Strange musical instruments

[Bucky Ramone]

a Smith & Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum revolver fired into a trashcan filled with gravel (to simulate handclaps…. )

Warren Zevon – Bad luck streak in dancing school

anyone else who knows some strange musical instruments

[FlyingCloud]

A ‘real’ instrument (but nevertheless a strange one) is the Theremin on ‘Take a Run at the Sun’ by J Mascis

[malcom]

I have a Theremin.

And a Balalika.

And Depeche Mode sampled people jumping on wooden platforms for a drum track.

And Buddy Holly’s drummer played part of the "Peggy Sue" drum track on his thighs.

[Bucky Ramone]

– Renault and Alfa Romeo engines
– Case 2004 caterpillar
– Bauknecht steam compressor
– Bosch electric drill
– Magirus Deutz earth mover
– 20.000 volt main relay station, Spa, Belgium

…all in one song, guess which (German) band this is….

[malcom]

Umm. . . One of those Kraftwerk type Krautrock bands?

Leo Kottke and Mike Gordon recorded pots and pans for the drum track on their song "Car Carrier Blues"

and I know this isn’t an isntrument, but I seem to recall a "phoned in performance" of sorts by Deborah Harry on a Luscious Jackson album

[everyonelovesjaron]

A friend of mine told me about something called a "bass guitar." I guess it’s like a cross between a bass drum and a guitar.

Who was drinking what when they thought that one up?

[AGAP]

I’ve heard a rumor that on early Eddie Cochrane albums they didn’t have a drum kit so some guy played cardboard boxes :aliensmile:

A certain JP from Finland plays a mean kazoo on a certain xmas tape

[Hansione]

"dB stands for den Buck" wrote:

– Renault and Alfa Romeo engines
– Case 2004 caterpillar
– Bauknecht steam compressor
– Bosch electric drill
– Magirus Deutz earth mover
– 20.000 volt main relay station, Spa, Belgium

…all in one song, guess which (German) band this is….

Einsturtzende Neubauten???

[Hansione]

The Beatles used a lot of strange instruments; take a trough filled with gravel and let your girlfriend (patty Boyd) walk in it on the rhythm and and you have a nice percussion ( White album).
An alarmclock in A day in the life, blowing air trough a straw in a glas of water (octopus’garden / yellow submarine.

That fantastic book: "the beatles recordingsessions" is loaded with these kind of trivia.

Question; Does Yoko Ono fits in this tread as a strange musical instrument

[AGAP]

this is a strange one, strange process….The Sound Of Chaos

[wireland]

i can’t believe with the jazz fans on here, nobody has mentioned roland kirk. master of the manzello and the stritch, not to mention the water hose. (and he gets bonus points for being able to play three horns at once.)

[Hansione]

"wireland" wrote:

i can’t believe with the jazz fans on here, nobody has mentioned roland kirk. master of the manzello and the stritch, not to mention the water hose. (and he gets bonus points for being able to play three horns at once.)

I can figur out where he puts two horns…but the third?

[wireland]

uhhhh…….. hanisone, they all go in his mouth. look at the cover of "kirk’s Work"

[SG]

I talked about Roland Kirk here before,but not for a long time;he also could play flute with his nose the manzello and the stritch were medeval instruments he found around;the last 2 years of his life he was paralyzed on one side of his body but he kept playing anyway with just one hand.
I`m trying to put up a link to the AMG site about the Art Ensemble Of Chicago but the link is`nt working;they play everything but the kitchen sink.

[malcom]

And of course Sonic Youth and Nels Cline are famous for playing their guitars with everything, Files, Hammers, Eggbeaters, Remote controls, and toy dinosaurs (?)

And I’m told the drummer from phish plays a vacuum cleaner live.

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