New York avant-garde composer/conductor and guitarist with No Wave groups the Static and Theoretical Girls Glenn Branca passed away May 13 from throat cancer. He was 69. A major influence on the international noise-rock scene , Branca's massive guitar-centric works inspired artists like Sonic Youth , Swans , Polvo , Live Skull, Sunn O))), Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Tone, and many others striving to find new methods to rejuvenate rock's tired tropes through alternate guitar tunings, towering drones, and hypnotic repetition.
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