Come on Feel the Noise

Free speech is a constitutionally mandated right in this country, and everyone has a right to their opinion. Conversely, everyone has the right to dispute said opinions, even MOCK said opinions. So this morning, I bring you M.A.N.--Mothers Against Noise. As my friend Jason, where I found this link, said, "I'd be afraid if it wasn't so laughable".

For all of my friends out there who are fans of Radiohead, or Sonic Youth, take heed. Those bands are "gateway bands" to the noise, lumped into the same evil category as Andrew W-K, and a list of other bands I've never even heard of (and I work in a middle school).

A quote, to help you discover their true organizing principles:

Lets take a slight roll down history lane, shall we?? First there was Mozart, then Beethoven, then Glen Miller, and all was fine in the world.. :) then the bomb called Elvis was dropped, soon came Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash, this was the rage called rock and roll. And the world would never bee the same again, Parents disdained it and generally their opposition was based on the sound and style of the music. But the underlying theme had become the anthem for the youth culture. To many this theme became far more important and influential than the actual music. This theme was more than just an image--- IT WAS THE SPIRIT OF REBELLION!! Music was no longer an organized structure of melody and notes, rock and roll introduced dissonance and unpleasant sound at extremely loud volumes. Though far from advocates, parents and educators dismissed it as a fad of teen years, The excuse was (and still is in noise) that all teenagers go thru a time of testing and growing that is often associated with rebellion. Rock and Roll didn't go away. Noise musicians see that rock music has lost its affect and has became an accepted form within the climate of music and now the noise agenda has its sights on eliminating any traces of melody or structure. In my estimation this is where we lost Americas- and literally the worlds youth culture. Music is the foundation of culture and these self proclaimed prophets seek on destroying what little we have yet to hold on to. In this post 9-11 world we have to fight harder and smarter than our enemies. We must arm our self with knowledge and seek to shine light where there is only darkness.

Noise is one of the most fanatical cults I have ever seen, within hours of putting our website and message board online we were flooded with messages and email from those involved in the scene. These people hide behind the guise of "artistic creativity" while in reality they are out to destroy any trace of art.(How contradictory is that folks?) It spreads a message that is dogmatically opposed to the message of the "establishment" and thus attains the status of a cult in my mind. A lot of "noise defenders" will use excuses that they are presenting alternatives to the established order that is also rotten, but instead of trying to offer a well balanced alternative to the system they seek on tearing it down. The noise scene is also structured a lot like terrorist organizations, they work in small numbers with no clear leader and work feverishly on their 'music' often self releasing cds and records (I might add if you heard most of this stuff, youd see why). This makes our job a lot harder since we do not have a handful of larger record companies to boycott or pressure. (source)

These bands are like TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS, people! Terrorists! Out to corrupt and destroy our beloved country!

Please, PLEASE, go look at their website. Come back and tell me what you think, and try not to bust something laughing so hard.