May 31, 2004(2004-05-31) (aged 61) New York City, U.S.
Genres
Rock
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Electric guitar
Years active
1975–2004
Labels
Sire, RCA, Infidelity, Lust/Unlust, Zoo Entertainment, Red Star, Tzadik
Musical artist
Robert Wolfe Quine (December 30, 1942 – May 31, 2004) was an American guitarist. A native of Akron, Ohio, Quine worked with a wide range of musicians, though he himself remained relatively unknown. Critic Mark Deming wrote that "Quine's eclectic style embraced influences from jazz, rock, and blues players of all stripes, and his thoughtful technique and uncompromising approach led to rewarding collaborations with a number of visionary musicians."[1]
His collaborators included Richard Hell & the Voidoids, Lou Reed (notably on The Blue Mask), Brian Eno,[2] John Zorn, Ikue Mori, Marc Ribot, Marianne Faithfull (Strange Weather), Lloyd Cole, Matthew Sweet and Tom Waits.
Lester Bangs wrote that he was a "pivotal figure" and "the first guitarist to take the breakthroughs of early Lou Reed and James Williamson and work through them to a new, individual vocabulary, driven into odd places by obsessive attention to On the Corner-era Miles Davis."[3] Quine was ranked 80th by Rolling Stone magazine's David Fricke in his list of "100 Greatest Guitarists".[4]
^"Robert Quine - Biography & History - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
^Bangs, Lester (ed. Greil Marcus) (1987, 2003). Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung. Anchor Books (a division of Random House). New York. ISBN 0-679-72045-6
^Fricke, David (December 3, 2010). "100 Greatest Guitarists: David Fricke's Picks". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
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down, alongside themes of violence, paranoia, and alcoholism. Reed and RobertQuine's guitars were mixed separately in the right and left stereo channels...
sessions in late 1983, was released online in March 2023. Guitarist RobertQuine, who had played on Reed's previous two studio albums, The Blue Mask (1982)...
for a new band in early 1976. For guitarists, Hell found RobertQuine and Ivan Julian—Quine had worked in a bookstore with Hell, and Julian responded...
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that "musically, Destiny Street is a stirring, adventurous record, with RobertQuine turning in a particularly impressive performance on guitar." He praised...
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the languages in Star Wars Basic (Glen Campbell album), 1978 Basic (RobertQuine and Fred Maher album), 1984 B.A.S.I.C. (Alpinestars album), 2000 Basic...
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of RobertQuine's guitar parts were mixed down or removed entirely. Legendary Hearts peaked at No. 159 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. RobertQuine later...
sexual obsession and death. Before Eno made Ambient 4: On Land (1982), RobertQuine played him Miles Davis' 32-minute long avant-fusion piece "He Loved Him...
Entertainment. Sweet formed a new band (which included Richard Lloyd, RobertQuine, Greg Leisz, Lloyd Cole, and Fred Maher), and together they spent that...
both come from musical backgrounds. Auerbach is the cousin of guitarist RobertQuine, a "veteran of New York's avant-rock scene." Carney is the nephew of...
United States. His solo career has found him collaborating with the late RobertQuine, Fred Maher, Dave Derby and Jill Sobule. Clark continued working with...
Basic, an instrumental collaboration album with ex-Voidoids guitarist RobertQuine. Maher's credits as a producer include Lou Reed's New York (1989), Trip...
shortly afterwards. According to Michael Carlucci, a friend of RobertQuine, "Lou told Quine that the reason why he had to get rid of Cale in the band was...
as "Todo es Igual Siempre". He has collaborated with Mark Gardener, RobertQuine, drummer Pete Thomas, Lloyd Cole, Matthew Sweet and Fred Maher. In 2005...
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