[nicfit]

I was about to add bauhaus and stigmata martyr but was afraid to spell it wrong.

[Everyneurotic]

neurosis
morbid angel when they play slow, like in "god of emptiness" and "where the slime live"
some prurient
some lasse marhaug
some residents
some smegma
xxx maniak
wigrid
benighted in sodom

i remember being intimidated by brujeria's matando güeros back in the day, but they aren't all that, especially after "don quijote marihuano".

although i'm generally not that disturbed by music...generally.

[atsonicpark]

haha i didn't even think to list residents.. one of my favorite bands.. yeah, they have some scary shit.

[Savage Clone]

Originally Posted by floatingslowly

I never really thought that Psychic TV was scarey.

I have lots of old Psychic TV on vinyl, but it was never really scarey, just weird.

they really got kind of dance-y toward the end of the 80's too. I was one of maybe 20 people that saw them in Dallas for the Towards Thee Infinite Beat tour, and again, it was weird, but nothing like seeing Ogre from Skinny Puppy disembowel himself on stage.

I think I might be jaded.

I was talking more 1981-85 era. You know, with the pounding and the screaming and the bloodletting and whatnot.
I had some friends that thought Skinny Puppy were scary in the 80s (we were teenagers), but I always thought they were funny.

Some Legendary Pink Dots stuff from the early and mid-80s is pretty unnerving.
Early Laibach used to freak me out when I was a kid, but then they turned into a comedy act and I wound up thinking all of their stuff was funny after that. I still like the early material a lot, but it's no longer "scary" to me.

The Residents' "Eskimo" and "Freakshow" LPs have some pretty freaky passages.

[Glice]

Originally Posted by sarramkrop

The Bomb 20 of 'Flip Burgers Or Die!' is another one that springs to mind. Racist prick that goes by the username of Glice will probably agree with me on this one.

I'm incapable of listening to that tune without having a nice, polite, middle-class riot of dancing, so, in theory, that song sounds like my limbs gyrating manically rather than being scary. It is one of the better songs of ever though.

I'd have to side with a lot of contemporary composers on the disturbing side of things. Schnitkke, Ligeti, Lutoslawski, the Stravinsky of the Rites, Mahler when he's not being all gay and romantic, Penderecki (even later stuff - ooh). Sometimes I get that mood where Jandek does what he's meant to, but mostly I find it less interesting.

I listened to a Francesco Lopez piece last night [untitled number something] while I was sleeping. It was amazing, woke up to this horrible bee noise, someone breathing and a rhythmically off-set grandfather clock. So very wrong. Obviously there's your Diamandas and your Hainos. Otherwise, it's all been mentioned. Assuming someone's mentioned C93. Have they? To be honest, I skim more than ever these days, and I couldn't be fucked to read everything in the first place.

[Rob Instigator]

when rob instigator was but a wee lad

the first Suicidal tendencies album really weirded/disturbed/creeped me out. listening to saw your mommy and your mommy's dead, or suicidal failure at age 13 trying not to have mom or dad walk in and listen to it was nerve-wracking.

when I was 13 and first heard the Misfits, especially die die my darling and Mommny Can I Go Out And Kill Tonite?

when I was 17 and first heard Skinny Puppy, tha shit creeped me out bad. just weird weird stuff. "Make sure we're properly dead before you start, Ol' Ripbeak!"

when I was 18 and I first heard Confusion is Sex all the way through. That shit FUCKED ME UP. it literally scared me.

the first time I danced to A DAISY CHAIN FOR SATAN by My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult, I was like "what the fuck am I dancing to?" especially the tortured addict screams. I love that song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN0yI-ambNY

tripping acid with The Instigators and listening to Naked City.

also, the first time my man Mike Grayum showed me and played me the BRUJERIA "Machetazos" single. fuck!

so many disturbing bands and times.

[Rob Instigator]

and who can forget the first time they sat and listened to the early butthole surfers!!!!!!!!

[Rob Instigator]

never heard of sparks before, just checked them out. that is some weird weird shit.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ax8JYmoRhy4

[Torn Curtain]

The Birthday Party (or at least the few vids I saw of them as I don't know them well)
Early Sonic Youth
The Slayer of Reign in blood
The Cure (Pornography era)
The Tim Buckley of Lorca and Starsailor

[auto-aim]

Originally Posted by sonicl

^
Sparks?

 

Slow on the uptake. Thank you though. It gives me chills just looking at that picture.

[SynthethicalY]

The Cure (Mostly Pornography)
Confusion is Sex at one in the morning.
Thom Yorke

[HECKLER SPRAY]

^Yorke ? Yeah, he's so depressing...^
Confusion is Sex... Well, it's dark, but I don't find it scary or disturbing. Why ?

[SuperCreep]

I don't understand why Sparks should be in this thread at all. They're anything but scary.

Anyway, the first bands that sprung to mind were Univers Zero (the Heresie album, in particular) and the '71-'73 period of Tangerine Dream. Miles Davis' 70's material is pretty scary as well.

[k-krack]

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

never heard of sparks before, just checked them out. that is some weird weird shit.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ax8JYmoRhy4

WTFuck?!?!?!
Here's my thoughts, courtesy of me on msn:
k-krack says:
It's like Abba meets USAISAMONSTER at a gay dance club that's playing Kraftwerk, and everyone inside is high on helium.

[pbradley]

The first time I listened to the Butthole Surfers, it was by watching the Blind Eye Sees All video. Very disturbing.

And the Crucifucks. I know I would be worried if I saw Doc Corbin Dart suddenly start cutting his face mid song.

[Cantankerous]

bauhaus were not even disturbing.

[Florya]

Early SPK - 'Despair' freaked me out first time I heard it.
2nd Annual Report era TG
Metgumnerbone
VDO - esp. Music for Hashishins
Early PTV
Zos Kia
Club Moral/Bum Collar
Whitehouse
Early Current 93

[Phlegmscope]

Definitely The Birthday party
Also early Neubauten.

I would've been scared at the Hanatarash show that involved the venue destruction with a backhoe.

Originally Posted by Glice

I'm incapable of listening to that tune without having a nice, polite, middle-class riot of dancing, so, in theory, that song sounds like my limbs gyrating manically rather than being scary. It is one of the better songs of ever though.

I'd have to side with a lot of contemporary composers on the disturbing side of things. Schnitkke, Ligeti, Lutoslawski, the Stravinsky of the Rites, Mahler when he's not being all gay and romantic, Penderecki (even later stuff - ooh). Sometimes I get that mood where Jandek does what he's meant to, but mostly I find it less interesting.

I listened to a Francesco Lopez piece last night [untitled number something] while I was sleeping. It was amazing, woke up to this horrible bee noise, someone breathing and a rhythmically off-set grandfather clock. So very wrong. Obviously there's your Diamandas and your Hainos. Otherwise, it's all been mentioned. Assuming someone's mentioned C93. Have they? To be honest, I skim more than ever these days, and I couldn't be fucked to read everything in the first place.

Oh yes, why did I forget Francisco Lopez? I find Third Eye Foundation's 'Lions Writing The Bible' a bit whooooo, but that is probably because it was used in Chris Morris' Jam and it stuck with me. Your Diamandas and C93's should be there for obvious reasons. Philip Jeck can be rather freakish if played at night, and so can certain Merzbow stuff. In fact, I urge you to play Jeck with the lights off in your room at 2:00 am. Tell me if that doesn't make you feel a little bit queasy.

Coil live in New York

1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_w424ci_5k

2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkAgzD0xFvY

3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBXOGByX3vg

4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHP5xYUvxEY

5 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AmlBHp7q4A