In high school when I heard the Nation of Ulysses’ crazy guitar feedback, horn riffs from the aggressive side of jazz, and the crazy recording style on Plays Pretty for Baby I was a changed man. I wanted to hear more like that. Of course, there is nothing else that sounds like that album. As a result, I ended up drifting away from listening to a lot of punk rock, and got more into things like free jazz, dub, and house music. In other words, a great development. This video footage is from 1992, so it was towards the end of the band’s life, and they were just a four piece.
May
26
2010