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Originally Posted by pbradley
What I'm saying is that "influenced by No Wave" shouldn't have been included at all. Who gives a fuck?
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Not me particularly, though it is interesting in the case of Sonic Youth to learn their roots and pursue the awesome groups that influenced them, No Wave and otherwise.
However, if this had just been a documentary about No Wave, then it need not have made a desperate and clueless search for NYC bands following the "tradition" because it would have got that there could be no tradition. If it had just wanted to be a Then and Now about NYC bands, it should have started with a broad base of NYC groups rather than focusing specifically on No Wave. Either way the end result was a poor compromise.