Lawrence Glass - Vocals, Vocal Loops
Kirk Hellie - Guitars, Loops, Sweep Generator, Tapes, Toy Piano, Tremolos, Noise,
Fuzz Bass, Bass Guitars, Background Vocals
Peter Kelly - Drums, Percussion, Vibrators, Sheet Metal
Scratch the grooves and blow a fuse, the circuit is closing... John Cage coughs until Andy calls it pop, as Brian Wilson's Buddah smile shines. Wrap your mind in plastic bubble elastic and drown out the quiet...
Cheap sample machines, prepared guitars, strung-out opiate drones and bubble gum all find equal space in pink noise test's art-damaged candy pop. Produced by Eddie Ashworth and pnt guitarist Kirk Hellie, Plasticized is the band's ambitious and colorful full-length debut. An explosion of garage-pop with a techno undercurrent, Plasticized provides a satisfying genre-bending listening experience!
pink noise test formed in Los Angeles in 1994. Early 1995 saw the release of their first single, the double-A sided “Sink” b/w “Dance” on Los Angeles indie T.O.N. Records. In 1996 they released 5 songs with the electric train e.p. on Boy's Life Records and toured the West coast that summer to support it. The EP was well received by both college radio and indie press, spending 8 weeks on the CMJ chart and peaking at #100.
Following the tour, the band returned to the studio to record their debut full-length album for Interscope. Over 20 songs were recorded for the project, inciting much debate over which songs would make the final cut. Those tracks that do not appear on the album will be made available as B-sides over the course of the release of Plasticized. The first of these non-album rarities is “Velvet,” which appears on the flip side of the 10" vinyl single for “I can't Stand It”, just released on Boy's Life Records/Interscope.
pink noise test's live performances are a chaotic affair, often verging on sonic terrorism. On the spot sampling and random bursts of cassette tape loops mix with blissed-out fuzz guitars, while trance-like motifs rise above the din with sticky sweet melody. The band plans to tour relentlessly for the next year or so, in order to bring their special brand of cacaphony to the masses.
With one foot in the experimental art-noise camp and the other firmly planted in classic pop song structure, pink noise test's Plasticized is sure to leave you with ruptured eardrums and hooks you'll be humming for days. Look! Listen! Vibrate! Smile!
“This band rises like a dragon in the center of their strip malled universe... crunching guitars and screechy bits of loops, catchy hooks and palatable noisiness to carry it all. If this was your block, pink noise test would be those mysterious neighbors who wear black leather pants to clean the pool.” --Caeri Bertrand,HITS, June 17, '96
