Tony Conrad (1940-2016) 2016-04-11 by praise jimmy EMERITUS | 14 Comments | Tony Conrad, writer, video artist, filmmaker, composer and a pioneer of the drone genre, has died at the age of 76 from complications of pneumonia in New York. Conrad is best known for his contributions to the burdgeoning experimental scene in 1960s New York, and was responsible for the meeting between John Cale and Lou Reed that would spawn the creation of The Velvet Underground. Conrad also worked with the legendary krautrock band Faust, Throbbing Gristle's Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Keiji Haino and Jim O'Rourke. Conrad had been a member of the State University of New York at Buffalo since 1976, teaching in the Department of Media Study until his passing.
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Although I am not a crazy fan for his work, I actively enjoy both noise and drone music, so this loss is felt in my heart. RIP
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RIP hard
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2016 strikes again.
RIP.
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At least it's not another cancer related death
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terrible news, another true pioneer gone
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more 2016 bullshit. i haven't listened to him, but i do enjoy noise, drone, and tvu, rip man
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The guy literally was a professor at my college right before he died.
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should've hit him up tbh, would've been dope to talk to him about his work with Faust
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Too late now...
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RIP never heard of him, but dude sounds like he sparked lots a sweet stuff.
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2016 claims another one. Never heard of him and don't care much for drone music, but he created the Velvet Underground so that's pretty cool.
RIP
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he didn't, he was a friend of John Cale. Both went to Pickwick Studios to record something, and while there, Cale met Lou Reed. The rest is history.
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Death is busy as always.
RIP
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rip, he was a good reviewer
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