Not music? So what's your point?
Robert Burnett | Washington DC | 03/27/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Don't be fooled by the reviews from people doing their "you call that art" routine. This collection represents the guitar as a sound object--to me a metamorphosis of the standard approach to guitar as a stringed,melodic instrument. Chadbourne uses reverberation,percussion,harmonics,musique concrete etc. to create a very open, contemplative approach to rethinking the creative possibilities of the guitar. It may scare you but maybe that's what you need."
Steak knives on guitar strings...
Robert Burnett | 06/25/1999
(1 out of 5 stars)
"Perhaps a fine recording of noises extracted (at knifepoint) from a guitar, but don't be fooled - it ain't music. I may not be able to get my twelve bucks back, but I might find a use for this disk yet - PULL!"