Biography
Glenn Branca (October 6, 1948 β May 13, 2018) was an American avant-garde composer, guitarist, and luthier. Known for his use of volume, alternative guitar tunings, repetition, droning, and the harmonic series, he was a driving force behind the genres of no wave, totalism and noise rock. Branca received a 2009 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award.
Filmography
all 13
Movies 13
self 6
Self
135 Grand Street New York 1979 (2009)
Movie
Self
No Wave - Underground '80: Berlin - New York (2009)
Movie
Self
I Need That Record! (2008)
Movie
Self
Kill Your Idols: More. (2006)
Movie
Musician, Composer
Punk: Attitude (2005)
Movie
Self
Kill Your Idols (2004)
Movie
Self
Silver Rockets/Kool Things: 20 Years of Sonic Youth (2000)
Movie
Music
Two-Way Mirror Cylinder Inside Cube and a Video Salon (1992)
Movie
Composer
Antigone/Rites of Passion (1990)
Movie
Actor
Put More Blood Into the Music (1988)
Movie
Composer
The Belly of an Architect (1987)
Movie
Composer
Hail the New Puritan (1986)
Movie
Composer
Rock My Religion (1984)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.57
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1984
1990
2004
2008
2009
Information
Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1948-10-06
Deathday2018-05-13 (69 years old)
Birth PlaceHarrisburg, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesLondon, United Kingdom, Boston, United States of America
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