?Blonde Redhead's noisy, dissonant guitars, alternate tunings, and quiet, stilted lyrics have often been compared to early Sonic Youth. After randomly meeting at an Italian restaurant in New York, Japanese art students Kazu Makino and Maki Takahashi and Italian twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace formed the band in 1993. The name was taken from a song by the '80s no wave band DNA. With Makino and Amedeo on guitars and vocals, Simone on drums, and Takahashi on bass, the band's chaotic, artistic rock caught    [ read more ]

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With their second release, La Mia Vita Violenta, Blonde Redhead maintain their organically low-fi aesthetic and continue to prove themselves as one of indie rock's real triumphs. Even after the departure of guitarist Maki Takahashi, they still make more noise with thre   [ read more ]

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Self-titled debut album. Rock music is this process, and Blonde Redhead have been on a quest to get there since circa 1992. Twin power, in the form of identical Italian expatriates Simone and Amadeo Pace, anchors the band on drums and guitar respectively, while the third element, Kazu Makino, soars and slahes on guitar and voice from without and within.

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