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Old 03-01-2017, 05:05 PM   #237 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Mrs. Tristan Rosenstock View Post
Grindcore + weird genre-bending interludes + poor, forced execution = John Zorn wannabe
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Originally Posted by OccultHawk View Post
I get the Zorn comment probably stemming from Naked City but the Zorn dabbling in grindcore was probably more of an influence the other way. This record is from '88.
OH beat me to it.

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Originally Posted by Mrs. Tristan Rosenstock View Post
I get that but my opinion still stands. If they didn't take the idea from Zorn it came from Bungle's demos mayhaps or perhaps they were original. Either way it's not good.
lol Bungle was the Zorn wannabe in the room watchu on about

I don't think it's that out of the ordinary to do genre blending and would put this down as an original idea for OLD. You're right that Zorn and Bungle really drove the explosion of that idea in the 90s though.
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