King Crimson. Genesis. Alice Cooper. Marilyn Manson. Mike Patton. Fantomas. The Mars Volta. The Dillinger Escape Plan. What do all these artists have in common? For their time (and the way they shaped their careers), they will forever be known as different and original. I'm sure I missed a few names on the above-mentioned list, but all those artists are major players in the experimental music scene. Zappa could be considered as the King of Experimental. As it was mentioned previously in this course, nobody was doing anything remotely close to Zappa's music at the time. Even Zappa's vision of how he wanted to compose was totally new back then. He went in the totally opposite direction of the norm and continued to produce anti-commercial music and art; and he was extremely successful in doing so. The funny part is Zappa had an R&B collection of over 700 singles, loved Doo-Wop and was fascinated by classical music. This is the same case for a lot of experiemental musicians. They're intrigued by stuff that is more "out-there" however the music they listen to or are influenced by is as normal as it gets. For example, grind-core giants The Dillinger Escape Plan are one of the heaviest and ¨noisiest¨ bands in the heavy metal scene. Somehow they are primarily influenced by 1980´s glam-pop and lead singer Greg Puciato´s favorite artist is Justin Timberlake. It isn´t about how strange or obscure your influences are or even what one listens to for that matter. It is more so how a musician or an artist can shape their legacy into a sound or an image of their own.
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