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Negativland is an experimental music and sound collage band which originated in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1970s. They “lifted their name” from a Neu! song.

Long-standing band member Don Joyce produces a weekly interactive radio program, Over The Edge, on listener-supported KPFA in Berkeley, California. A significant number of Negativland’s recent releases have been formed from material which was developed by the band live on the show.

The core of the band is Mark Hosler, Richard Lyons, Don Joyce and David Wills (aka “The Weatherman”). Chris Grigg is a former member. Peter Conheim joined the band in 1997.

Negativland has released a number of albums ranging from pure collage to more musical affairs. These have mostly been released on their own label, Seeland Records. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, they produced several recordings for SST Records, most notably Escape from Noise, Helter Stupid, and U2.

Negativland is well-known for the U2 lawsuit, which nearly destroyed them as a band.

Early history
Negativland started in Concord, California in 1979 around the core founding members of Lyons and Hosler (who were in high school at the time) and released an eponymous debut in 1980.

A number of releases followed in the early 1980s, but it wasn’t until after the release of their breakthrough sample and cut-up sonic barrage Escape from Noise in 1987 that Negativland gained wider attention.

Following the somewhat unexpected success of this album, Negativland faced the prospect of going on a money-losing tour.

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1	Michael Jackson	52
2	Christianity is Stupid	44
3	Escape From Noise	33
3	Quiet Please	33
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6	Nesbitt's Lime Soda Song	32
7	Over the Hiccups	31
8	Car Bomb	30
9	Announcement	29
10	Methods of Torture	28
11	Sycamore	25
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13	Backstage Pass	23
14	You Don't Even Live Here	22
14	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (special edit radio mix)	22

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mtrucco wrote:
last week

great live show. if they come to your town czech 'em out

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macijikralj wrote:
last month

Give up

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Sgarre1 wrote:
last month

"carved carved carved carved this nation..."

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blacksoulshadow wrote:
last month

i fucking need more of this... im totally falling in love with this band

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The_Real_UnR wrote:
October 2009

CAR BOMB!!!

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squiggins wrote:
October 2009

Looks like most people are hardly listening to anything but Escape From Noise.

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So_Contrary wrote:
October 2009

Cam'on, the letter u and the numeral2 it's a really good single......it's so fun

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Yamamanama wrote:
October 2009

The Soviet Union's the whole half side of the world.

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Roncsipar wrote:
October 2009

Snuggles.

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LordGwydyon wrote:
September 2009

The masters! "...and the loudspeaker spoke up and said..."

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Yamamanama wrote:
September 2009

It's not even funny.

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johntardsbaby66 wrote:
August 2009

these guys are from san francisco and who gives a shit

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bueropluspunkt wrote:
August 2009

love baldwins wonderful »sonic outlaws«… but who the f**k was U2? ;D

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Roncsipar wrote:
August 2009

Thigmotactic = world's coming to an end pop vision!!

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IagoGwenael wrote:
August 2009

Michael Jackson! Look what you've done!

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polymorphous71 wrote:
August 2009

Here group ------>http://www.last.fm/group/Oblique+Satellites

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Mynoreti wrote:
July 2009

rectangular, yes. what else.

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stevehazzard wrote:
June 2009

Last.fm claims that my band sounds like 23 Skidoo and Negativland...while I'm not so sure about Skidoo (though I sure wish I could play a conga like those guys) I'm god damn honoured to be compared to Negativland, for sure.

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RoyStorey wrote:
June 2009

there's a GODDAMN pac-man worm in here

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andronica wrote:
May 2009

what kind of freak show is this?! lol love you guys

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