I have not seen this but I did find 40 BANDS in 80 MINUTES at the local used shop, watched half last night. very interesting idea for a show.
has anyone seen it?

Noise, as described by most of it's adherents and practitioners is either

A) just as Glice describes, a concerted effort to be as purposefully abrasive and non-musical as possible, to offend ears and sensibilities, etc. like a big noisy musical jerkoff. good while it happens for those doing it, mildly amusicng to those who paid money to "experience" it.

or

B) the preliminary stages of a musical group trying to discover new sonic forms which will then be used in more standard song format, in other words, bands "trying to find themselves" sonically, upon which they will no longer be a "noise" act.

either way, it does not seem to make for widely enjoyed albums.

i find absolutely nothing masturbatory about incapacitants or kevin drumm's sheer hellish miasma.

Most noise out there is shit, I'll give you that much. But most MUSIC is shit. There's good and band in all genres, and some of my all time favorite albums are noise. If someone knows how to do noise correctly, there's nothing quite like it in the world and it's awesome. As for the 12 year olds screaming into contact mics and randomly pressing pedals, I could do without that. But, again, that's any genre.

has a noise "canon" of Must-Listen recordings emerged?

maybe we should do that

ha ha what a definitive statement ha ha
THERE

Merzbow only has made 364 must-listen albums.

I'm kind of joking.

i'm all for that.
a nice short list would do thanks.

and he did all this while drinving his merzedes with a merzdildo in his arse.

hahaha. How'd ya know.

I'd trust ASP and Herr Neurotic to do that - for myself I'd agree with:

Birthdeath Experience
MMM
Sheer Hellish Miasma
Frequency LSD
and a Merz record
And probably something by CCCC or Hijokaidan

Can't agree with that enough. In theory noise is my favourite genre; in practise it makes me incredibly angry how terrible it often is.

Yeah, but you're a Yes fan, so we all know you secretly want to make the noise Tales of Topographical Oceans. I'd even probably buy it if you did.

Or maybe it is masturbatory music which is fine to turn into a voyeur for.

arguementix

dvd includes great sets by daniel menche, oscillating innards, and yellow swans. the pulse emitter clip was interesting but brief. would have definitely preferred full sets without the cut up interviews though.. worth renting if you are into the bands listed above.

also the smegma set is really cool.

keeping the genre definitions loose, here are my nominations for entry into the noise canon

smegma - pigs for lepers
merzbow - rainbow electronics
merzbow - yoshinotsune
merzbow - 1930
merzbow - aquanecromancer
merzbow - 24 hours, a day of deals
the new blockaders - changez les blockeurs
wolf eyes - human animal
raionbashi - kollekte
prurient - the black vase
prurient - pleasure ground
daniel menche & kevin drumm - gauntlet

Yeah, I always feel that way about these type of documentaries. What makes the music brilliant often gets edited out so we can cut to somebody explaining it. This one doesn't have an obligatory Thurston interview thrown in, which makes it semi-unique. Actually he probably would have done it if asked since he's played with some of these groups.

haha
 

so many knee jerk reactions to noise on this message board!!!

lots of great acts on this dvd, the josh hydeman sequence is great.

PNW NOISE REPRESENT!!!!!!

ps. want some more vids?

guerilla noise in victoria, bc
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=RszHzPIsXUQ

documenting the 2008 Vancouver Noise Fest
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=8tpEqaOYoEc

2008 PNW tour vids
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=kKs0aS9eeFg

2008 norcal noise fest
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Y50wPq2gMPQ

BURNING INDIAN
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=ww8A3VB2vlc

the rita / wolf eyes
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu-OxOh0SXQ

2008 US Tour
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=wBe3Qlwupdo

Domestic Violence
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ0vK99fXgA

sounds like mustard
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=MuNwN5NMBxU

Coastal
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=2vyYD6_JgRQ