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I love Whitehouse, think Throbbing Gristle kind of suck though... but even refeing to my New Blockaders sig, you should be able to tell I am aware of the history of noise within popular music (as opposed to earlier experimentation within classical avant-garde composition)
The point is, in the early days, noise was nowhere near as popular as it is now. There was no internet, no Volcanic Tongue, no Ecstatic Peace website with videos...
The fact that you question the merit of releasing another noise record indicates that you have observed the current avalanche of noise recordings and the presence of a vast underground network that is slowly emerging to the surface... case in point, Wolf Eyes, who have toured the states with Sonic Youth and put out a record on Sub Pop.. a feat that a noise band in the early 80s could never have concieved of... Noise in the 80s was an alternative to punk and was very marginalised... today, noise is becoming a replacement to punk and is reaching more and more mainstream coverage.. (although whether it will gain any sort of popularity is another matter)..
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