Members thirdtwin Posted March 20, 2008 Members Posted March 20, 2008 I'm thinking Greg Ginn on Black Flag's Damaged EP, Jon Spencer on {censored} Galore's Right Now LP, Bryan Gregory on The Cramps' Songs The Lord Taught Us LP, and so on. In many ways, these guitarists go against so much that is talked about regarding all things 'tone', and yet rarely has a six-stringed instrument plugged into a battered combo/stack sounded quite so, well, toneful, I suppose, as it does in the hands of these sonic sadists? Any other great 'anti-tone' merchants worth considering?
Members trill Posted March 20, 2008 Members Posted March 20, 2008 Vernon Reid's tone is pretty oogly. Also, Steve Albini's stuff with Big Black is really harsh/nasty sounding. Reverend A. Johnson's lap steel tone on "God Don't Like It" is raw. Neil Young, too.
Members thirdtwin Posted March 20, 2008 Author Members Posted March 20, 2008 Yeah, I'd totally agree with Albini. Not so much for Shellac, but definitely Big Black and Rapeman. Very good call. Blixa Bargeld from Einsturzende Neubauten also deserves an honorary mention.
Members thirdtwin Posted March 20, 2008 Author Members Posted March 20, 2008 I've always wanted to like the MC5 more than I actually do. Granted though, the guitars on Starship can get pretty out-there at times. I don't know the name of the guitarist involved, but the tone on Count Five's Psychotic Reaction is just down-right sinister. I really wish someone would start up a magazine, along the lines of Guitarist, but which focuses on these kind of players rather than yet another bloody David Gilmour article.
Members ignatz Posted March 20, 2008 Members Posted March 20, 2008 Ron Asheton. Dan Auerbach. Tom Morello.
Members trill Posted March 20, 2008 Members Posted March 20, 2008 Seriously, check this out. The guy is a madman.
Members thirdtwin Posted March 20, 2008 Author Members Posted March 20, 2008 Yeah, no question about Asheton. Lyle Presler from Minor Threat also created some outrageously spiteful tones. Check out Screaming at a Wall from the Discography compilation. Sheer violence. [edit] Damn - I can't download that sample cos I'm using someone else's comp at the moment.
Members trill Posted March 20, 2008 Members Posted March 20, 2008 Damn - I can't download that sample cos I'm using someone else's comp at the moment. You can listen to it from the website without downloading it, actually.
Members thirdtwin Posted March 20, 2008 Author Members Posted March 20, 2008 You can listen to it from the website without downloading it, actually. Good point. I'll save it for later. Nice one.
Members ignatz Posted March 20, 2008 Members Posted March 20, 2008 Holy {censored}, that song is unbelievable.
Members trill Posted March 20, 2008 Members Posted March 20, 2008 If you like that one, check this one out. Recorded in 1952 (or thereabouts).
Members lukeswall Posted March 20, 2008 Members Posted March 20, 2008 Blixa Bargeld from Einsturzende Neubauten also deserves an honorary mention.never thought I would see them mentioned here. Greg Ginn is fantastic!My favorite terror guitarrist comes from Japan. His name is Makoto Kawabata (or Kawabata Makoto) and his band is called Acid Mothers Temple.jUZL6wbxKok He swings his guitar for the sounds, not for destruction. The guy from Helmet, also. His tone is pure brick to the face.
Members lukeswall Posted March 20, 2008 Members Posted March 20, 2008 s'more bCEeO8eSQoM Not freaking out: rvVEv3_Gtrk
Members ghost town Posted March 20, 2008 Members Posted March 20, 2008 Norman Westerburg from the Swans always had a really cool tone. Raw, scraping, bent telecaster tone, through a marshall stack. The first few albums were quite violent/ cathartic...
Members noisebloom Posted March 20, 2008 Members Posted March 20, 2008 If Tom Morello played punk, he'd probably be Ichiro Agata of Melt-Banana. Agata has a very jagged tone, and their usually-DIY production values don't help matters much. He has a lot of effects on hand, but half the time he sounds like he's plugged straight in, without regard to where the knobs are set.
Members Small Stone Posted March 20, 2008 Members Posted March 20, 2008 I once saw Daniel Lanois live, and was amazed by the fact that he could play very sweet, beautiful songs, with the ugliest dirty guitar tone he could get. This guy is a genius producer, who happen to appreciate the vertues of ugly tones. No mentions of Jack White anyone? This guy sells millions of albums with a dirty out-of-tune-from-a-cheap-guitar tone. Quite an achievement.
Members JohnnyDD Posted March 20, 2008 Members Posted March 20, 2008 The guitarist in Cows has the sound. +1 Albini who plays with a metal neck guitar.
Members warriorpoet Posted March 20, 2008 Members Posted March 20, 2008 He swings his guitar for the sounds, not for destruction. The guy from Helmet, also. His tone is pure brick to the face. weird
Members sylvesterlowery Posted March 20, 2008 Members Posted March 20, 2008 I once saw Daniel Lanois live, and was amazed by the fact that he could play very sweet, beautiful songs, with the ugliest dirty guitar tone he could get. This guy is a genius producer, who happen to appreciate the vertues of ugly tones. No mentions of Jack White anyone?This guy sells millions of albums with a dirty out-of-tune-from-a-cheap-guitar tone. Quite an achievement. That was my first thought for rude violent tone. I'd also like to throw Link Wray into the ring.
Members yabba Posted March 20, 2008 Members Posted March 20, 2008 godflesh early sveeedish death metal ala entombed/dismember
Members Motorcycle Posted March 20, 2008 Members Posted March 20, 2008 Cheetah Chrome & Jimmy Zero: Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer [YOUTUBE]r8dC9M6OCkE[/YOUTUBE] James Williamson : Stooges - Search & Destroy [YOUTUBE]TKYALsp-sIg&feature[/YOUTUBE] Johnny Ramone, Brian James, Steve Jones, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Mick Ronson, Ed Kuepper, Johnny Thunders, Marco Pirroni, Richie Stotts, Guy Days, are all pretty edgy.
Members veil Posted April 1, 2008 Members Posted April 1, 2008 He swings his guitar for the sounds, not for destruction. The guy from Helmet, also. His tone is pure brick to the face. I'm reviving this thread because nasty, gritty, ugly guitar tone is {censored}ing great.
Members lukeswall Posted April 1, 2008 Members Posted April 1, 2008 the tones coming out of Velvet Underground's Voxs on White Light/White Heat are beyond nasty.That first solo played by Fred Frith on Living in The Heart of The Beast, by Henry Cow, sounds like a guitar covered in napalm.
Members book_of_lies777 Posted April 1, 2008 Members Posted April 1, 2008 how about the entire genre of black metal? crappy tone and violent as {censored} - which suits it perfectly.
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