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Case Closed on August 27, 2007 17:10 |
GUITAR ORCHESTRA DEATH MATCH: GLENN BRANCA VS. RHYS CHATHAM
Nhennies`s Argument
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Glenn Branca's got the sweet microtonal scales, interesting harmonies, and high drama. Rhys Chatham's "Guitar Army" perfectly resembles the guitar army in Mike Judge's "Idiocracy" and is, more or less, a bunch of macho guys playing in unison. The resulting music is as boneheaded as you might imagine. hstencil's argument that Chatham had the original idea for the Guitar Army may be true, but is reliant on the idea that the Gutiar Army is a GOOD idea. You can decide that for yourself. |
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Rhys Chatham - a former student of and piano tuner for La Monte Young, btw - invented the guitarmy. Glenn Branca wouldn't have even had the idea if it wasn't for Rhys. Branca didn't even HAVE the idea, really. Rhys was also longer involved in the downtown NYC art-music scene, having worked at the Kitchen with Woody and Steina Veselka, and premiered works there back when Glenn Branca was doing stupid theater pranks in Boston (and listening to Aerosmith, lolz). Sure, Branca might've got some 3rd-gen fake-no-wavers like Thurston Moore and Lee Renaldo to play with him, but really, his shit was pretty weak after "The Ascencion" and Rhys Chatham did the 100-guitar piece thing years before him with "An Angel Moves Too Fast To See" anyway. Plus Rhys plays the trumpet. Which is cool, except on those kinda crappy records he was doing a few years back that "The Wire" magazine was all about and shit. By "guitarmy" I mean the idea of minimalist music played on heavy guitars, dummy! |
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67% of People thought Nhennies was Wrong (9 total votes) Category Entertainment Case was closed on August 27, 2007 15:15 Tags: guitar, orchestra, army, glenn, branca, rhys, chatham URL: Copy to Clipboard  Save to Favorites
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