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Negativland Is An Experimental Music And Sound Collage Band That Originated In The San Francisco Bay Area In 1979. They "lifted Their Name" From A Neu! Song.
The Core Of The Band Was Don Joyce February 9 1944 – July 22 2015 Mark Hosler Richard Lyons April 19 1959 – April 19 2016 David Wills Aka "The Weatherman" . Chris Grigg Is A Former Member. Peter Conheim Joined The Band In 1997.
Negativland Has Released A Number Of Albums Ranging From Pure Collage To More Musical Affairs. These Have Mostly Been Released On Their Own Label Seeland Records. In The Late 1980s And Early 1990s They Produced Several Recordings For SST Records Most Notably Escape From Noise Helter Stupid And U2 Well-Known For The U2 Lawsuit Which Nearly Destroyed Them As A Band . Don Joyce Produced The Weekly Interactive Radio Program Over The Edge On Listener-Supported KPFA In Berkeley Until His Death. A Significant Number Of Negativland's Recent Releases Have Been Formed From Material The Band Developed Live On The Show. According To The Band's Website In Late 2015 All 34 Years Of “Over The Edge” 5000-Plus Hours’ Worth Will Be Available On The Internet Archive The Result Of A Multi-Year Archiving Project. Early History
Negativland Started In Concord California In 1979 Around The Core Founding Members Of Lyons And Hosler Who Were In High School At The Time Releasing An Eponymous Debut In 1980. A Number Of Releases Followed In The Early 1980s But It Wasn't Until After The Release Of Their Breakthrough Sample And Cut-Up Sonic Barrage Escape From Noise In 1987 That Negativland Gained Wider Attention. Following The Somewhat Unexpected Success Of This Album Negativland Faced The Prospect Of Going On A Money-Losing Tour. To Prevent This They Put Together A Phony Press Release Claiming That Their Song Christianity Is Stupid Featuring The Sampled And Edited Voice Of An Actor Repeating "Christianity Is Stupid! Communism Is Good!" Taken From The Propaganda Movie If Footmen Tire You What Will Horses Do? Was An Inspiration For A Real Mass-Murder Committed By David Brom In Rochester Minnesota. The Resulting Fallout And Media Frenzy Based On The Humorously Fabricated Claims By Negativland Had The Effect Of Pointing Out The Venality Of The Mass Media. Though The Story Was Completely Unsubstantiated By Any Facts The Lurid Combination Of Murder Religion And "rock" Music Proved Too Tempting For The Media To Ignore. The Story Ran On TV News Shows Newspapers And Magazines With Little To No Fact-Checking. Soon The World Was Informed Of The "Killer Song" That Supposedly Led Some Kid To Murder His Parents With An Ax. The Scandal Became The Foundation For Their Next Release Helter Stupid Featuring A Cover Photo Of A TV News Journalist Intoning The Fake Ax Murder Story With The News Station's Caption "Killer Song" Above His Head And A Photo Of The Ax-Murderer. The U2 Record Incident
Negativland's Next Project Was The Infamous U2 Record With Samples From "America's Top 40" Host Casey Kasem. In 1991 Negativland Released A Single With The Title U2 Displayed In Very Large Type On The Front Of The Packaging And "Negativland" In A Smaller Typeface. An Image Of The Lockheed U-2 Spy Plane Was Also On The Single Cover. The Songs Within Were Parodies Of The Well-Known Song "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" Including Kazoos And Extensive Sampling Of The Original Song. The Song I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For Features A Musical Backing To An Extended Profane Rant From Kasem Lapsing Out Of His More Polished And Professional Tone During A Frustrating Rehearsal Commenting For Instance "These Guys Are From England And Who Gives A Shit?" U2's Members Are In Fact From Ireland. U2's Label Island Records Sued Negativland Claiming That The "U2" Violated Trademark Law And That The Song Itself Violated Copyright Law. Island Records Also Contended That The Single Was An Attempt To Deliberately Confuse U2 Fans Then Awaiting Achtung Baby. Funds Exhausted Negativland Settled Out Of Court. Most Copies Of The Single Were Recalled And Destroyed. By The Mid-1990s Rap Had Made Authorized Sampling More Common In Mainstream Music But The Single "U2" For Which Negativland Did Not Obtain Clearance To Use U2 Samples Is Still Illegal To Sell In The United States Though Available For Free Download From Negativland's Official Web Site . In June 1992 R.U. Sirius Publisher Of The Magazine Mondo 2000 Was Asked To Interview Dave Evans Aka "The Edge" To Promote U2's Impending Multi-Million Dollar Zoo TV Tour Which Featured Found Sounds And Live Sampling From Mass Media Outlets Things For Which Negativland Had Been Known For Some Time . Sirius Unbeknownst To The Edge Decided To Have His Friends Joyce And Hosler Conduct The Interview. Fresh From Island's Lawsuit They Peppered The Edge With Questions Regarding His Ideas About The Use Of Sampling In U2's New Tour And The Legality Of Using Copyrighted Material Without Permission. Midway Through The Interview Joyce And Hosler Revealed Their Identities As Members Of Negativland. An Embarrassed The Edge Reported That U2 Were Bothered By The Sledgehammer Legal Approach Island Records Took In Their Lawsuit And Furthermore That Much Of The Legal Wrangling Took Place Without U2's Knowledge "By The Time We U2 Realized What Was Going On It Was Kinda Too Late And We Actually Did Approach The Record Company On Your Negativland's Behalf And Said 'Look C'mon This Is Just This Is Very Heavy...'" Island Records Reported To Negativland That U2 Never Authorised Samples Of Their Material Evans' Response Was "that's Complete Bollocks There's Like There's At Least Six Records Out There That Are Direct Samples From Our Stuff." The "U2" Single Along With Other Related Material Was Re-Released In 2001 On A "bootleg" Album Entitled These Guys Are From England And Who Gives A Shit On "Seelard Records" A Parody Of "Seeland Records" . It Is Thought Likely That Negativland Themselves Were Responsible For The Re-Release And That U2 Gave Their Blessing. Although Negativland's Web Site Refers To This Release As A Bootleg It Is Available From Major Retailers And Negativland's Own Mail-Order Business. Negativland Are Interested In Intellectual Property Rights And Argue That Their Use Of U2's And Others' Material Falls Under Fair Use. In 1995 They Released A Book With Accompanying CD Called Fair Use About Copyright Law In General And The U2 Incident In Particular. They Were The Main Subjects Of Craig Baldwin's Documentary "Sonic Outlaws" Detailing The Use Of Culture Jamming To Subvert The Messages Of More Traditional Media Outlets. Many Other Artists Push The Boundaries Of Copyright Law In A Similar Way Including John Oswald The Evolution Control Committee The Bran Flakes Sir Mildred Pierce And People Like Us. Chumbawamba
In 1999 Negativland Collaborated With UK Anarchist Band Chumbawamba To Produce The Album The ABCs Of Anarchism Largely Based Around The Writings Of Alexander Berkman And Cut-Ups Of Tubthumping Anarchy In The UK And The Theme Tune To The Children's Program Teletubbies. Recent Developments
In 2003 Members Of Negativland Contributed Their Efforts To Creative Commons An Organization Devoted To Providing Artists A Broader Range Of Copyright Options. In September 2005 To Celebrate The 25th Anniversary Of The Band Negativland Curated An Art Exhibit In Manhattan's Gigantic Artspace Gallery. The Exhibit Negativlandland Included A Number Of Works From And Inspired By Negativland Recordings Video Projection Of Music Videos Created By The Band And Others And Some Artwork Created Specifically For The Show Such As An Animatronic Abraham Lincoln Figure Inspired By The Band's Lincoln Cut-Up Piece God Bull And A Hands-On Exhibit Featuring The Booper The Audio-Processing Unit That Wills Assembled Out Of Old Radio Parts. The Show Then Appeared In Minneapolis On May 12 2006 At Creative Electric Studios. On July 22 2015 Former Lead Vocalist Don Joyce Died. On April 19 2016 Richard Lyons Died. Former Band Member Ian Allen Died On January 17 2015. Discography
Albums
Negativland 1980 Points 1981 A Big 10-8 Place 1983 Over The Edge Vol. 1 JAMCON'84 1985 Escape From Noise 1987 Helter Stupid 1989 Over The Edge Vol. 2 Pastor Dick Muriel's Purse Fund 1990 Over The Edge Vol. 3 The Weatherman's Dumb Stupid Come-Out Line 1990 Over The Edge Vol. 4 Dick Vaughn 1990 Free 1993 Over The Edge Vol. 5 Crosley Bendix The Radio Reviews 1993 Over The Edge Vol. 6 The Willsaphone Stupid Show 1994 Over The Edge Vol. 7 Time Zones Exchange Project 1994 Fair Use The Story Of The Letter U And The Numeral 2 1995 Over The Edge Vol. 1½ The Starting Line With Dick Goodbody 1995 Partial Reissue Over The Edge Vol. 8 Sex Dirt 1995 Dispepsi 1997 Negativ E Land Live On Tour 1997 Over The Edge Vol. 4 Dick Vaughn's Moribund Music Of The '70s 2001 Expanded Reissue Deathsentences Of The Polished And Structurally Weak 2002 No Business 2005 It's All In Your Head FM Over The Edge Live On Stage 2006 Thigmotactic 2008 It's All In Your Head 2014 True False 2019 The World Will Decide 2020 Singles/EPs
U2 1991 Guns 1992 The Letter U And The Numeral 2 1992 Truth In Advertising 1997 Happy Heroes 1998 The ABCs Of Anarchism 1999 No Brain 2021 Bootlegs
Negativconcertland 1993 These Guys Are From England And Who Gives A Shit 2001 read less