London, Ontario's venerable improvisational music collective The Nihilist Spasm Band – making a rare Toronto appearance with CxFx, PHOLD, Toddler Body and Boner Jerusalem at the Tranzac Club (292 Brunswick) on Wednesday (May 11) – may be considered little more than cult curio by mainstream media at home but outside of Canada they're revered for their wildly creative innovations in sound manipulation. Yamantaka Eye of Boredoms infamy has acknowledged The Nihilist Spasm Band as an important foundational influence on his own sonic assaults.
Check out the clip below from Tamori's World Of Music taped during the NSB's first tour of Japan in 1996 with original members Hugh McIntyre, John Boyle, Art Pratten, Bill Exley and John Clement who originally came together in 1965. Yep, 46 years and still skronking strong.
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