OFF: Zorn (was Re: CYM and SA)
bart
bart at AEOLIANS.BT.CO.UK
Mon Oct 21 12:49:11 EDT 1996
> > I agree, the first Naked City album is excellent! If you like the short
> > (< 1 minute long) tracks on that album, it's also worth tracking down
> > either Torture Garden, which is 42 tracks in the same ilk; or their
> > third album, the name of which escapes me, which includes most of Torture
> > Garden along with reworkings of some classical stuff. After that they
> > get a bit variable. I have Heretic, which is mainly avant-garde-ish jazz.
> > I've heard that Radio is along the lines of their first album.
>
> I had Torture Garden a few years ago. I thought it was horrible (though
> my tastes, or lack thereof, have "expanded" quite a bit since then).
> Anyway, it struck me as just short bursts of noise and screaming. :-)
So how does Painkiller etc fit in ? There's the Buried Secrets album (gross
sleeve photo of a handcuffed person digging up skulls) & maybe another (with
the serial killer photo on the insert). Haven't heard any of Zorn's stuff but
I must admit I'm curious.
Tim
ObCD: Underworld _dubnobasswithmyheadman_
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