Negativland is an experimental music and sound collage band which originated in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1970s. They took their name from a Neu! song, while their record label is named after another Neu! song. The current core of the band consists of Mark Hosler, Richard Lyons, Don Joyce, David Wills, and Peter Conheim.
Negativland has released a number of albums ranging from pure sound collage to more musical expositions. These have mostly been released on their own label, Seeland Records. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, they produced several recordings for SST Records, most notably Escape from Noise, Helter Stupid, and U2. Negativland became involved in a lawsuit with U2's lawyers, which brought them widespread publicity and notoriety.
Escape from Noise is a 1987 album by Negativland. It marked the band's first break on an established independent record label, SST Records. On this album, they continued to develop their experimental style. The group also incorporated elements of pop music with shorter tracks and more conventional melodies. "Christianity Is Stupid", a track featuring samples from the propaganda movie If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do?, layered over a buzzing and droning hard rock groove, proved to be an enduring signature song. The band and the release gained widespread attention due to a press release falsely implying that murderer David Brom had listened to the song before killing his family members.
1."Announcement"
2."Quiet Please"
3."Michael Jackson"
4."Escape from Noise"
5."The Playboy Channel"
6."Stress in Marriage"
7."Nesbitt's Lime Soda Song"
8."Over the Hiccups"
9."Sycamore"
10."Car Bomb"
11."Methods of Torture"
12."Yellow Black and Rectangular"
13."Backstage Pass"
14."Christianity Is Stupid"
15."Time Zones"
16."You Don't Even Live Here"
17."The Way of It"
18."Endscape"
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