Look at me! Look at me! Look at me!

[substitute]

I'm a Nazi! I'm a Satanist! I'm a pirate! I'm a vampire! I'm a...

http://www.boydrice.com/

Musical innovator? Sure. Ahead of his time? Definitely. Culturally prescient? Uh-huh.

Annoying? Ohhh yeahhh. As an attention-getting device, "is he or isn't he a Nazi" almost beats G.G. Allin's "is he or isn't he going to kill me on stage". This way to der Egress! Also, hail Satan, etc.

But he did sort of invent modern electronic noise music.

Comments

[springheel-jack.livejournal.com]

The nazi thing is no problem. What is a problem is that he brought back fucking Tiki shit, and lounge music, and a bunch of b movies that I think still suck no matter how much people want to say they don't. We had enough kitch - did we have to reanimate the dead?

true, true

[substitute.livejournal.com]

He should have just gone into Lifestyle Marketing for Viacom or Coca-Cola or something, and he'd be rich as cosmonauts and happier now.