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News :: Protest Activity
Mothers Against Noise Current rating: 0
25 Dec 2005
Whats up with this group? Anyone know?
i stumbled across this web site.....
scary demented stuff!

http://www.mothersagainstnoise.org/

from web site:


Hello, and welcome to the Mothers Against Noise webpage! If you are a concerned parent whose child is listening to NOISE and would like to do something about it you have come to the right place.

WHAT IS NOISE?

Noise is music that uses unpleasant or painful or extremely loud or discordant sound. Noise is also a very dangerous musical trend that is hell bent on destroying civilized culture, this anti-cultural movement is quickly sweeping the globe, and is very dangerous to our youth.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH NOISE?

Plainly put: Noise music causes ear and brain damage!!

NOISE MUSIC EMBRACES:
1. Rebellion
2. Violence
3. Nihilism
4. Escapism
5. Drugs / Alcoholism
6. Perversion
7. Dissonant / Offensive Sound
8. Paranormal / Occult Activities
9. Anti-God / Anti-Authority
10. Cult-like Organization

If you thought Rap, Punk, Heavy Metal or any other past degenerate "music" trend was a threat...WAKE UP!! Inform yourself ! DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! We are not going to take this sitting down!

NOISE MUSIC / AN IN DEPTH LOOK:

In order to take the spiritual temperature of an individual or society, one must "mark" the music. There is no more effective way to teach anything than with the aid of music. It undoubtedly affects our emotions. To start with many listeners do not realize the fact that music is a powerful communicator of philosophy. In traditional (normal) music, there is a melody and notes that one can sing along to. In noise music, the actual musical part has become more and more debased away from these standards and has slowly replaced them with desperation and a distorted view on the world. This leaves the listeners mind, will, emotions and actions affected adversely.
To some critics of my work, they call it "alarmist", "negative", "ignorant". Many noise fans will cite many upon many seemingly non-degenerate and/or positive noise musicians recording and performing today. I cant blame anyone for being ignorant about this subject, since noise is a brand new genre of music. Do not worry I will be here to answer your questions and show the light of what is really going on. Many will say even if some of the lyrical content of noise is not offensive, but ultimately it doesn't matter because it is usually effected with a lot of well... effects and you cant tell what they are saying anyways. Then answer me this, if it doesn't matter then why aren't they singing about birds and waterfalls and living in a wonderful world?? Why arent they helping make this world a better place?? I'll tell you why, they dont care about this world and they are hell bent on destroying it.

Lets take a slight roll down history lane, shall we?? First there was Mozart, then Beethoven, then Glen Miller, and all was fine in the world.. :) then the bomb called Elvis was dropped, soon came Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash, this was the rage called rock and roll. And the world would never bee the same again, Parents disdained it and generally their opposition was based on the sound and style of the music. But the underlying theme had become the anthem for the youth culture. To many this theme became far more important and influential than the actual music. This theme was more than just an image--- IT WAS THE SPIRIT OF REBELLION!! Music was no longer an organized structure of melody and notes, rock and roll introduced dissonance and unpleasant sound at extremely loud volumes. Though far from advocates, parents and educators dismissed it as a fad of teen years, The excuse was (and still is in noise) that all teenagers go thru a time of testing and growing that is often associated with rebellion. Rock and Roll didn't go away. Noise musicians see that rock music has lost its affect and has became an accepted form within the climate of music and now the noise agenda has its sights on eliminating any traces of melody or structure. In my estimation this is where we lost Americas- and literally the worlds youth culture. Music is the foundation of culture and these self proclaimed prophets seek on destroying what little we have yet to hold on to. In this post 9-11 world we have to fight harder and smarter than our enemies. We must arm our self with knowledge and seek to shine light where there is only darkness.

Noise is one of the most fanatical cults I have ever seen, within hours of putting our website and message board online we were flooded with messages and email from those involved in the scene. These people hide behind the guise of "artistic creativity" while in reality they are out to destroy any trace of art.(How contradictory is that folks?) It spreads a message that is dogmatically opposed to the message of the "establishment" and thus attains the status of a cult in my mind. A lot of "noise defenders" will use excuses that they are presenting alternatives to the established order that is also rotten, but instead of trying to offer a well balanced alternative to the system they seek on tearing it down. The noise scene is also structured a lot like terrorist organizations, they work in small numbers with no clear leader and work feverishly on their 'music' often self releasing cds and records (I might add if you heard most of this stuff, youd see why). This makes our job a lot harder since we do not have a handful of larger record companies to boycott or pressure.

One thing is certain. We live in a society that seems to be ever-changing, in reality what we are experiencing is merely a repeating of history. Just as with the industrial revolution and the explosion of the internet, mankinds moral character has undergone a severe alteration. This alteration is not one unique to our time. Indeed, on their way to total demise Roman and Greece followed the same deceiving steps that we are now taking. Many parents of today have witnessed the fastest most consistent decline of morality in the history of the planet. The root of this moral decay in a society is rebellion. It has become acceptable among the youth of today at a very formative and vulnerable point in their lives. Capitalistic culture knows this and manipulates this system of marketing rebellion, if we don't stop this Noise trend right now, it might just be the final step tword the complete collapse of civilized culture. If all the elements of art are removed from art, the soul of a culture is dead. And that is exactly what Noise is. Sound of a dead soul. Some "Noise Musicians" (which i might add is another contradiction!) seem to think that they are outside of this system, but either they are hiding this conspiracy or unknowingly playing right into the game. I've received email from 'artists' saying that: they don't really think about what they do they just do it because it is more natural or free than writing songs... i see this as concrete proof of how manipulated some of them are. I would also like to say even tho there is a conspiracy going on, not everyone involved within it is aware that they are taking part in it. Thats why we are here, to help inform parents on the dangers of noise and what can be done about it.

Were a new organization and need your help! Right now: we need help compiling lists of noise bands and record labels so parents can go thru their childrens CDs and remove offending titles. Also we are looking for quotes from noise 'musicians' that show the true nature of what we are up against!

PARENTS STORIES:

Well, I just returned from my son's room where I found a record that has got to be themost offensive recording I have ever heard. It is by 2 bands on what my son called a "split" release. What ever that means. Anyway, the lyrics are utterly disgusting and disturbing. The record is by two groups called Nicole 12 and Prurient. It comes
with a lyric sheet of some of the most horrid descriptions of pedophilia and fantisies of sex with AIDS patients. And I DO NOT know where this record cover could have been manufactured legally. I have taken away ALL of my sons music (including his iPod) and his father and I will be going though each one. Below is a list of some of them that I can tell you, just by reading song titles or looking at the record covers, need to be destoryed if
you find them in your childs collection. These are ones that just on site were thrown in the garbage.

Women, I ask you to PLEASE look in your son or daughters rooms and really take alook at the music and movies they are exposing themselves to. My husband and I are debating storngly about sending our son to seek some professional help. Right now I amvery upset and do not know what to do. I do not want my son to become a pervert. I do not know how he got interested in this stuff at all. And I thought Marylin Manson was the sickest
thing around. I am just sick to my stomache that things like this exist.

Although, I am confused by your inclusion of Radiohead on the site. I am actually a fan. Or is this another band of the same name? Thanks ladies for making this site. We need to collect as much information as we can about this. In this day and age of computers and instant access to all media by anyone. We really need to take the time to look at what our children are listening to, watching, and reading on the web. **PL62

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Re: Mothers Against Noise
Current rating: 0
30 Dec 2005
This is a joke... You can still listen to your DEAD C, SONIC YOUTH, and BOREDOMS with out worrying that you’re warping young minds. The URL is registered to a dude in the Netherlands.
Re: Mothers Against Noise
Current rating: 0
30 Dec 2005
Definitely a well executed joke. People this uptight don't write like a columnist from the Onion.
Re: Mothers Against Noise
Current rating: 0
02 Jan 2006
I think they are accidentally promoting more of this music than they realise. Some of these bands I've never heard of but will now be curious to hear...
Re: Mothers Against Noise
Current rating: 0
05 Jan 2006
The “official” mothers against noise wesbite is MOTHERSAGAINSTNOISE.US.

The strange thing is that the address and phone number in the registration is the same as several record labels including Island Records which btw is the label under which Andrew WK released his last two records. Is it merely a coincidince that Andrew WK is involved with one of the bands in the top ten list of “noise” offenders??

Domain Name: MOTHERSAGAINSTNOISE.US
Domain ID: D9279687-US
Sponsoring Registrar: .US REGISTRAR L.L.C.
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registrant ID: 40281715
Registrant Name: Mothers Against Noise
Registrant Organization: Mothers Against Noise
Registrant Address1: 825 Eighth Avenue
Registrant City: New York
Registrant State/Province: NY
Registrant Postal Code: 10019
Registrant Country: United States
Registrant Country Code: US
Registrant Phone Number: +1.2123338000