This article is about the specific genre. For the general application of noise in rock music, see Noise in music § Rock music, and Noise music § Noise rock and no wave.
Not to be confused with hard rock.
Noise rock
Flipper at the 9:30 Club, Washington, D.C., 1984
Other names
Noise punk
Stylistic origins
Experimental rock
punk rock
noise
minimal
industrial
hardcore punk[1]
Cultural origins
c. Mid-1960s to 1980s, New York City, United States
Derivative forms
Grunge
post-hardcore
Other topics
Alternative rock
avant-punk
indie rock
noise pop
post-punk
no wave
mathcore
grindcore
Noise rock (sometimes called noise punk)[2] is a noise-oriented style of experimental rock[3] that spun off from punk rock in the 1980s.[4][5] Drawing on movements such as minimalism, industrial music, and New York hardcore,[6] artists indulge in extreme levels of distortion through the use of electric guitars and, less frequently, electronic instrumentation, either to provide percussive sounds or to contribute to the overall arrangement.[4]
Some groups are tied to song structures, such as Sonic Youth. Although they are not representative of the entire genre, they helped popularize noise rock among alternative rock audiences by incorporating melodies into their droning textures of sound, which set a template that numerous other groups followed.[4] Other early noise rock bands were Big Black, Swans and the Jesus Lizard.
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^Felix 2010, p. 172.
^Osborn, Brad (October 2011). "Understanding Through-Composition in Post-Rock, Math-Metal, and other Post-Millennial Rock Genres*". Music Theory Online. 17 (3). doi:10.30535/mto.17.3.4. hdl:1808/12360.
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