The lead singer of the Nihilist Spasm Band- 'Wild Bill' Exley was a teacher at my high school. The NSB is a noise band that started in 1965 and still plays together to this day. They make and modify all of their own instruments, most of which are very unique sounding noisemakers. I had the pleasure of booking them to play at one of my art shows a while ago called Homoschtank. Here is a clip of them on Japanese television in '96.
