Outsider music

[CLUBMEDhurst]

This could possibly be the most despised thread on the music forum.

Have developed an interest in the weird and wonderful world of the musical "outsider". Wikileaks describes it as

a term coined by Irwin Chusid in the mid-1990s, are songs and compositions by musicians who are not part of the commercial music industry who write songs that ignore standard musical or lyrical conventions, either because they have no formal training or because they disagree with formal rules. This type of music, which often lacks typical structure and is emotionally stark, has few outlets; performers or recordings are often promoted by word of mouth or through fan chat sites, usually among communities of music collectors and music connoisseurs. Outsider musicians usually have much "greater individual control over the final creative" product either because of a low budget or because of their "inability or unwillingness to cooperate" with modifications by a record label or producer

How can you not love Jan Terri?
Apparently Marilyn Manson had her play at his birthday!



Arcesia (John Arcesi) was a former crooner fronting big bands in the 40's and 50's, had a hit with
Wild Honey, but it was for his 1971 release, Reaching Arcesia, that he really displayed his "outsider" chops. Emotive, passionate lyrics against a background of fuzzed guitars and organ it was overlooked and derided on release.

You decide



Jade Stone & Luv. Only album, "Mosaics: Pieces of Stone" is an undiscovered psychedelic gem from a coupla stoners from Nashville in the mid-70's. Rare music collector, Paul Major has this to say
"Groovy love vibes thru a prism of jade statues in swinging singles apartment complex action... Cadillac with fuzzy dice, feather boa, lotsa cigarette burns, stale perfumed ashen air. This album in the 8-track player at 5 AM with someone you don't even know passed out in the backseat, as you head to the diner to meet up with an early-bird Lava Lite salesman who deals pills on the side. Bubbly champagne molecules become the plastic vinyl booths in dim-lit dive bars; it's crackerbox post-war suburban low-rent psychedelic…"

"Reality" is quite delicious



So lemme he have your freaks, geeks and others that are shunned by mainstream music!

 

[dumb]

obviously the shaggs are a part of this thread. frank zappa counts among their fans.



the mighty shevalreq. if i remember rightly, self-described as black-metal crossed with world music. of course, it's almost made up entirely of synths and 70's guitar solos...???



currently there's a lot of one man band, pr0n-gore, splattergrind, cybergrind or whatever you want to call it, being made. clearly, once you look at the song titles these are disaffected, misogynist male adolescents brought up on a steady diet of internet pr0n, mortician (band) and basement living. some examples. closely aligned with the metal genre and noise genres (pure noise acts like merzbow, masonna, have existed well outside the mainstream music for years)

 

[dumb]

noise



merzbow - minus zero. this song will feature on rage occasionally


there's also a whole bunch of hippy freestyle shit out there

 

[HugeJohnson]

Hipsters

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

Hipsters

Never heard of 'em. Any good?

 

[Macca19]

CumFartCocktail? Thats the best name for a band ive heard in my life!

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

obviously the shaggs are a part of this thread. frank zappa counts among their fans.

The Runaways of the bad music scene

currently there's a lot of one man band, pr0n-gore, splattergrind, cybergrind or whatever you want to call it, being made. clearly, once you look at the song titles these are disaffected, misogynist male adolescents brought up on a steady diet of internet pr0n, mortician (band) and basement living. some examples. closely aligned with the metal genre and noise genres (pure noise acts like merzbow, masonna, have existed well outside the mainstream music for years)

Will always be outsider. That CumFartCocktail ain't you, is it?

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

The mentally ill are outsider heroes



and the grandaddy, ROKY

 

[dumb]

That CumFartCocktail ain't you, is it?

unfortunately not. i'm surprised some of those guys have the time to do anything at all with the amount of it they must spend dick in hand.

i looked up the 'outsider music' term in wikipedia, there is some amazing stuff in there. guys inventing their own instruments and musical scales, incredible.

 

[FlyingBurittoBro]

Arcesia (John Arcesi) was a former crooner fronting big bands in the 40's and 50's, had a hit with
Wild Honey, but it was for his 1971 release, Reaching Arcesia, that he really displayed his "outsider" chops. Emotive, passionate lyrics against a background of fuzzed guitars and organ it was overlooked and derided on release.

You decide

I like the song but the production is horseshit.