What is your connection with/experience in Albuquerque?
I lived in Albuquerque [from] 1990 to 2001 and played in many bands; Los Subliminados, Atomic Love Medicine, other assorted weird experimental projects.
Do you draw up blue prints for instruments or just wing it?
No blue prints—top secret, all in our heads …
Why are people attracted to this stuff?
Noise is the most extreme form of music (volume-wise). It offers people a chance to hear, and sometimes actually feel (physically), a new type of live experience.
How many decibels can we expect on Thursday?
It varies by frequency spectrum (up to 800 decibels).
Thursday's all-ages noise show—or shall I call it an experience?—is at Wherehouse, located at 306 Lead SE (corner of Broadway), and starts at 9 p.m. Halfnormal with be supplemented by New Mexico experimental core members Alchemical Burn, Cobra//group and AGL. Admission is $5.