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Chris Cutler (born January 4, 1947) is an English percussionist, composer, lyricist and music theorist. Best known for his work with English avant-garde rock group Henry Cow, Cutler was also a member and drummer of a number of other bands, including Art Bears, News from Babel, Pere Ubu and (briefly) Gong/Mothergong. He has collaborated with many musicians and groups, including Fred Frith, Lindsay Cooper, Zeena Parkins, Peter Blegvad and The Residents, and has appeared on over 100 recordings. Cutler's career spans over three decades and he still performs actively throughout the world. Image File history File links Chris_Cutler_(ReR_2001_Catalogue). ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... 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The Art Bears formed out of what was left of the disassembly of the Progressive Rock group Henry Cow in 1978. ... News From Babel was an English avant-garde rock group founded in 1983 by Chris Cutler, Lindsay Cooper, Zeena Parkins and Dagmar Krause. ... Fred Frith performing at the Moers Jazz Festival, 1 June 1998. ... Peter Blegvad (born 14 August 1951) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and cartoonist. ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Art rock. ... Rock band (or rock group) is a generic name to describe a group of musicians specializing in a particular form of electronically amplified music. ... Henry Cow performing in Fresnes, France, 16 November 1975 Left to right: Tim Hodgkinson, Lindsay Cooper, Dagmar Krause, John Greaves, Chris Cutler and Fred Frith Henry Cow was a British avant-garde rock group, founded at Cambridge University in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. ... In music, a band is a company of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ... The Art Bears formed out of what was left of the disassembly of the Progressive Rock group Henry Cow in 1978. ... News From Babel was an English avant-garde rock group founded in 1983 by Chris Cutler, Lindsay Cooper, Zeena Parkins and Dagmar Krause. ... Pere Ubu are an experimental rock music group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. ... Gong are a progressive rock band formed by Australian musician Daevid Allen. ... Fred Frith performing at the Moers Jazz Festival, 1 June 1998. ... Lindsay Cooper (born 3 March 1951) is a British bassoon and oboe player, composer and political activist. ... Zeena Parkins (born Detroit, MI) is a harpist active in rock music, free improvisation and jazz. ... Peter Blegvad (born 14 August 1951) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and cartoonist. ... The Residents The Residents are an avant garde music and visual arts group. ...

Cutler created and runs the British independent record label Recommended Records, is the editor of the music magazine unFILEd, and has written a collection of essays on music, including a book on the political theory of contemporary music. An independent record label is variously described as a record label operating without the funding (or outside the organizations) of the major record labels, and/or a label that subscribes to indie philosophies such as DIY and anti-corporate art. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ...

Biography

Chris Cutler was born in Washington, D.C., but was raised in England. He never studied music but tried his hand at banjo, guitar, trumpet and flute while at school. He finally settled for drums "because I wanted to be in a band and drummers were scarcest."¹ Cutler formed his first band in 1963, playing Shadows and Ventures instrumental covers, then played in several R&B and soul bands. In 1966 he joined a band called Louise which performed on the London psychedelic club circuit for three years before breaking up. Looking for work, Cutler placed a series of advertisements in Melody Maker over a period of nine months in 1970. This put him in touch with a number of musicians which led to Cutler and Dave Stewart of Egg forming The Ottawa Music Company, a 26 piece rock composer's orchestra, in 1971. Soon afterwards, Henry Cow, looking to replace the drummer who had just left them, responded to one of Cutler's adverts and invited him to a rehearsal. Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Shadows are an English instrumental rock n roll group active from the 1950s to the 2000s. ... Walk Dont Run (1960) The Ventures are a rock instrumental band formed in 1958, by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle, two Seattle masonry workers. ... Rhythm and blues (aka R&B or RnB) is a popular music genre combining jazz, gospel, and blues influences â€” first performed by African American artists. ... For other uses, see Soul music (disambiguation). ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... The word psychedelic is a neologism coined from the Greek words for mind, ÏˆÏ…Ï‡Î· (psyche), and manifest, Î´Î·Î»ÎµÎ¹Î½ (delein). ... Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was (until its closure) the worlds oldest weekly music newspaper. ... Dave Stewart is a musician who is best known for recording with singer Barbara Gaskin. ... See also The Egg (funk band) for the electronic band. ... Henry Cow performing in Fresnes, France, 16 November 1975 Left to right: Tim Hodgkinson, Lindsay Cooper, Dagmar Krause, John Greaves, Chris Cutler and Fred Frith Henry Cow was a British avant-garde rock group, founded at Cambridge University in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. ...

Henry Cow

Henry Cow had been formed in 1968 by Cambridge University students Fred Frith (guitar) and Tim Hodgkinson (woodwind and keyboards). By 1971 the band had gone through a number of personnel changes and it was only when Cutler joined them in September 1971 that the group stabilised. Frith, Hodgkinson and Cutler became Henry Cow's permanent core until the band split up in 1978. The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ... Fred Frith performing at the Moers Jazz Festival, 1 June 1998. ... Tim Hodgkinson Tim Hodgkinson (born 1 May 1949) is a British experimental composer and performer, principally on keyboards and reed instruments. ...

Henry Cow was a groundbreaking group that launched the careers of many of its members, including Cutler's. Their music was uncompromising and this eventually put them at odds with the mainstream music business, forcing the band to do everything themselves: from recording, manufacturing and releasing their own albums, to organising their own tours and being their own management and agency. All this proved invaluable experience for Cutler that would assist him greatly in his future endeavours. The group spent most of its last three years touring Europe and many of Cutler's future collaborations resulted from contact made with musicians on these tours. In Henry Cow's last few months they initiated Rock in Opposition (RIO), a collective of like-minded bands they had encountered through Europe that were united in their opposition to the music industry. The music industry is the industry that creates and performs music, both in the form of compositions and performances. ... Flyer for the 1st RIO festival, 12 March 1978, The New London Theatre, London. ... The music industry is the industry that creates, performs, promotes, and preserves music. ...

Recommended Records

After Henry Cow disbanded in 1978, Cutler created Recommended Records in London, an independent label and distribution network for RIO artists. The record label quickly filled the gap left by commercial labels and soon began to also release non-RIO bands and musicians. Recommended Records always placed the musicians first and profits second, and as a result experienced financial difficulties from time to time – but it has kept going for over 25 years, and has been one of Cutler's great success stories. There are a number of musicians whose work would never have seen the light of day had it not been for Cutler's label. RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Other bands and projects

Cutler's first post-Henry Cow project was Art Bears (1978-1981), a group formed by Cutler, Fred Frith (guitar and keyboards) and Dagmar Krause (vocals, from Henry Cow) six months before Henry Cow split up (see Henry Cow for details). Art Bears was largely a song-orientated group that recorded three studio albums. Cutler's main contributions were the songs texts and (with Frith) the album productions. Art Bears (in the wake of Henry Cow) was well received by critics and further boosted Cutler's reputation in "progressive" circles. The Art Bears formed out of what was left of the disassembly of the Progressive Rock group Henry Cow in 1978. ... Dagmar Krause (b. ... Henry Cow performing in Fresnes, France, 16 November 1975 Left to right: Tim Hodgkinson, Lindsay Cooper, Dagmar Krause, John Greaves, Chris Cutler and Fred Frith Henry Cow was a British avant-garde rock group, founded at Cambridge University in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. ...

In 1982, Cutler co-founded the Anglo-German group Cassiber (1982-1992) with German musicians Heiner Goebbels, Alfred Harth and Christoph Anders. Over the next ten years Cassiber produced five albums and toured Europe, Asia and North America. Their music was very experimental and often involved spontaneously improvising pre-existing structured and arranged material. ² The term Anglo can be used as a prefix to indicate a relation to England, as in the phrases Anglo-American or Anglo-America. It is also used, somewhat loosely, to refer to a person or people of English ethnicity in North America. ... Heiner Goebbels (born August 17, 1952) is a German composer and music director. ... Alfred 23 Harth (born September 28th 1949 in Kronberg, Germany) is a creative artist in sound and vision, a polystylist, and a multimedia artist from Germany and now living in Seoul, Korea. ...

In 1983, Cutler formed News from Babel (1983-1986), another song-orientated group with core members Cutler, Lindsay Cooper (from Henry Cow), Zeena Parkins (a United States harpist) and Dagmar Krause. With guest musicians (including Robert Wyatt) they made two critically acclaimed studio albums, but did not perform live. News From Babel was an English avant-garde rock group founded in 1983 by Chris Cutler, Lindsay Cooper, Zeena Parkins and Dagmar Krause. ... Lindsay Cooper (born 3 March 1951) is a British bassoon and oboe player, composer and political activist. ... Zeena Parkins (born Detroit, MI) is a harpist active in rock music, free improvisation and jazz. ... // Robert Wyatt, born Robert Ellidge, in Bristol on 28 January 1945, is an English musician, and a former member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine. ...

Cutler was a member of the United States experimental rock band Pere Ubu between 1987 and 1989. He had first encountered them in Washington DC in 1978 while exploring the possibility of Henry Cow touring America (which never materialised as Henry Cow disbanded soon after). Cutler kept in touch with Pere Ubu until they split in the early 1980s and their singer, David Thomas began a solo career. Cutler and Lindsay Cooper joined Thomas in 1982 to form David Thomas and the Pedestrians, and for the next three years they toured Europe and North America and made two albums. Over the next few years, some of the ex-Pere Ubu members began joining the Pedestrians. Cooper left in 1985 and by 1987 the group (now called David Thomas and the Wooden Birds) was effectively Pere Ubu again. As Pere Ubu, the band (with Cutler) made two albums. Cutler left in 1989. Pere Ubu are an experimental rock music group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. ... David Thomas (born 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. ... David Thomas (born 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. ... David Thomas (born 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. ...

In 1991, Cutler and German composer Lutz Glandien recorded the critically acclaimed song project Domestic Stories. Cutler wrote the song texts and played drums, while Glandien composed and performed the music with samplers and computers. The supporting musicians were Dagmar Krause (vocals), Fred Frith (bass and guitar) and Alfred Harth (saxophone and clarinet). Cutler collaborated with Glandien again in 1994 to record Scenes from no Marriage and to participate in P53, a commission for the 25th Frankfurt Jazz Festival with Zygmunt Krauze, Marie Goyette, Otomo Yoshihide. Otomo Yoshihide (å¤§å‹ è‰¯è‹±) (born August 1, 1959) is a Japanese experimental musician. ...

The (ec) Nudes was a band Cutler, Wädi Gysi (guitar) and Amy Denio (vocals, bass, saxophone, accordion) formed in 1993. The trio recorded Vanishing Point, a CD of songs with texts by Cutler and music by Gysi and Denio, and toured extensively. Bob Drake later joined the group on bass and as a quartet they toured all over Europe, Canada and Brazil, but did not record. Cutler left the group in 1994. Amy Denio (b. ... Bob Drake (born 1957) is an American avant-garde musician. ...

Cutler and Yugoslavian keyboardist and composer Stevan Tickmayer formed The Science Group in 1999 to record A Mere Coincidence, an album of songs on science topics (quantum mechanics, etc.). Cutler wrote the texts, Tickmayer composed the music, with Amy Denio on vocals, Bob Drake on bass, Fred Frith on guitar and Claudio Puntin on bass clarinet. In 2003 The Science Group, as a quartet, released Spoors, an instrumental album, with Bob Drake on bass and Mike Johnson on guitars. Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in South Slavic languages, ÐˆÑƒÐ³Ð¾ÑÐ»Ð°Ð²Ð¸Ñ˜Ð° (Serbian, Macedonian Cyrillic): Land of the South Slavs) describes three separate political entities that existed on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe during most of the 20th century. ... Fig. ...

Other collaborations

The ex-Henry Cow members have always maintained close contact with each other and Cutler still collaborates with many of them. Cutler and Fred Frith have been touring Europe, Asia and the Americas since 1978 and have given dozens of duo performances. Three albums from some of these concerts have been released. Image File history File links Fred_Frith_and_Chris_Cutler_(ReR_2001_Catalogue). ... Image File history File links Fred_Frith_and_Chris_Cutler_(ReR_2001_Catalogue). ...

Other musicians and bands Cutler has performed and recorded with over the years include Tim Hodgkinson, Lindsay Cooper, Zeena Parkins, Peter Blegvad, John Greaves, René Lussier, Jean Derome, Tom Cora, Jon Rose, Aqsak Maboul, The Residents, The Work, Duck and Cover, Les Quatre Guitaristes De L'Apocalypso Bar, The Kalahari Surfers, Hail and Biota. John Greaves (born 23 February 1950) is a British bass guitarist and music composer, best known as a member of Henry Cow (1969-1976) and his collaborative albums (1977) and Smell of a Friend (as The Lodge) with Peter Blegvad. ... RenÃ© Lussier (born April 15, 1957) is a musician based in the province of QuÃ©bec, Canada. ... Tom Cora at the Moers Jazz Festival 1997. ... Jon Rose (born 1951) is an Australian violinist. ... Aksak Maboul (originally spelt Aqsak Maboul) were a Belgium avant-garde rock band founded in 1977 by Marc Hollander and Vincent Kenis. ... Hail are an American indie/punk band with an avant-garde twist consisting of Susanne Lewis (vocals, guitar, main composer and lyricist) and Bob Drake (bass). ...

Solo performances

Since the late 1990s, Cutler began giving solo electrified percussion performances to audiences across the world. His first was in Tokyo in June 1998, which was recorded in a documentary film, At the Edge of Chaos, by award winning film director Shinji Aoyama. The first part of the film is equipment set-up and sound-checks, plus interviews with Cutler, while the second part is the improvised concert itself. Tokyo , literally Eastern capital) is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, the home of the Japanese Imperial Family, and the de facto[1] capital of Japan. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...

In 2001 Cutler released Solo: A Descent Into the Maelstrom, an album of solos on his electrified drum kit taken from live performances in Europe and the United States between August 2000 and May 2001. In 2005 he released Twice Around the World, an album of real-time recordings made from all over the world between 23.30 and midnight GMT. The material was taken from a daily half-hour radio programme Cutler ran for Resonance FM: Out Of The Blue Radio between July 2001 and July 2002. logo Resonance 104. ...

Electrified drum kit

Chris Cutler never studied music and taught himself drumming on make-shift drum kits assembled with whatever was on hand. He slowly developed a technique using a "top-down" approach as opposed to the traditional "bottom-up" approach used by schooled drummers. Drummers are first taught basic patterns which are later combined into more complex patterns. Cutler learned the opposite way, hearing or imagining a sound and then disciplining his hands and feet to reproduce it. This "top-down" approach resulted in a unique style of drumming that pervades all of Cutler's performances and recordings.

By the time Cutler was drumming for Henry Cow in 1971, his had become a perfectly competent, albeit unconventional, drummer. The nature of Henry Cow was to experiment and explore and it was here that Cutler developed and refined his drumming techniques. It was also here that he started to electrify his drum kit. He began by attaching old telephone mouthpieces to drums and cymbals, and connecting them to an amplifier and a reverb unit. He later added a small mixer for four independent inputs. The effect was very basic: a few low-grade inputs with only equalisation and reverberation to manipulate. Generally, an amplifier is any device that uses a small amount of energy to control a larger amount of energy. ... When sound is produced in a space, multiple reflections may build up and blend together, creating reverberation, or reverb. ... BBC Local Radio Mark III radio mixing desk In professional audio, a mixing console, mixing desk (Brit. ...

By 1982, Cutler had added another small mixer, a pitch shifter and a delay unit. He had also begun using cheap guitar transducers and a table full of additional wired objects (pans, metal trays, small tambours and egg-slicers). Image File history File links Chris_Cutler_ElectrifiedKit. ... Image File history File links Chris_Cutler_ElectrifiedKit. ... A pitch shifter is an audio processor that changes the pitch of an audio signal. ... It has been suggested that Effects pedal be merged into this article or section. ... A transducer is a device, usually electrical or electronic, that converts one type of energy to another. ... This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ...

Cutler experimented briefly with drum pads triggered to play sampled or synthesized sounds, but quickly dismissed this option because he found them unresponsive and inflexible. They reduced a drum to nothing more than a switch: hit it and a pre-programmed sound is emitted, irrespective of how hard or in what manner the drum is struck. Cutler preferred real-time processing: amplifying and modifying actual sounds produced by the drum, making it a kind of an electroacoustic instrument, immediate and responsive, and retaining all the qualities of an acoustic drum kit. An AKAI MPC2000 sampler // [edit] Overview The emergence of the digital sampler made sampling far more practical, and as samplers added progressively more digital processing to their recorded sounds, they began to merge into the mainstream of modern digital synthesizers. ... A synthesizer (or synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument designed to produce electronically generated sound, using techniques such as additive, subtractive, FM, physical modelling synthesis, or phase distortion. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

Cutler went on to wire his entire drum kit, using a 16 channel mixer with multi-effect processors, a "Space pedal", a "Whammy pedal", a PDS 8000 and an old Boss pitch shifter/delay unit. In addition to transducers, he also attached miniature microphones to some of the drums and sticks. Cutler introduced feedback into the mix by placing a monitor speaker near the kit.

The electrified drum kit continues to evolve and to Cutler it is "satisfyingly unpredictable", responsive to all his old techniques while continuing to generate new ones. It has a unique "voice" that Cutler still has not plumbed the depths of. This is what prompted him to start giving solo performances because it tested his skill at playing an instrument he had to treat as an equal and evolve with. ³

Writings and talks

Talks

In the early 1980s, Chris Cutler became active in the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) and started giving talks and participating in symposia throughout the world. Some of the talks he has given are: The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

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Essays

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Books

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Discography

Here is a selection of albums Chris Cutler has performed on, showing the year they were first released:

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Unrest is an album by British avant-garde rock group Henry Cow, recorded at Virgin Records Manor studios in February and March 1974. ... Virgin Records is a British recording label founded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Henry Cow Concerts is a live double album by British avant-garde rock group Henry Cow, recorded at concerts in London, Italy, the Netherlands and Norway between September 1974 and October 1975. ... Caroline Records was a subsidiary of Richard Bransons Virgin Records label during the early to mid 1970s. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Western Culture is an album by British avant-garde rock group Henry Cow, recorded at Sunrise Studios in Kirchberg, Switzerland in July and August 1978. ... 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Virgin Records is a British recording label founded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972. ... The Art Bears formed out of what was left of the disassembly of the Progressive Rock group Henry Cow in 1978. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The World as it is Today is the last studio album from the Art Bears. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... Aksak Maboul (originally spelt Aqsak Maboul) were a Belgium avant-garde rock band founded in 1977 by Marc Hollander and Vincent Kenis. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Crammed Discs is an independent record label specializing in world music, pop, and electronica. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... This article is about the year. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... Fred Frith performing at the Moers Jazz Festival, 1 June 1998. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... News From Babel was an English avant-garde rock group founded in 1983 by Chris Cutler, Lindsay Cooper, Zeena Parkins and Dagmar Krause. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... David Thomas (born 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Winter Comes Home was a live album credited to David Thomas and his Legs, released in 1982, in which Thomas was supported by Chris Cutler and Lindsay Cooper. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rough Trade on 130 Talbot Road (nearby Notting Hill station) Rough Trade Records is a British independent record label. ... Peter Blegvad (born 14 August 1951) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and cartoonist. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... Pere Ubu are an experimental rock music group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pere Ubu are an experimental rock music group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. ... Fontana Records was a record label active in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1960s, as a subsiduary of the Dutch Phillips company. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cloudland is Pere Ubus seventh album. ... Fontana Records was a record label active in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1960s, as a subsiduary of the Dutch Phillips company. ... Hail are an American indie/punk band with an avant-garde twist consisting of Susanne Lewis (vocals, guitar, main composer and lyricist) and Bob Drake (bass). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Zeena Parkins (born Detroit, MI) is a harpist active in rock music, free improvisation and jazz. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... RenÃ© Lussier (born April 15, 1957) is a musician based in the province of QuÃ©bec, Canada. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Three Suite Piece is an album of music released by RenÃ© Lussier, Chris Cutler and Jean Derome. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Old Farts by the Sometimes-United Nations. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... RÃ©R Megacorp logo, 2005. ...

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Biography

Henry Cow

Recommended Records

Other bands and projects

Other collaborations

Solo performances

Electrified drum kit

Writings and talks

Talks

Essays

Books

Discography

Bibliography

Films

Footnotes

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Contents

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Henry Cow

Recommended Records

Other bands and projects

Other collaborations

Solo performances

Electrified drum kit

Writings and talks

Talks

Essays

Books

Discography

Bibliography

Films

Footnotes

See also

External links

Biography