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Posted: May 29 2008 at 09:30

see: RIO/Avant Prog subsection

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Posted: May 29 2008 at 10:19

I won't call these weird but I am sure many others will:

Not prog or rock for that matter but plain odd - Stalaggh (and now they're Gulaggh)

http://www.myspace.com/stalaggh

Read their bio in that Myspace page and listen to the sounds they produce...

Another one, which again I have passed beyond the point of thinking they're weird is Random Touch (which I like a lot)

http://www.randomtouch.com/

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Posted: May 29 2008 at 22:35

BaldJean wrote:

good examples so far. Peter Hammill's "Loops and Reels" come to my mind too, as well as "Spur of the Moment", a collaboration he did with drummer Guy Evans.
another one is Vangelis' "Beaubourg"

Vangelis' Beauborg was the one that came to my mind as well.

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Posted: May 29 2008 at 22:44

Klaus Nomi , not really prog but... . The Residents albums, certainly. The Tubes (White Punks on Dope) . Split Enz (debut album - Bee Zahr) and of course "Are we not men?" DEVO.

All real prog albums are a bit weird in a way, as compared to the commercial sludge.

Edited by tszirmay - May 29 2008 at 22:47

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Posted: May 30 2008 at 01:37

Red Noise - Sarcelles Locheres 1970
Nihilist Spasm Band - No Record 1968
Horrific Child - L'etrange Mr. Whinster 1976

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Posted: May 30 2008 at 12:17

I just heard Mr. Bungle at my friends house for the first time, and it is far from anything I've ever heard before, it's great but extremely odd.

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Posted: May 30 2008 at 14:16

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Fantomas and Mr. Bungle

yes, very much so.

also, I think its only weird if you haven't heard it before. Like, when I first heard Magma, I was like, well, this is like jazz right? (now I really really love zeuhl, although imo magma has some really weak albums) but now I can see what they're coming from and what they want to do.

when I introduced my friend to them his first thought as soon as he heard the vocals was, this is undoubtably the gayest sh*t ever. (jokingly of course, but I'm sure he thought they were a gimmick. now, they're still not his favorite thing, as he says they're mechanical, but he respects what they do.

so really, all music is weird if you're getting into them for the first time. for example, I thought close to the edge was very weird and over my head the first time I listened to it (probably was my first jump into prog) but now its like, yeah and?

even stuff that could be considered really weird even objectively like ephel duath's pain necessary to know (which is a bit of an avant-garde foray into free jazz-metal) can seem normal after repeated listens.

but as a general rule, just scope out avant-garde stuff like Sleepytime gorilla Museum, or psychedelia like dungen.

also, gnidrolog is very weird. and just check out the most weirdest obtuse album of all time: Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica

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Posted: May 31 2008 at 08:24

Faust's debut

The Mothers of Invention

Fantomas' discography!

Patton's 'Adult Themes For Voice'

Wha-Ha-Ha - Shinutokiwa Betsu

Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica

Several albums by Residents and John Zorn as well.

Of course, there's loads of other stuff as well

Edited by Bj-1 - May 31 2008 at 08:26

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Posted: May 31 2008 at 11:32

ha, cheers for the armand schaubroeck shout out, definitely an interesting fellow

well, i'm not sure if it qualifies as prog..don't know what it is actually, but the shaggs' philosophy of the world album is the most beautiful, horrible, and naive thing all at once haha

also, Ariel Pink makes a lot of music that is pretty out there a lot of it has prog influences

I remember thinking Robert Wyatt's End of an Ear had some pretty crazy tracks on it too

oh, and Shooby Taylor - the most progressive and insane scat artist to have ever lived haha

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Posted: May 31 2008 at 12:04

Love*The*Shaggs

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Posted: May 31 2008 at 12:32

Rocktopus wrote:

Yukorin wrote:

Frankie Dymon Jnr 'Let It Out'

Far out! Have you got this on vinyl?

I downloaded it a while ago because of the Achim Reichel link. It's pretty awesome stuff but I prefer Die Gruene Reise and Echo.

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Posted: May 31 2008 at 17:20

ha, White Noise occurred to me too right after i made my first post - i only discovered them a couple years ago and was certainly happy i did!

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Posted: June 01 2008 at 08:20

Pope Adrian 37th Psychristriatic by Rudimentary Peni is pretty weird. Here's what Wikipedia says -

The majority of the album was written while lead singer/guitarist Nick Blinko was being detained in a psychiatric hospital under Section 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983. The subject matter of the album relates to the delusions Blinko was experiencing at the time, particularly the idea that he was "Pope Adrian 37th". Adding to the album's unique sound, the phrase "Popus Adrianus" is looped and can be heard in the background throughout the entire album.

"The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time."

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Posted: June 01 2008 at 10:49

A B Negative wrote:

Pope Adrian 37th Psychristriatic by Rudimentary Peni is pretty weird. Here's what Wikipedia says -

The majority of the album was written while lead singer/guitarist Nick Blinko was being detained in a psychiatric hospital under Section 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983. The subject matter of the album relates to the delusions Blinko was experiencing at the time, particularly the idea that he was "Pope Adrian 37th". Adding to the album's unique sound, the phrase "Popus Adrianus" is looped and can be heard in the background throughout the entire album.

Sounds like my cuppa. Will be downloading/paying top dollar (whichever comes first) when I get a touch of free.

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Posted: June 01 2008 at 11:39

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John Zorn's entire discography.

You think so? Doesn't he compose a lot of Klezmer or Klezmer-inspired music?

And even among his weird stuff there are degrees of weirdness - IMO he was at his most uncompromisingly, mindbogglingly opaque with his early stuff, notably the Game Pieces.

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Posted: June 01 2008 at 21:21

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Posted: June 01 2008 at 22:19

I bought last month ''La Luna ''from HOLGER CZUCAY bassist of CAN .....i didn't listened to it prior buying it...i should have

......that's weird.......a long ''electronic mass'' where absolutely nothing happens, except a few vocals at the end.......47 mns of agony!!!!!!

Has anyone here listened to this ''masterpiece''?

Money wasted!!!!!

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Posted: June 01 2008 at 22:30

eh, personally i stay far away from anything Can related since Future Days...except maybe Jaki Liebovitz stuff, like his collab with Burnt Friedman and anything Damo Suzuki related

as far as for more strange prog albums,
what about Ween's The Pod - though not as prog as some of their other albums like The Mollusk, this one is definitely pretty messed up

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Posted: June 02 2008 at 01:00

I agree most prog is at least a little weird or it wouldn't be prog. My list of weird albums may not be that weird because I like them to still be listenable:

Gentle Giant - most of their output

Univers Zero - any album.

Miriodor - Mekano (the only one I've heard)

These are about the only two bands leaning toward RIO I can listen to. They're weird enough.

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of natural History. Really weird. I love it and I can't understand why.

I've been looking for a fairly weird song I taped off college radio back in the 80's. It's called "Men in Black" or "We Are the Men in Black." This was long before the movie(s) of the same name. The song had a creepy guitar and strange processed vocals. I'm thinking the group was The Stranglers? Or was it the Residents? I have not been able to find it since I taped it.

Edited by Weston - June 02 2008 at 01:02