Talk:The Proletariat

Non-U records

Does anyone know if "Non-U Records" was The Proletariat's own label? If so, the name is a nice in-joke. It would be worth knowing what kind of business they did, whether they tried to run the business by the band's espoused political philosophies, and if they recorded any other artists. / edg ☺ ☭ 03:23, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Angular guitar sound

Non-musician, non-rockcrit readers such as myself might not understand what an "angular guitar sound" is. Does that mean:

• dissonant?
• abstaining from power chords?
• avoiding rhythmic chord progressions?
• diverging from chord structure implied in the bass and melody lines?

For encyclopedia purposes, it won't be sufficient for people who have all heard this sound to agree on what to call it, unless we can explain it here, or link an article explaining the concept. / edg ☺ ☭ 19:04, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, in a perfect word we would have an article describing it (and all the terms listed in List of Music Genome Project attributes, etc). Personally, I don't find The Proletariat scores super-high on my intuitive definition of the term. But it's used by the sources... Pete.Hurd (talk) 21:36, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

i do believe that "angular" is the common adjective used to describe this style of post-punk cum art-rock guitar playing. simply, it's a quick, noisy and staccato picking style. ("sharp" is used to describe it, as well.) angular guitar playing is generally harsh, dissonant and aggressive but may not be devoid of power chords, nor is it fully devoid of rhythmic chord progressions. classic musical examples of angular guitars may include mission of burma, wire, gang of four and shellac.Guitargeek666 (talk) 22:36, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Reference overload

Current article has strings of references inserted mid-sentence and then piled on at the end of sentences as well. Thubbubg these out would make for a more pleasant read while maintaining the article's cred. Morganfitzp (talk) 18:08, 23 December 2016 (UTC)

The Distortion EP came out after the TIBNLA compilation

"The Proletariat had one of the stronger sets on "This Is Boston, Not LA". I really came away from "Options" on that lp with a feeling that these folks will do something great. They did and it's this "Distortion" cassette." __ Smith, G.C. (1982). "The Proletariat - 'Distortion'". Chainsaw (USA).

"The Proletariat, whose members are from Freetown, Assonet & Fall River, and The Freeze, Cape Cod band, stand out on the This is Boston, Not L.A. hardcore compilation album released on the modern Method Records label in May (List price is $5.98)." __ Varnum, Steve (mid-1982). Title unknown (a review of the Proletariat's contribution to the This Is Boston, Not L.A. compilation). The Standard-Times.

"... But for the moment the Proletariat are working hard, intent on playing more clubs, reaching more people -- with Distortion barely a month old, they’re already back in the studio." __ Millman, Joyce (August 24, 1982). "Cellars by starlight - The dictatorship of the Proletariat". The Boston Phoenix.

Anzorik 11:27, 21 March 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by LFdoR (talk • contribs) 08:14, 22 March 2017 (UTC)