My First Sony - A red children's sound effects unit used onstage during the " A Thousand Leaves" era.Cowbell - Used in similar fashion to a drumstick/slide on " She's In A Bad Mood".Also, the piano backing track to "Secret Girl" was played onstage, with Kim singing her vocals live overtop. In addition to samples of the Stooges' "Not Right" and Lou Reed's "Metal Machine Music" on Bad Moon Rising, other tapes used onstage include Ratt's "Round and Round", Madonna's "Into the Groove", Black Sabbath's "War Pigs", Gerardo's "Rico Suave", and SY's own "Scooter & Jinx" & "I Love You Mary Jane". Sony Walkman - For many years, Thurston used a Sony Walkman onstage through a Peavey Encore 65 amp to blare tapes between songs (this began during the Bad Moon Rising era when the band would try to keep their concerts a flowing unbroken mass of music).Bike Horn - wedged under the strings for "Lightnin".Metal File - placed over neck pick-up for Thurston's plinky guitar part on "Small Flowers Crack Concrete".Hammer - used to pound strings on " Heather Angel".Slide - While Lee has used a slide for melodic purposes before, Thurston's slide use is typically for random noise effects, as on " 100%", " Youth Against Fascism", " Female Mechanic Now On Duty", " Inhuman" (bass), and with a slightly more calculated use on "Catholic Block"." Eric's Trip" utilizes a drumstick in a slide fashion up and down the neck. " She Is Not Alone" and " Free City Rhymes" require a drumstick under the strings near the pickups, for plinky arpeggiations. " I Love Her All The Time" features the same, with the sticks continuously rubbed together to provide a droning feedback soundscape. Some examples : " Burning Spear" features a drumstick under the strings at the 12th fret, repeatedly struck with a second stick. Drumstick - The classic Sonic tool, sometimes used purely for noise, sometimes used to form a whole song.Songs include " The Good and the Bad", " I Wanna Be Yr Dog", " Shaking Hell", " Inhuman", " Making the Nature Scene", " Beauty Lies in the Eye", " My Friend Goo", the DNA cover " Blonde Redhead", and most recently " Rats". Bass - Thurston often played bass on SY's earlier songs, switching off with Kim on guitar (though sometimes she'd just sing).No pedals for "NYC Ghosts & Flowers" LP.Mu-Tron Octave Divider (not in tour rig).Fender Twin Reverb (for Panasonic tape deck/radio + contact mic thru gain pedal).Peavey Roadmaster head (Vintage Tube Series) w/ Marshall JCM 900 4x12 cab.Fender Twin Reverb (for ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES - band didn't want to bring their full amp rigs across the country for one gig).Peavey Roadmaster head (2) w/ Marshall 4x12 cab.2nd Roadmaster + Marshall cab onstage for "My First Sony".
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