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Boyd Rice (born 1955 ) is an American experimental sound artist, Archivist , Actor , Photographer , Prankster and Writer best known for his pioneering Industrial Noise Music under the name NON. EARLY SOUND EXPERIMENTS Rice started creating experimental noise recordings in 1975 , drawing on his interest in Tape Machines and Bubblegum Pop sung by female vocalists such as Little Peggy March and Ginny Arnel . One of his earliest efforts consisted entirely of a loop of every time Leslie Gore sang the word "cry". After initially creating recordings simply for his own listening, he later started to give performances, and eventually make records. His musical project NON grew out of these early experiments; he reportedly selected the name because "it implies everything and nothing." Techniques and implementations From his earliest recordings, Rice has experimented with both sound and the medium through which that sound is conveyed. His methods of expanding upon the listening possibilities for recorded music were simple. On his second seven-inch, he had 2-4 extra holes punched into the record for "multi axial rotation". While working exclusively with vinyl, he employed locked grooves that allowed listeners to create their own music. He was one of the first artists, after John Cage, to treat Turntable s as instruments and developed various techniques for Scratching . It is difficult to prove that Rice's Turntablism preceded its connection to rap music. He was treating sounds from vinyl recordings as early as 1975. NON Under the name NON, originally with second member Robert Turman, Rice has recorded several seminal Noise Music albums, and collaborated with Experimental Music / Dark Folk artists like Current 93 , Death In June and Rose McDowall . Most of his music has been released on the Mute Records label. Rice has also collaborated with Foetus , Tony Wakeford of Sol Invictus and Michael Moynihan of Blood Axis . His later albums have often been explicitly Conceptual . On '' Might! '' (1995), Rice layers portions of " Ragnar Redbeard "'s Social Darwinist harangue, ''Might is Right'' over sound beds of looped noise and manipulated frequencies. 1997's '' God And Beast '' explores the intersection in the soul of man's physical and spiritual natures over the course of an album that alternates abrasive Soundscape s with passages of tranquility. In 2006 Rice returned to the studio to record raw vocal sound sources for a collaboration with Industrial percussionist/ Ethnomusicologist Z'ev . Crowd control Early NON performances were designed to offer choice to audience members who might otherwise expect only a prefabricated and totally passive Entertainment experience. He has stated that he considers his performances to be "de- Indoctrination rites". Rice has performed using a shoe polisher, the "rotoguitar" - an Electric Guitar with an Electric Fan on it - and other homemade instruments. He has also used Found Sound s, played at a volume just below the threshold of pain, to entice his audiences to endure his high decibel sound experiments. Rice coupled his aural assaults with Psychological Torture on audiences in Den Haag , the Netherlands by shining exceedingly bright lights in their faces that were deliberately placed just out of reach. As their frustration mounted, Rice said that he "continued to be friendly to the audience, which made them even madder, because they were so mad and I didn't care! They were shaking their fists at me, and I thought that at any minute there'd be a riot. So I took it as far as I thought I could, and then thanked them and left." RE/SEARCH BOOKS He became widely known through his involvement in , Joe Coleman , Mark Mothersbaugh , Mark Pauline , and Timothy Leary , Rice described his experience in 1976 when he tried to give President Ford 's wife, Betty Ford , a skinned Sheep 's head on a silver platter. In this interview, he emphasized the consensus nature of reality and the havok that can be wreaked by refusing to play by the collective rules that dictate most people's perception of the external world. CONNECTION TO LAVEY In the mid- and Rice in several recordings. Rice's involvement with the Church of Satan largely diminished after LaVey's death in 1997 . Recently, when asked how much contact he has with the CoS, he replied, "Virtually none." He maintains occasional contact with current CoS High Priest Peter H. Gilmore , and still speaks fondly of LaVey. STUDIES IN GNOSTICISM Recently, Rice has done extensive research into Gnosticism as well as Grail legends and Merovingian lore, sharing this research in Dagobert's Revenge and The Vessel of God[http://www.thevesselofgod.com/ . In 2000 , along with Tracy Twyman , editor of Dagobert's Revenge , Rice filmed a special on the Rennes-le-Chateau for the program '' In Search Of... '' on FOX television. SOCIAL DARWINISM Boyd Rice's Social Darwinist outlook eventually led to him founding the Social Darwinist Think Tank called The Abraxas Foundation . ACCUSATIONS OF NAZISM In 1989 , Rice and Bob Heick of the American Front were photographed for Sassy Magazine wearing Nazi-like uniforms and brandishing knives. Done mostly as an in-your-face prank, the photo has caused boycotts and protests at many of Rice's appearances. When asked if he regrets the photo, Rice stated, "I don't care. I don't think I ever made a wrong move. The bad stuff is just good. America loves its villains." VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS Rice has documented the writings of Charles Manson in his role as contributing editor of '' The Manson File ''. Rice was a featured guest on '' Talk Back '', a radio program hosted by the Evangelical Christian Bob Larson {Link without Title} . In total, Rice made three appearances on Larson's program. HOMELIFE He began a romantic relationship (now defunct) with Lisa Crystal Carver , editor of Rollerderby fame, resulting in several recordings, performances and a son named Wolfgang. Although Rice was sometimes reported as to possess the world's largest Barbie collection, he recently confessed in an interview with Brian M. Clark to owning only a few. TIKI BOYD'S Boyd Rice was recently involved in creating a Tiki Lounge in Denver, Colorado. Rice decorated the entire establishment out of his own pocket due to his fondness of Tiki Culture , asking an open tab at the bar in return. Boyd has long expressed a love of Tiki culture, in somewhat sharp contrast to the other elements of his public persona. Tiki Boyd's was given it's name in his honor. Tiki Boyds Due to the bar owners treating Rice's friends poorly and not holding up their end of certain agreements, Rice recently pulled out of the deal and reclaimed all of his Tiki decorations. The future of the bar as it remains now is uncertain. Rice plans to re-establish another Tiki Bar elsewhere. DISCOGRAPHY FILMS
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