This was not my beautiful rock n roll!
Where did this energetic and unusual music come from?

Now on to the next continents; let's include the Balinese gamelan and ketjak, Latin beat/Reggae (especially Bob Marley), Chinese classical, Korean drum corps, Tibetan exorcism chants, European traditional, Mid-Eastern folk, Aboriginese tribal, this recount is wearing me out.

At this point I humbly admit I've never heard any Antarctican music.

The Tom Tom Club got me hooked on old school when it was brand new. We're talking Kurtis Blow, Run D.M.C., Grandmasters Flash and Melle Mel, even the Fat Boys. Whodini, and Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde get honorable mention.

However, my most endurable Heads link was to Adrian Belew, who has never stopped pouring out to me through a galaxy of pop and sonic experimentals, with planets to spare. His contribution to all the Heads projects, and his own solo works were heavily complimented by joining the 80s King Crimson ,

Of course the African studies opened a door to Peter Gabriel's 4th album and solo works, which I certainly absorbed. That led to Kate Bush, and even more world beat studies.

Ghostbeat's 1st drummer Mark Pilkinton turned me on to some Japanese techno Yellow Magic Orchestra. They were Japan's answer to Kraftwerk. Members and satellites Ryuichi Sakamoto, Haruomi Hosono, and Masami Tsuchiya rarely let me down through their various and extremely diverse solo releases. Not far off that beating path was Japan,

I didn't make it to camp with Mahesh Maharishi Yogi for meditations and mercedes, but I did spend some time with (East) Indian pop through the works of Monsoon and Sheila Chandra among many others.

Here's an unrelated but odd trio of
influential albums prominently played;
Stewart Copeland's The Rhythmatist,
Jean-Michel Jarre's Zoolook, and
Wally Badarou's Echoes.

Bill Laswell, peppered my pallette with his early funky funk and/or gritty ethnic experimental work in the multi-faceted and multi-incarnated Material. Luckily there were attachments; Foday Musa Suso, Ginger Baker, Down By Law, and others too numerous to mention and too hard to find decent links.

In the late 80s I just got a big funnel for each ear and poured in the triple-phased catalog of Bill Nelson (ex-Be Bop Deluxe member), whose prolific artsy-English output also kept me experimentally satiated throughout the 90s as well.

Some grittier English input was provided by Shriekback and I admit I was better late than never for both the Cure and U2, whose catalogs I then explored forward and backward.

1990s

The 90s started off with an industrial period spired by Nine Inch Nails, Tackhead (and offshoots), and Front 242, plus the sample heavy Jesus Jones.

Self.
Wow.

Self