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When three musicians pulled out, he recruited guitarist Lee Ranaldo. Ranaldo had seen Branca's ensemble perform at The Kitchen and lived in the same building as Branca's friend, pianist Anthony Coleman . [10]
19 de abr. de 2004 · View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2004 CD release of "Lesson No. 1" on Discogs.
Glenn Branca’s ‘Lesson No.1’ [1980] is a foundational touchstone for late 20th C. electric guitar music: featuring both Lee Ranaldo and Thurston Moore, it’s a core inspiration over Sonic Youth and also Swans, and is regularly hailed in lists of influential experimental music.
On his first solo release, 1980’s Lesson No 1, Branca’s music is actually closer to muscular, intensely adrenalised rock’n’roll.
22 de abr. de 2023 · This unreleased track, over 16 minutes long and featuring Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo from Sonic Youth, follows the same sound as the EP with a more ambient edge, although it comes closer to what would become noise rock.
18 de nov. de 2013 · Composed in the wake of his departure from No Wave outfit Theoretical Girls, Lesson No. 1 arrived on 99 Records in 1980. In contrast to the populous ensembles and tsunamis of noise found on...
16 de nov. de 2013 · LESSON NO. 1 unveiled Brancas visionary guitar concepts with two monstrous, side-long compositions that helped forge NYC's downtown Art-Punk sound and acted as a massive influence on countless young groups, including Sonic Youth and Swans.
