10 Essential 1990s Progressive Rock Music Albums
6. The Flying Luttenbachers - Destroy All Music
The Flying Luttenbachers' sophomore LP saw them on suitably angry form, seemingly taking a hot-tempered stand against the medium of music itself.
Never ones to back down from a noisy statement, the Chicago no wave enthusiasts went all in on their noise rock leanings for this one, crafting a chaotic piece of instrumental mayhem. Borrowing from jazz all the way over to death metal, the 1995 release blisters the listener with a hard-hitting selection of fast-paced, improvisational anthems.
Coming out a year after 'Constructive Destruction', 'Destroy All Music' takes many of the stylings of its predecessor and cranks them up to 11. Quickening up the pace even further whilst completely bidding farewell to conventional song structure, surreal titles such as 'Demonic Velocities/20,000,000 Volts' and 'Final Variation on a Theme Entitled "Attack Sequence"' ought to give listeners a good idea of the sort of audio pandemonium they're in for.
The majority of the tracks on hand here are the brainchildren of frontman Weasel Walter. Initially a student in free jazz, Walter took great inspiration from the free-wheeling genre when he moved into more rock-heavy sounds. As the man himself put it, The Flying Luttenbachers were a fine example of 'brutal prog', an underground take on the genre that took it in provocative, often polarizing directions during the '90s. 'Destroy All Music' is a perfect example of the movement.