New research suggests that dissonant rock music arouses listeners because its sound is similar to the ones made by animals in distress. PROBLEM: Parents hate it, and radio stations hardly play it ...

Just how much distortion -- and the favored type of distortion, analog or digital -- varies from listener to listener, and that's where the story gets complicated. Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve ...

As a small child, I tuned my AM radio between stations and spent many happy hours listening to static. The spikey roar sounded like abstract music to me, and I could “play” it by slowly turning the ...

This video explores the fascinating history of electric guitar distortion, tracing how accidental amplifier damage and experimentation transformed the sound of modern music. It highlights the early ...

This article originally appeared on Noisey. The discovery of guitar distortion just may be one of the happiest accidents in modern music history. Born the bastard child of dysfunctional amplifiers, ...

(LIVE 105) - Maybe it's not just Zack de la Rocha's lyrics that provoke Rage Against The Machine fans to incite riots. A recent study shows that it's now looking like Tom Morello's screeching guitars ...

It blogs. It books cool local music shows. It’s a must-follow Facebook and Twitter page. It promotes bands, free of charge. So what is Dallas Distortion Music, exactly? Essentially, DDM is Matt ...