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About Me

Glenn Branca was born on October 6th 1948 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He started to play guitar in his mid-teens, and studied theatre in the early 70's at Emerson College, Boston. In 1975 he co-founded the 'experimental' theatre group 'Bastard Theater', which produced two shows before Branca moved to New York. Here he played in two bands, 'Theoretical Girls' and 'The Static' between 1977 and 1979.The 80's saw Branca begin to compose works for small guitar ensembles, which led on to his Symphonies, written for guitar orchestras and percussion (as well as making use of several very modified electric guitars). It is probably for these that he is most well known. Members of Swans, Sonic Youth and Helmet are amongst the many who performed with him on these works.Symphony 7 saw Branca writing for a conventional orchestra, and he has also written choral pieces and a film sountrack. Symphony 13, a work for 100 guitars, has been performed several times, and Symphony 14 has been unleashed on the world by a quartet including Branca and his wife, Regina Bloor.__________NB: This is a FAN PAGE. Hopefully with your help, it will become a genuinely useful Glenn Branca resource. Any help, such as links, photos, reviews of live performances or CDs, anecdotes etc etc will be gratefully received (and of course credited etc). MyGen Profile Generator

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Member Since: 6/3/2007
Band Website: glennbranca.com/
Band Members:
Sounds Like: DISCOGRAPHY:Songs `77-79Lesson #1The AscensionMusic for the Dance 'Bad Smells'Symphony No.1 (Tonal Plexus)Symphony No.2 (The Peak of the Sacred)Symphony No.3 (Gloria)Symphony No.5 (Describing Planes of an Expanding Hypersphere)Symphony No.6 (Devil Choirs at the Gates of Heaven)Symphony No.9 (L'eve Future)Symphonies No.8 & 10 (The Mysteries)The World Upside DownThe Belly of an Architect (soundtrack)Indeterminate Activity of Resultant Masses
Record Label: Atavistic / New Tone / Point
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Musicians needed Seattle May 08

Originally posted by The Paranoid Critical Revolution: Glenn Branca is seeking 80 guitarists and 20 bass players for his upcoming performance of "Symphony No.13 (Hallucination City)". This performance...
Posted by Glenn Branca on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:58:00 PST

Symphony 13 at the Roundhouse review

This is by Silk Hankerchiefs, (aka A. Brenchley)and was snaffled from his blog where it first appeared: GIG OF THE YEAR Glenn Branca ..:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /> Perfection. Some ...
Posted by Glenn Branca on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 07:00:00 PST

Symphony No. 13 in London

Symphony Number 13 (Hallucination City) will be performed at the Roundhouse, Camden, London, UK on the 12th of October. Details here...
Posted by Glenn Branca on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 07:43:00 PST

Essay on Glenn Branca

(Brendan Byrnes has kindly allowed me to copy this piece he wrote about Glenn Branca, which originally appeared on his myspace blog. The point he raises about John Cage is clarified by the i...
Posted by Glenn Branca on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 02:15:00 PST

Hello

Hello, and welcome to the unofficial Glenn Branca myspace page. The man himself is aware of this page, but has no involvement in it. This is very much a work in progress, so please bear with me as it ...
Posted by Glenn Branca on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:33:00 PST

Some Branca related links (1)

Indeterminate Activity of Resultant Masses review Theoretical Girls article Interview (2006) Another interview Lesson #1 review Some pics Reviews of several Branca albums Hallucination City pics (2006...
Posted by Glenn Branca on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 04:48:00 PST