BAND OF SUSANS

DISCOGRAPHY


BAND OF SUSANS DISCOGRAPHY

1988 - Hope Against Hope
1989 - Love Agenda
1991 - The Word and the Flesh
1993 - Veil
1995 - Here Comes Success

PLOT TWIST (1991)

Insignes habitantes de la escena Neoyorkina de finales de los ochentas y mediados de los noventa son asociados al sonido de proyectos como Sonic Youth, Glenn Branca, Live Skull y Swans. Predominan en sus composiciones las guitarras eléctricas, utilizando frecuentemente las marcas G & L y Jazzmasters Fender conectadas a los amplificadores Park (Una marca de Marshall). El propietario de "G & L" Leo Fender era amigo y fan declarado de la banda. Musicalmente BAND OF SUSANS se caracterizaba por sus tres guitarristas encargadas de proporcionar feedbak y noise al bajo y a la batería. Debido a su amor por las texturas atmosféricas son considerados como un miembro periférico del movimiento shoegaze y al igual que My Bloody Valentine son recordados por tocar en vivo con un volumen visceralmente alto recreando fielmente la potencia de sus álbumes de estudio. A pesar de las inclinaciones experimentales BAND OF SUSANS su frontman Robert Poss (guitar/vocals) era un gran fan de The Rolling Stones pasión que manifestará en sus versiones para "Child of the Moon" y "Paint It Black."

As their history of having eight guitarists in all (and never less than three at any given time) attests, Band of Susans were a heavily guitar-centric outfit. They are generally included in New York City's abrasive post-No Wave scene which produced Sonic Youth, Glenn Branca, Live Skull, and Swans. They generally used G&L brand guitars (which appear on several of the band's album covers), Fender Jazzmasters, and Park (a budget brand made by Marshall) amplifiers. G&L owner Leo Fender was an avowed fan of the band and later befriended Poss. Musically, BoS organised their three guitarists into providing an overwhelming wall of feedback and guitar noise layered atop more conventional song structures. Due to their love of atmospheric textures, the band is often considered a peripheral member of the shoegaze movement, though they had a more abrasive sound closer to that of their New York contemporaries than most of the primarily-British bands of the shoegaze genre. Like shoegaze bands such as My Bloody Valentine, Band of Susans were notorious for playing live at extremely high volumes in order to recreate the visceral impact of their studio albums. Despite BoS's experimental leanings, Poss was a big fan of The Rolling Stones, which was later manifest in covers of the Stones' songs "Child Of The Moon" and "Paint It Black."

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