I think early Trail of Dead is good noise rock. They're also considered other things so I wouldn't classify them purely as noise rock, but the early stuff...noisy.

and if not...

Shellac or Rapeman's probably my favorite out of the Albini groups



Some of my favorite Lightning Bolt

Oh, and anyone a fan of any Noise Pop?
Some of my favorites

That is the Japanese band Melt Banana and the album is Cell Scape.

wheres the noise...?

Hell, every album made by all of Albini's own bands are essential. Then there's the 800 bands whose albums he produced that are worth checking out. Check his credits in the Skin Graft catalog and you're set.

I enjoy F*ck Buttons, Melt-Banana, Big Black, and Lightning Bolt. I really need to check out some of these other bands.

I sadly have never listened to Rapeman. I intend to change that ASAP, I ****ing love Big Black. I love most noise rock though, I was just trying to clarify what exactly falls under the term (I'm not so clear on genres, but my favorite music tends to be things made to be played loud with lots of distortion).

As far as noise pop, I'd recommend the Raveonettes, and definitely Railcars (they're very bizarre but one of my favorite bands), also Women seem to fit in with the bands you mentioned. More noise rock - The Mutators are always good, as well as AIDS Wolf. If you're looking for full blown noise check out Yellow Swans, but that has far less melody and structure than anything else mentioned so far.

You sure? What is considered noise rock then?


These guys are pretty awesome.