It was the most rock and roll show I've been to for a long time.
But this wasn't the Neil Young of "After the Gold Rush" or "Harvest", this was the Neil Young of "Arc/Weld". So, amp turned up to 11, guitar set to maximum distort & stand back.
During some of the long noise sections (I'm talking 10 mins or so), and there isn't a better description really (especially the fans who didn't like it), I kept thinking, what do the likes of Glenn Branca & Rhys Chatham make of it all?
I guess mainly it comes down to whether you call it rock n' roll or art.
All 3 musicians/composers are using the guitar to create walls of sound, that go beyond the melodic, overtones are to the fore.
There again, what does Neil Young make of the likes of Branca et al using rock n' roll sound and instruments to create their sound? Is Chatham's "Guitar Trio" any different?
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