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Originally Posted by atsonicpark
Originality existed at some point, as evidenced by Beefheart, Sun City Girls, Thinking Fellers, Xenakis, Throbbing Gristle (who I'm not even really a fan of!), Caroliner, Harry Partch, Glenn Branca, and a few others. Sure, those artists weren't "original" 100% of the time, but they did reinvent music in some way.
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as much as im a fan of some of those bands i dont think i'd say that they "reinvented music".
the SCG's were never really about reinventing anything, but were a chameleon band that could play ANYTHING. but im not sure if they reinvented music. at least not anymore than the residents and fugs did a few years before.
and branca defiantly didnt. at least not with most of the symphnies of his that im familiar with. as much as i like him, he is basically treading on familiar water that wagner and mahler did, but with guitars, and not as clever.
i mean my favorite thing of his is the 1st movement of his 1st symphony and all that is is lots of guitars going up and down a triad.
but i guess its how you look at it.
im pretty sure that the last person who reinvented music 100% was shoenberg, and everything since has been modulations of that (though im not even sure that i agree with myself)