Typical Girls: Women in Punk/Post-Punk/Underground Music (Circa 1975-1980s)

[Emily Arkin <viole_falushe AT yahoo.com>]

Speaking of which, I moved to reread some VU liner notes
with all this talk of string sound and learned that John
Cale strung his viola with mandolin strings, for more
sustain and a brassier sound. Interesting!
Emily

> >I'm sure it's been noted a thousand times before,
> >but it seems like she's inspired by the sound of that
> >classically-trained violist rocker John Cale's
> >freakouts on "Heroin" etc...

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