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Suicide: The Sound of NYC

Lester Bangs, ROIR Records, September 1981

OVER THE LAST few years there've been a whole lot of catch phrases bandied about to describe what folks kept insisting was "new" music unlike anything aforeheard on planet Earth: "minimalism", "industrial music" etc. etc. etc. But there is one group which authentically exemplifies both of those concepts in their purest state, and was there way ahead of the pack: you’re holding an authentic document (which you can also eat) of their visionary Innovations In your hands.

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