[Sheriff Rhys Chatham]

For me it was mainly three artists/groups
nirvana --> sonic youth --> glenn branca

nirvana brought me to sonic youth.
sonic youth brought me to glenn branca and rhys chatham, along with noise, although branca had a larger influence on that. Chatham introduced me to the 'table of the elements lable'. Branca led me to a lot of composers like john cage and morton feldman. I found out about Virgil Moorefield drumming and found the tzadik lable through one of his records. blah blah blah