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Stereogum's 30 Essential Noise Rock Tracks

"Before noise rock had a name, rock critics such as Lester Bangs and Robert Christgau came up with their own suitably unpleasant ways of describing the tortured sounds of music oozing out of the American underground in the late '70s and early '80s. Out of the roots of hardcore and punk slithered something much nastier and much noisier. That vile beast is the sound we now know as noise rock."
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Sister Ray - The Velvet Underground
Sister Ray - The Velvet Underground
1
L.A. Blues - The Stooges
L.A. Blues - The Stooges
2
Satisfaction - The Residents
Satisfaction - The Residents
3
Half Japanese - No Direct Line From My Brain to My Heart
Half Japanese - No Direct Line From My Brain to My Heart
4
Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 2
Glenn Branca - Lesson No. 2
5
Massacre - Killing Time
Massacre - Killing Time
6
The Birthday Party - Big Jesus Trash Can
The Birthday Party - Big Jesus Trash Can
7
Flipper - Sex Bomb
Flipper - Sex Bomb
8
Scratch Acid - Mess
Scratch Acid - Mess
9
Swans - A Screw (Holy Money)
Swans - A Screw (Holy Money)
10
Bad Penny - Big Black
Bad Penny - Big Black
11
Butthole Surfers - Graveyard
Butthole Surfers - Graveyard
12
Sonic Youth - Silver Rocket
Sonic Youth - Silver Rocket
13
Royal Trux - Solid Gold Tooth
Royal Trux - Solid Gold Tooth
14
Helmet - Sinatra
Helmet - Sinatra
15
The Jesus Lizard - Monkey Trick
The Jesus Lizard - Monkey Trick
16
Cows - Heave Ho
Cows - Heave Ho
17
Unsane - Body Bomb
Unsane - Body Bomb
18
Melt Banana - It's in the Pillcase
Melt Banana - It's in the Pillcase
19
US Maple - Letter to ZZ Top
US Maple - Letter to ZZ Top
20
Brainiac - I Am a Cracked Machine
Brainiac - I Am a Cracked Machine
21
Oxbow - The Last Good Time
Oxbow - The Last Good Time
22
Today Is the Day - Kill Yourself
Today Is the Day - Kill Yourself
23
Boredoms - Super Are
Boredoms - Super Are
24
McLusky - To Hell With Good Intentions
McLusky - To Hell With Good Intentions
25
Lightning Bolt - 2 Towers
Lightning Bolt - 2 Towers
26
The Locust - Listen, the Mighty Ear Is Here
The Locust - Listen, the Mighty Ear Is Here
27
Deerhoof - Milk Man
Deerhoof - Milk Man
28
HEALTH - Die Slow
HEALTH - Die Slow
29
Metz - Rats
Metz - Rats
30
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