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listening to the recording of the mc5 essaying their room-clearing "free-form" freakout "black to comm" at some high school in the dee-troit 'burbs, ca. '66, and remembering this bit from an interview they did with loraine alterman for the detroit free press in early '67:
The reason "psychedelic" or "new music" or electronic rock is becoming so popular is because it's the "next step in the progression of music," according to [MC5 singer Robin Tyner]..."It's kind of a fad," Wayne [Kramer] admitted. "It's easy to do," Fred ["Sonic" Smith] pointed out. Why? "Because it's easy to make noise," Wayne explained. Many young kids who can't play the guitar very well just turn up the volume and think they are playing psychedelic.
indeed.
was talking to jon teague the other night about the fact that while the five tried a lot harder, the stooges still beat 'em every time. this is largely due, i think, to the five's having been better (e.g., more self-conscious) musicians. in the words of the romanian writer emile cioran (quoted by jon on his myspace thingy), "talent is an obstacle to the inner life." it's about tapping into that reptilian brain, see.
while the five would later cite james brown and coltrane as influences, in their formative stages, they were more of a yardbirds-them-who derivation in the manner of the shadows of knight or one of those (which is not a bad thing in my opinion). conversely, iggy played drums in a blues band (the '66 equivalent of being an art snob), while ron asheton had a band that got offered an opening slot when the rolling stones came to town, in spite of their never having played outside of somebody's bedroom (or without the rekkid player to jam along with).
The reason "psychedelic" or "new music" or electronic rock is becoming so popular is because it's the "next step in the progression of music," according to [MC5 singer Robin Tyner]..."It's kind of a fad," Wayne [Kramer] admitted. "It's easy to do," Fred ["Sonic" Smith] pointed out. Why? "Because it's easy to make noise," Wayne explained. Many young kids who can't play the guitar very well just turn up the volume and think they are playing psychedelic.
indeed.
was talking to jon teague the other night about the fact that while the five tried a lot harder, the stooges still beat 'em every time. this is largely due, i think, to the five's having been better (e.g., more self-conscious) musicians. in the words of the romanian writer emile cioran (quoted by jon on his myspace thingy), "talent is an obstacle to the inner life." it's about tapping into that reptilian brain, see.
while the five would later cite james brown and coltrane as influences, in their formative stages, they were more of a yardbirds-them-who derivation in the manner of the shadows of knight or one of those (which is not a bad thing in my opinion). conversely, iggy played drums in a blues band (the '66 equivalent of being an art snob), while ron asheton had a band that got offered an opening slot when the rolling stones came to town, in spite of their never having played outside of somebody's bedroom (or without the rekkid player to jam along with).
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