Directed by Scott Crary, with Ron Albertson; Angus Andrew; Tristan Bechet; Hisham Bharoocha; Glenn Branca; Sebastien Brault; Brian Chase; Bjorn Copeland; Eric Copeland; Susan Donaldson; Michael Gira; Aaron Hemphill; Eugene Hutz

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Take a trip to a musical terrain where art and punk collide as filmmaker Scott Crary presents an illuminating look at New York City's short-lived no wave scene of the late 1970s and early '80s. A scene that birthed bands more concerned with challenging listeners rather than getting them out on the dance floor, no wave was an attempt by frustrated punk rockers to eschew such traditional concepts as influence and rhythm to birth something truly transgressive and original. Though the music of such no wavers as Suicide, Lydia Lunch, and Theoretical Girls would ultimately be deemed unlistenable by the majority of music fans, the post-punk elements of the style would later be adapted into a more commercial sound by such popular bands as Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Black Dice, and Liars.

«Un sound apocalittico». Così Martin Rev, dei Suicide, sintetizza la rivoluzione musicale che scosse New York tra la fine degli anni '70 e l'inizio degli '80. La cosiddetta "No Wave", celebrata da questo film, non nasceva come movimento musicale, quanto come modo di esprimere le urgenze artistiche di una generazione disperata, che non seguiva alcun canone né prendeva spunto da nulla di già ascoltato prima.
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