Arto Lindsay
Arto Lindsay
Arthur Morgan "Arto" Lindsayis an American guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer. He first achieved recognition as part of New York no wave group DNA in the late 1970s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth28 May 1953
CountryUnited States of America
american-musician knowledge music technical
It was very interesting for me because DNA made music without much technical knowledge at all.
apart created exciting generation moved people struggle time
There was a generation of people who moved here to make something of themselves. They had to really struggle and created really something on their own apart from a lot of attention. It was a really exciting time here.
careers certainly cover people ridden since taken van work
Certainly since then many people have taken a lot of those ideas and ridden them for years and years and made careers out of them. Part of that is willingness to do the kind of work that I wasn't willing to do. Get into a van and cover the country.
extent huge involved loud played playing roll turning
To some extent at that time, we injected rock and roll into that scene- we played loud and that was a huge turning point for that scene. We were involved in playing with all those people.
classical close interested lack music realized
We were really interested in music from all over the world. We realized that what we were doing was very close to contemporary classical music because of the lack of tonality in the guitar- the fact that I play guitar the way I play.
early period prior punk rock
Then the early punk rock period with Television and the Ramones. That's what I loved- that's what I was listening to immediately prior to when I started to play.
american-musician
It was a turning point in the sense that as a scene, we can up with a lot of new ideas.
parent brazil born
My parents were missionaries - I was born in the States but I grew up in Brazil.
people asian elements
We deliberately used elements from Brazilian music and from African and Asian music. Now people can hear that but then it sounded so abstract, they couldn't hear it.
summer knitting europe
We recorded that trio and it's out on the Knitting Factory label. I've got another record in the can with that group and Marc, which I'll hopefully finish some time before next summer.
strong rocks people
The period right before punk rock where people like Lou Reed and Iggy Pop were really strong.
house different band
It was a scene in the sense that we were all close and we all knew each other before the different bands had really formed. We used to rehearse in the same place.
thinking years dna
Years ago when DNA was going on, I produced a record in Italy but I didn't think I'd do another one.
real guitar being-different
The Lounge Lizards were relating with a tradition and it was like I was playing within a musical context. The guitar playing stood out as being different in some way. That was a real education for me.