Guitar (#104)

Source here. Originally recorded on April 16th, 1998. If you look at the absurdly brief history of rock music, you'll notice that it both starts and ends with the acquisition and abandonment of the electric guitar. Barely an eyeblink in our cultural history, and yet it commandeers an exalted location in our minds. Preposterous. This show is made up mostly entirely of guitar samples. The sounds are occasionally processed. Completely Attack-Free Like an amplified spring doorstop. Suddenly, Bass! String Scraping Tradition creeps in Smooth meets Rough Not strictly "Rock", per se Drone Tuning with King Crimson More careful instruction Less practice more flailing Distortion is an instrument unto itself Crunch and Grind Hammer no more the strings