hour of fucking around with a casio keyboard "telephone" setting and ANY LABEL EVER would release it just cuz, hey, it's merzbow. Doesn't matter the quality behind it... it's merzbow. I just get a laugh out of that. Not trying to be insulting here, doods.
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everything you're saying is pretty subjective, though. whether you like it or not, merzbow focuses a bit more on texture and concept more than most other noiseniks out there who tend to just wank around and twiddle knobs. whether you like his work more than other cats is one thing, but to discount his discography to making a living off of feedback is just plain silly.
there isn't much skronk in his work either. harsh walls of sound and pulsating pulsy things? yes. but skronk? no. sonny sharrock had the skronk. merzbow has the saurieowrpuopeuoiuck.