For Fans Of: Sonic Youth, Swans, Helmet, Rhys Chatham, Phillip Glass, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, LaMonte Young, Noise Bands, Guitar Driven Heavy Metal "Symphony No. 1 is the acme of what recent New York art rockers have yet accomplished. This may be the loudest piece of music this writer has ever heard." - John Rockwell, New York Times. July 19, 1981

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If one chooses to categorize the music on this recording as "rock," this is surely one of the greatest rock albums ever made. But there's the rub. While sporting many of the trappings of the genre -- the instrumentation (electric guitars), the rhythms, the volume, and, most certainly, the attitude -- there is much about The Ascension that doesn't fit comfortably into the standard definition of the term. Not only does the structure of the compositions appear to owe more to certain classical traditions, i...   [ read more ]

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When looking at all the press that followed 99 Records' release of Glenn Branca's 'The Ascension' in 1981, one cannot avoid the debate, is 'The Ascension' a rock band performing classical pieces, or an experimental ensemble performing rock music? Glenn's prior work in the seminal no-wave bands The Static and the Theoretical Girls represented some of the most aggressively avant-rock sounds of the New Wave era, while his work in the two decades since has taken on a decidedly 'classical' approach. However, fo...   [ read more ]

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