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Cock E.S.P. is one of the most prolific noise music bands today, appearing on over 50 separate albums, some of them containing collaborations with artists like Costes, Merzbow, Thurston Moore, Weasel Walter, Panicsville, Harry Pussy and Misty Martinez. Their physical performances generally last from 20 seconds to 5 minutes. They have performed with groups like Sonic Youth, Melt Banana and Stereolab. Noise music is music that uses sounds regarded as unpleasant or painful under normal circumstances. ... Jean-Louis Costess noise music albums can be described as wild, chaotic screechfests through dark Freudian terrain. One-time husband of Lisa Crystal Carver, he helped write the backing noise-opera music of the Suckdog Circus, and was also a performer in Suckdog, along with Carver, Dame Darcy, Coz... Merzbow is the name used by Japanese musician Masami Akita (秋田昌美 Akita Masami) (born 1956) for most of his experimental noise records. ... Thurston Moore Thurston Joseph Moore (July 25, 1958 – ) is an American musician, probably best known as a singer and lead guitarist for Sonic Youth. ... Creator of the free glam aesthetic, along with other members of To Live and Shave in L.A. 2 including Liz Armstrong and Rat Bastard, and one of the reigning scene kings of the Chicago noise scene during the 90s and early 00s. ... Panicsville is a Chicago noise music group founded in 1992 by Andy Ortmann (founder of Nihilist Records) with David Forquer and Ryan Kohler. ... Harry Pussy was a rock band from Miami, active from 1992 to 1998. ... Misty Martinez may not be the only sex-noise provocateur, but shes certainly one of the most famous. ... Sonic Youth is a rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ... Melt-Banana is a Japanese noise rock band that was founded in 1992 by friends attending Tokyo University for Foreign Language. ... Stereolab are a UK-based band whose style, mixing 1950s-1960s pop and lounge music with the motorik beat of krautrock, was one of the first to which the term post-rock was applied. ...


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