History
Cul de Sac formed in 1990 in Boston, Massachusetts, taking their name from a Roman Polanski film. Led by guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Glenn Jones, Cul de Sac's music is primarily instrumental - although vocals from Boston folk legend Dredd Foole graced the bands debut album - drawing inspiration from sources such as 1960s psychedelia, surf-rock, Middle Eastern folk music, krautrock, John Fahey and American primitivism folk music, free jazz, and the more industrial elements of the avant-garde.
Cul de Sac have been classified by many as a post-rock band - the term was coined for group by writer Simon Reynolds for the music of bands like Cul de Sac, Stereolab, and Bark Psychosis - but Jones has expressed some discomfort with the term, preferring that Cul de Sac's music be viewed on its own terms, rather than as part of a specific genre. Nevertheless, Simon Reynold's own description describes post-rock as "using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and powerchords," a description that applies well to Cul de Sac, albeit more to a way of approaching music than to a particular style.
Genres
Members
![Glenn Jones Glenn Jones](https://ru.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Dan Ireton Dan Ireton](https://ru.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Chris Fujiwara Chris Fujiwara](https://ru.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Jon Proudman Jon Proudman](https://ru.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Ed Yazijian Ed Yazijian](https://ru.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Jake Trussell Jake Trussell](https://ru.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Jim Siegel Jim Siegel](https://ru.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Jonathan LaMaster Jonathan LaMaster](https://ru.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Michael Bloom Michael Bloom](https://ru.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Michael Knoblach Michael Knoblach](https://ru.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Phil Milstein Phil Milstein](https://ru.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Robin Amos Robin Amos](https://ru.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Chris Guttmacher Chris Guttmacher](https://ru.musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)