SecondEdition wrote:Alright, I have to know.

How did they get those guitar tones?

The sound is the most startling thing for me on returning to listen after 21 years. Songs like Too Late are the final sting of the departing punk style. The crackle of the guitars is often underlaid and boosted by a similar sound from the RMI Electrapiano through a distortion pedal or overdriven amp. One thing we did achieve was an integrated electric sound, where the originating instrument is often difficult to figure out. What sounds like a keyboard is often an electric guitar, and vice versa. The put-down of my keyboards in the rock purist columns of Trouser Press magazine might have been because of the organ-like bits, where they probably loved the synth through the MXR Distortion+ pedal. Maybe they just hated the voice loops, bells, temple blocks, flutes, tubular bells (processed through a ring modulator in Marooned after Bruce had objected that he didn't want any bell tolling, too corny).

...tubular bells (processed through a ring modulator in Marooned after Bruce had objected that he didn't want any bell tolling, too corny).

We kick things off this year with seminal punk legends, Wire on May 30th.

cjh wrote:Do let us know how that live date shapes up if you attend nathan. - Margaret Fiedler (ex Moonshake/Laika/PJ Harvey's touring band) is filling in for Bruce Gilbert on this tour.