NOISE POP

'Noise pop' is a term used to loosely describe a number of alternative rock bands that fuse punk rock's attitude and anger with the atonal noise, feedback, and free song structures of noise music, presented in a decidedly pop context. ''Psychocandy'' by The Jesus and Mary Chain, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music), is often considered to be the album that defined and launched the genre.

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Style

Influences

Related genres

Notable bands

Sample

External links

Style

Noise pop as a genre typically contains standard pop instrumentation; electric guitar, bass guitar, drumset, and occasionally keyboards; with a number of effects and methods often present in the songs, including fuzz, feedback, drones, and minimalism, which are usually not present in more mainstream forms of music. Song structures generally follow standard pop/rock formulae, and song lengths usually tend to be around 3 mintues; noise pop is therefore viewed as being more accesible than its cousin, Noise Rock. Despite the genre's arguable evolution from Punk Rock, where lyrics are typically spoken or shouted, most noise pop bands feature sung, melodic vocals, and harmonies are not altogether uncommon in the genre.

Influences

The Velvet Underground were a major influence on the genre, with their experiments with feedback and distortion on their early albums. Early noise pop bands Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr. combined rock/pop song structure with heavy distortion. The band most widely credited as being the first noise pop band was The Jesus and Mary Chain.

Related genres

Noise pop and shoegazing are very closely related genres, many shoegazing artists can also be considered as noise pop. Noise pop was the chief inspiration for the shoegazing movement. Noise rock is a similar genre to noise pop, although it is more closely related to experimental music.

Notable bands

★ 14 Iced Bears

★ 18th Dye

★ Coaltar of the Deepers

★ Crest

★ Dinosaur Jr.

★ early The Flaming Lips

★ The Hair and Skin Trading Company

★ Helium

★ The Jesus and Mary Chain

★ Liars

★ Medicine

★ My Bloody Valentine

★ Monty Casino

★ Meat Whiplash

★ Mercury Rev

★ Modest Mouse

★ Pale Saints

★ early Pavement

★ Ride

★ Scarling.

★ Smashing Pumpkins

★ Sonic Youth

★ Spiritualized

★ The Swirlies

★ Velocity Girl

★ Wizardzz

★ Xinlisupreme

★ Yo La Tengo

Sample

External links

★ Official Noise Pop Festival Web Site

★ Noise Pop on AMG