Laddio Bolocko was a

noise rock Noise rock (sometimes called noise punk) is a noise music, noise-oriented style of experimental rock that spun off from punk rock in the 1980s. Drawing on movements such as minimal music, minimalism, industrial music, and New York hardcore, a ...

band from

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, formed in 1996 by members of

Panicsville Panicsville is a Chicago noise music group founded in 1992 by Andy Ortmann (founder of Nihilist Records) with David Forquer and Ryan Kohler. It has become an ongoing project for Ortmann to work with other musicians. Early shows consisted of pe ...

and the

Dazzling Killmen Dazzling Killmen was an American math rock band from the St. Louis, Missouri area. Formed in 1990, the group issued four singles and two full-lengths before officially ending in 1995, with a majority of it released through the independent label ...

. Their sound has drawn comparisons to

experimental rock Experimental rock, also called avant-rock, is a subgenre of rock music that pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique or which experiments with the basic elements of the genre. Artists aim to liberate and innovate, with ...

groups such as

This Heat This Heat were an English experimental rock band, formed in early 1976 in Camberwell, London by multi-instrumentalists Charles Bullen (guitar, clarinet, viola, vocals, tapes), Charles Hayward (drums, keyboards, vocals, tapes) and Gareth Willi ...

and

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and free jazz musicians like

Albert Ayler Albert Ayler (; July 13, 1936 – November 25, 1970) was an American avant-garde jazz saxophonist, singer and composer. After early experience playing R&B and bebop, Ayler began recording music during the free jazz era of the 1960s. Howev ...

.Pitchfork review of "The Life & Times of Laddio Bolocko"
The band favored limited releases, offering only small pressings of their original albums. They toured internationally, recording and releasing the EP "As if by Remote" in Europe only. After disbanding in 2000, Armstrong and St. Ivany formed a new noise rock band,

The Psychic Paramount The Psychic Paramount is an American experimental rock group from New York City that was formed in 2002. History The band was formed by guitarist Drew St. Ivany and bassist Ben Armstrong after the dissolution of noise rock band Laddio Bolocko. Be ...

, while Fleming and DeGrazia formed Electric Turn to Me.

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released the anthology of Laddio Bolocko in 2003, compiling all three original releases for the first time widely available to the listening public. They were featured in a

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DVD entitled "''Let America Laugh''."

Members

* Drew St. Ivany – guitar *

Ben Armstrong Beep Beep is a rock band from Omaha, Nebraska, on Saddle Creek Records. The band was formed in July 2001 by Eric Bemberger and Chris Hughes, formerly of Saddle Creek group Gabardine. Former member Joel Petersen plays bass in The Faint and also ...

– bass *

Blake Fleming Blake Fleming is an American drummer known for his involvement with several influential experimental bands. Early life Born in Alton, Illinois, in 1972, Fleming started drumming at age 8, spending several years in fife and drumming corps, ba ...

– drums * Marcus DeGrazia – horns

Discography

* ''

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'' (1997, Hungarian Records) * '' In Real Time'' (1998, Hungarian Records) * '' As if by Remote'' (1999, Hungarian Records) * ''

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'' (2003, No Quarter Records) (featuring the Super 8 film "''As if by Remote''" by

Aran Tharp New York filmmaker Aran Tharp was born in 1977, and raised in Edwardsville, IL. He is best known as a "fourth member" of the avant-garde music group The Psychic Paramount. Tharp tours with the band, doing filming, photography, and lighting effects ...

)

References

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