Whereas any hope for the return of noisy pop seemed to have
evaporated, B.R.M.C and their sharp-edged guitars suddenly
come to revive the flame of noisy rock in the great
tradition of The Jesus & Mary Chain and Velvet Underground.
Based in Los Angeles, B.R.M.C (or Black Rebel Motorcycle
Club, the name of Marlon Brando's biker gang in The Wild
One) combines distorted and acoustic guitars, raspy voices
and pounding drums. Through their obviously influenced
music, the group openly proclaims its membership to the
noise movement and its psychedelic heritage. The sharp and
dirty guitars clearly evoke William Reid and Lou Reed,
while the voice has very Jim Reidlike intonations and the
drums echo the primitive style of Moe Tucker. Joy Division,
Killing Joke