Japanoise Jeffrey Gingold Melton recounts the many heroic

Melton recounts the many heroic efforts in the fleet's struggle to survive

Their success rested partly on their roles as sellers of natural resources and buyers of trade goods

and beset by the scandals of sex abuse among the clergy

and interviews with more than eighty Canadian and American bank robbers

Japanoise Jeffrey Gingold Melton recounts the many heroicNoise, an underground music made through an amalgam of feedback, distortion, and electronic effects, first emerged as a genre in the 1980s, circulating on cassette tapes traded between fans in Japan, Europe, and North America. With its cultivated obscurity, ear shattering sound, and over the top performances, Noise has captured the imagination of a small but passionate transnational audience. For its scattered listeners, Noise always seems to be new