By the mid-1990's, it had changed to a different tactic, stripping away the guitar noise to prove that the songs could stand on their own.

Only now they're white, and the guitar noise in this volatile reaction is punk, not acid rock.

Vocals mean more to me than guitar noise.

This ends at (7:04), leaving the sound of ambient guitar noise to fade out and end the song.

The Bangles play their rockers with a garage band's vitality, reveling in guitar noise.

Sonic Youth, which opened the concert, pushes guitar noise even further.

The new album, too, is drenched in guitar noise and sounds much rawer than "Nevermind."

But he regularly smudges the music with skittering, gnashing guitar noise.

Sonic Youth's music is typically heavier on squealing guitar noise than meditative calm.

"But then how could you sing and make guitar noises at the same time?"