The Citizens For Interplanetary Activity
Posted on May 22, 2008
An obscure San Francisco band founded in 1966 who recorded a soundtrack for a 23-minute underground experimental film.
An obscure San Francisco band founded in 1966 who recorded a soundtrack for a 23-minute underground experimental film.
Throbbing Gristle startled a complacent mid '70s arena rock scene with distorted, grinding noise music.
They blended elements of krautrock, psych, Terry Riley-influenced minimalism and the Velvet Underground.
In German, Neu! means New! And in 1971, Neu! was indeed new, as that was the year this archetypical krautrock band formed.
Too bad they were stuck in a midwest podunk town and never received proper acclaim as one of the first '70s punk bands!
Considering the high quality of their music, the fact that Shocking Blue never became well-known in the U.S. is simply, well, shocking.