'Noise' solos?

MagicPigDetective

No one's mentioned Sonic Youth....... a plethora of Ranaldo and Moore noise fests in their catalogue. 

4on6

EricTheWeary said:

4on6 said:

Haven’t seen Fripp or Belew mentioned yet?? (Or did I just miss it??) Surely they are naturalised in these climes?? Fripps solo on Bowie’s Fashion and Belews on Talking Heads The Great Curve come to mind... then does anyone remember the Flying Lizzards cover of Barrett Strong's Money? No idea who that was but it interested me at the time. 

It's very pedantic but people give too much credit already to the mop tops. 


I was thinking of songs like Heroes and Boys Keep Swinging although I haven't listened to them for ages. Fripp plays on some of David Sylvian's solo work and I love the atmospheric playing although probably not many defined solos ( that come to mind anyway).    

Of course!! I stand correctly corrected. 

Basher

Loobs said:

Marc Ribot on some of the early Tom Waits stuff probably qualifies. 

I think that his work with Waits can be very melodic but with an amazing, gutbucket sort of sound.

If you want some noisy Ribot, look no further than Ceramic Dog:

MagicPigDetective

Andy Bell of Ride going ballistic with the wah on this scorching version of Seagull

https://youtu.be/Xy44DgD_F6g

Kim Thail also loves his off the wall wah solos

https://youtu.be/gkPDK0m8Ir4

Loobs

Basher said:

Loobs said:

Marc Ribot on some of the early Tom Waits stuff probably qualifies. 

I think that his work with Waits can be very melodic but with an amazing, gutbucket sort of sound.

If you want some noisy Ribot, look no further than Ceramic Dog:

Seeing them for the second time in December, Ribot is an absolute favourite of mine and huge inspiration!

jdgm

Think it is Phil Manzanera on this -

Bellycaster

Loobs said:

Or maybe Graham Coxon on Coffee & TV by Blur? 

Also "There's no Other Way" but someone probably mentioned that by now.

Philly_Q

Another from Page Hamilton.  Starts building up around 2:20 then kicks off after 2:50.

RocknRollDave

I know it's not really noise (except for the Arc Weld thingy), but Neil Young's soloing always sounds like a fight between melody and cacophony. Absolute filth.

Greatape

Redlester said:

Robert Quine is the master. Exhibit A: Waves of Fear by Lou Reed. 

Also, his playing on Mathew Sweet's 'Girlfriend' and 'Altered Beast.'

David Torn

Philly_Q

Greatape said:

Redlester said:

Robert Quine is the master. Exhibit A: Waves of Fear by Lou Reed. 

Also, his playing on Mathew Sweet's 'Girlfriend' and 'Altered Beast.'

I love those albums.  Such a great combination of beautiful catchy pop songs and filthy guitar.

Pabcrane

Terror Couple Kill Colonel by Bauhaus.

HarrySeven

https://youtu.be/eURiSqDih6M

16:16 onwards. Love it.

Loobs

Officially the best thread on tfb this year. 

Creed_Clicks

HerbieTheRadDorklift said:

Slayer's solos are generally an awful noise.

haha, was going to say Kerry King! Yep, they always remind me of a young fella learning how to play lead guitar, or learning how to shred, is kind of half way there, but figures out how to use a whammy bar and shitloads of distortion to make it sound really cool. Still, it worked for Slayer, and was part of their sound, so more power to them!

imalrightjack

OP reminded me of Slayer meets Max Cavalera.  I need to listen to more Helmet.

I improvised this solo at around 3m 10s which is maybe more dissonant than just noise but was quite happy with it, as I tend to play much more controlled and measured way:

markarkark

I've always had a soft spot for this video of Glenn Branca beating up a telecaster in 1978

EricTheWeary

Creed_Clicks said:

HerbieTheRadDorklift said:

Slayer's solos are generally an awful noise.

haha, was going to say Kerry King! Yep, they always remind me of a young fella learning how to play lead guitar, or learning how to shred, is kind of half way there, but figures out how to use a whammy bar and shitloads of distortion to make it sound really cool. Still, it worked for Slayer, and was part of their sound, so more power to them!

I'm not very familiar with Slayer but I remember reading an interview with him years ago in which he said his approach to solos was pretty much just making random noise, I was never quite sure whether he meant it or not. 

roberty

Does the 15 or so seconds from 3:50 count as a solo? Some pick scrapey things

BloodEagle

EricTheWeary said:

Creed_Clicks said:

HerbieTheRadDorklift said:

Slayer's solos are generally an awful noise.

haha, was going to say Kerry King! Yep, they always remind me of a young fella learning how to play lead guitar, or learning how to shred, is kind of half way there, but figures out how to use a whammy bar and shitloads of distortion to make it sound really cool. Still, it worked for Slayer, and was part of their sound, so more power to them!

I'm not very familiar with Slayer but I remember reading an interview with him years ago in which he said his approach to solos was pretty much just making random noise, I was never quite sure whether he meant it or not. 

He meant it - I played in a Slayer cover band and can tell you that a lot of Slayer 'solos' are based off the exact same fretboard run, with varying amounts of random whammy action thrown in  - not exactly musical , but thats the point. I love Slayer