[The Usher]

I managed to 'acquire' a download of this boxset, which is 50 discs, and took like 4 days to download, but it's totally cool.
I've only just started to plow my way through it. Has anyone else got this, and what do you think?

[Glice]

You utter mentalist.

I saw a hard copy in a store a fair few years ago, but I didn't have the money for it then, and haven't had the money since. I reckon you should try and listen to it start to finish. And see if you don't go completely insane.

[The Usher]

Yeah, not sure if I would ever 'come back'. Started to feel quite quesy after listening for a couple of hours!

[michael71]

Did you say 50 discs? Jesus Christ is all I can say!

[PAULYBEE2656]

i held a copy of the merzbox in my hands for five minutes a few months back and was tempted to shell out that ridiculuous amount of money for it. its a great slab of akita thats for sure.......

[Glice]

They did a complete play at the Colchester arts centre a few years ago. One of the guys in my band went. Apparently there were some people who stayed for the duration. Ladies, made goth ladies. I want their phone numbers.

There was a chap from the Guardian who listened to the Throbbing Gristle 24-hour box-set. Here is a link to his experience.

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/...867116,00.html


I really hope you do it. They played it (TG24) in its entireity over Christmas on Resonance a couple of years ago. It being Christmas, I could only muster 5 hours or so spread over the days. I seem to remember there was a stream from a German website which was playing the entire Merzbox recently. Yes, Mr The Usher, you should try and listen to it all. Perhaps do it for a hearing-related charity.

[pokkeherrie]

Originally Posted by Glice

I seem to remember there was a stream from a German website which was playing the entire Merzbox recently. Yes, Mr The Usher, you should try and listen to it all. Perhaps do it for a hearing-related charity.

http://www.sonicyouth.com/gossip/showthread.php?t=6810

[The Usher]

Originally Posted by Nefeli

ah do what glice suggested, and in your breaks come here and report..we will provide psychological support. it will be a lovely experiment!

O.K. I've added everything to my Itunes, and the whole thing, 50 discs, would take 2 days, 1 hour, 49 minutes and 27 seconds to listen to! Man, I'm tempted to listen to it, maybe no continously, but just everyday until I get through it...

[_slavo_]

I heard it's full of crap but some of the discs are really great.
Shit, does he have like some employees that he pays for creating so much material? Overproduction, I would say.

[The Usher]

Yeah, probably some rubbish in it, can't imagine that this much stuff can be all good.

Maybe once i've finished listening to it, I'll write a review disc by disc, if anyones interested...

[Glice]

Originally Posted by The Usher

Yeah, probably some rubbish in it, can't imagine that this much stuff can be all good.

Maybe once i've finished listening to it, I'll write a review disc by disc, if anyones interested...

Someone had a blog with that on it [cue someone with better Googling skills than me providing a link]. I'd recommend that you do likewise, because his review was a bit jaded, to my mind. The more's the merrier when it comes to somethig as ridiculous as that.

[Toilet & Bowels]

fushitsusha play these night long gigs once a year in some university and one of them was recorded but hasn't been released, if you go to the archived website there's a bit more info about it.

[Toilet & Bowels]

yeah, i'd love to see them play that long, not sure if they still do them though

[porkmarras]

Listening to Merzbow for hours can indeed damage your brain cells and i am living proof of that.The fact that it might or not be a good thing is too late for me to find out.

[racehorse]

some radio station played the 'box from start to finish on one occasion.
probably the most adventurous, ground-breaking and ingenius idea in radio since john peel played trout mask replica in its entirety to the unsuspecting listeners of radio one.

[noisemachine]

Theres one on ebay right now for 500 australian dollars, which is about $350 US dollars- waaay too much to pay for any cd box set, no matter what.

[hey alex]

damn dude. I've never heard merzbow. I would try this though after a sampling of some less time consuming work.

[atsonicpark]

I listened to the whole thing. took 2 weekends. i wrote a little review for it on the avant garde japan community on livejournal back in 2004 if anyone wants to search it out. anyway, good shit.