Do You Want Trombone Or Do You Want The Truth?
Published on November 29th, 2010 in: Issues, Music, Over the Gadfly's Nest, Retrovirus, Three Of A Perfect Pair |By Jimmy Ether
In the documentary Kill Your Idols, Lydia Lunch expressed her frustration with the current music scene:
“The commodification and homogenization of especially bass, guitar, and drums is the downfall of music. Where’s the fucking tuba? A trombone! Anything but a bass, guitar, and drums!”
That seems an odd statement coming from someone who very successfully used those very instruments with Teenage Jesus and the Jerks to challenge rock conventions along side bands like D.N.A., Mars, and many of the other bands from the influential New York City No Wave scene. To a certain extent, she has a point.
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