padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
there's a woebot quote - pretty sure from his old top 100 records list and in reference to either Can or Neu! - about a rule that "rock" bands are generally better the further they get from the bluesNeu is the band they're closest to
which I still think of sometimes, + immediately thought of now
as an avowed lover and proselytizer of heavy guitars I can't quite agree with it (Sabbath etc + all which follows)
but if in the sense that he meant it, Joy Division is exemplar, after the high end kraut guitar bands