Glenn Branca (October 6, 1948 – May 13, 2018) was an American avant-garde composer, guitarist, and creator of unique musical instruments. Known for his use of volume, alternative guitar tunings, repetition, droning, and the harmonic series, he was a driving force behind the genres of no wave, totalism and noise rock. Branca received a 2009 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award.

From Wikipedia

Wikipedia content provided under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-SA license