Your way in
No wave 1978
A total refusal of melody and standard tuning. Short-lived, extreme and hugely influential on noise rock.
- Heaviness
- 6
- Speed
- 5
- Melody
- 1
- Where from
- New York, USA
- Tempo
- 100-200 bpm
- Song length
- 1.5-4 min
- Written about
- Refusal, Violence, The city, Nothing, aggressively
- Vocals
- Shouted
Why this one
| You said | No wave | Match | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| There, but not the point How much weight do you want behind it? | 6 out of 10 | 90% | ×2 |
| A steady walk What pace? | 5 out of 10 | 100% | ×2 |
| The nineties Does it matter when it was made? | 1978 | 52% | ×1 |
| No. Texture and force are enough. Do you want a tune you could hum afterwards? | 1 out of 10 | 100% | ×1 |
| Weighted mean | 89% | ||
Ranked over all 150 genres in the encyclopedia, on the 4 answers you gave, weighted heaviness 2, pace 2, era 1, melody 1 out of 6. No wave leads the next by 2 points. Where two genres score the same the broader one wins, because a genre with subgenres under it is somewhere to carry on from and a leaf is a full stop.
Five records, in this order
- 1Start one step outside
Joy Division, Unknown Pleasures 1979
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures. Martin Hannett's production is half the record.
- 2Then
- 3Then
- 4Then
- 5Then
Swans, Filth 1983
The first is the entry point for Post-punk, one step outside, so the second record has something to be heard against. After it come No wave's essential records in the order the encyclopedia lists them. Every one of these has a page here with links out to somewhere it can be played.
If that is not it
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Stoner rock 87%
Thick down-tuned riffs, groovy drums and a fuzz tone. Born at generator parties in the desert.
6 steps from No wave, meeting it only at Rock.
The way into Stoner rock -
Post-grunge 87%
The grunge formula cleaned up for radio: same dynamics, less dirt, vastly more airplay.
6 steps from No wave, meeting it only at Rock.
The way into Post-grunge
Not simply the second and third of the ranking: those are almost always near neighbours of the first, which is three names for one suggestion. An alternate has to sit at least 4 steps through the tree from the headline and from the other alternate, which is the same floor the "sounds like this, but isn't" panel uses.
What your answers ruled out
- The nineties put 23 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Blues rock, Progressive rock, Rock and roll. Worth 1 of 6.
- No. Texture and force are enough. put 40 genres at the bottom of that one question, among them Folk metal, Folk rock, Emo. Worth 1 of 6.
Counted as genres scoring 20% or less on that answer alone. A recommendation that only shows what it chose is hiding half of what it did.