The Music Thread

[CosmykTheDolfyn]

How about some outsider music, aka music made by non trained musicians? You may ask "Why do I want to listen to that noise", but often they have been self trained and it's more than just noise. Also, as they know less about music, they quit caring about song structure and such, giving a truly unique experience.

Spoiler

The Residents, perhaps the most famous outsider group, is a collection of Visual art students from Georgia. In the 40+ years, they have never revealed their name or faces, hiding behind giant eyeballs or other masks. They have released 60 albums, created the first music video, and influenced a ton of other bands without ever being famous.

Mind you, this was released in the 60s right here: The Shaggs. A few girls who had no idea what they were doing. Their album "Philosophy of the World" has been cited as a influence from artists such as Frank Zappa and Kurt Corbain of Nirvana.

Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band are perhaps the best selling outsider band of all time, if not The Residents. Either way, his music was a massive influence on punk, new wave, post punk and alternative rock.

That was just a taste. If you really enjoyed that, I suggest you also check out Janderk, Daniel Johnston and Moondog. I just picked videos of perhaps the 3 most influential outsider musical acts ever.