Billy Haley and the Comets were the first noise rock band

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 01.11.2008, 11:05 PM

I just watched Rock Around The Clock for the first time.

There are points when I'm watching the Comets play, the bass is doing one thing, the drummer is doing another thing, the guitarist is doing another thing, the saxophonist is doing another thing. And all the playing is very loose. Some of the songs seem to fall apart and come back together all the sudden.
There is also a pretty cool instrumental number where the saxophonist plays out of his mind.

Tony Martinez was a pretty crazy guy too.

Crumb's Crunchy Delights · 01.12.2008, 05:39 PM

Quite common for music of the period to be played that loose, be it blues, rockabilly, hillbilly, certain styles of jazz and so on.

Bill Haley was doing great stuff with the Saddlemen before the Comets, and although he wasn't the inventor of rock 'n' roll as people like to claim, he made some awesome records.

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 01.12.2008, 07:33 PM

I wouldn't say Noise rock.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 01.12.2008, 07:54 PM

But fuzz on the bass and it sounds like melt banana.

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 01.12.2008, 08:07 PM

Maybe I guess.
I'd call the monks noise rock before I call Bill Haley noise rock, but then again, he did come first.

atari 2600 · 01.13.2008, 02:08 AM

It's sorta cool to read about you appreciating the song, but it's known to be the first popular rock and roll song/single ever.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Around_the_Clock

I kinda get what you mean about "noise"; a lot of early rock has a "jamming the note" type of guitar style going on, and overall, a primative sound recorded primatively. )oops

On a side note, Leiber and Stoller are songwriters and producers from the '50s and '60s that are pretty interesting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Leiber

PAULYBEE2656 · 01.13.2008, 05:53 AM

bill hailey did start it all really. its amazing to think that that song invoked riots when it was played..... what kind of song could envoke a riot now?

SYRFox · 01.13.2008, 06:28 AM

Tokio Hotel

Everyneurotic · 01.13.2008, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead

But fuzz on the bass and it sounds like melt banana.

this is the most stupid comment i've read in a long time.

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Originally Posted by PAULYBEE

bill hailey did start it all really. its amazing to think that that song invoked riots when it was played..... what kind of song could envoke a riot now?

not a song exactly but the rite of spring by stravinsky and the works of luigi russolo, to name just two.

Crumb's Crunchy Delights · 01.16.2008, 10:59 AM

Love the way you call him Billy Haley by the way.

01.11.2008, 11:05 PM	#1
SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	I just watched Rock Around The Clock for the first time. There are points when I'm watching the Comets play, the bass is doing one thing, the drummer is doing another thing, the guitarist is doing another thing, the saxophonist is doing another thing. And all the playing is very loose. Some of the songs seem to fall apart and come back together all the sudden. There is also a pretty cool instrumental number where the saxophonist plays out of his mind. Tony Martinez was a pretty crazy guy too.
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Crumb's Crunchy Delights expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: okie's in the pokie Posts: 1,352	Quite common for music of the period to be played that loose, be it blues, rockabilly, hillbilly, certain styles of jazz and so on. Bill Haley was doing great stuff with the Saddlemen before the Comets, and although he wasn't the inventor of rock 'n' roll as people like to claim, he made some awesome records.
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Sheriff Rhys Chatham invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England. Posts: 4,027	I wouldn't say Noise rock. __________________ My Music(grunge rock) A part of this blue shit since June 24th, 2004
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SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	But fuzz on the bass and it sounds like melt banana.
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Sheriff Rhys Chatham invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England. Posts: 4,027	Maybe I guess. I'd call the monks noise rock before I call Bill Haley noise rock, but then again, he did come first. __________________ My Music(grunge rock) A part of this blue shit since June 24th, 2004
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atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	It's sorta cool to read about you appreciating the song, but it's known to be the first popular rock and roll song/single ever. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Around_the_Clock I kinda get what you mean about "noise"; a lot of early rock has a "jamming the note" type of guitar style going on, and overall, a primative sound recorded primatively. )oops On a side note, Leiber and Stoller are songwriters and producers from the '50s and '60s that are pretty interesting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Leiber
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PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	bill hailey did start it all really. its amazing to think that that song invoked riots when it was played..... what kind of song could envoke a riot now? __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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SYRFox invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris Posts: 7,492	Tokio Hotel
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01.16.2008, 10:59 AM	#10
Crumb's Crunchy Delights expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: okie's in the pokie Posts: 1,352	Love the way you call him Billy Haley by the way.
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