Amps For Christ (AFC) is about the combinations of many styles of music and sound from hardcore and noise to traditional musics (Folkcore and
Musnik). The subjects go from war and run-away corporate capitalism to peace and the love and mercy of God. The warp in the harmonic scale,
experimentation with waveforms and “beat-tones” are matters of great intrigue.
Barnes has been building stringed instruments, pre-amps and amplifiers of an experimental nature for many moons and used them while in the
hardcore/noise band Man Is The Bastard (MITB) Barnes and Connell (drums of MITB) starte ...read more
Amps For Christ (AFC) is about the combinations of many styles of music and sound from hardcore and noise to traditional musics (Folkcore and
Musnik). The subjects go from war and run-away corporate capitalism to peace and the love and mercy of God. The warp in the harmonic scale,
experimentation with waveforms and “beat-tones” are matters of great intrigue.
Barnes has been building stringed instruments, pre-amps and amplifiers of an experimental nature for many moons and used them while in the
hardcore/noise band Man Is The Bastard (MITB) Barnes and Connell (drums of MITB) started a side band called Two Ambiguous Figures with
Barnes playing sitar and Connell on the tablas. It evolved into AFC after Barnes’ amicable departure from MITB in 1996. Since ‘92, Barnes has
also been working with Wood —and sometimes Nelson— on another side band called Bastard Noise.
Amps For Christ has strong elements of pure noise and experimental throughout. Back in 1996 Barnes met Enid Snarb who is a recording freak
and preparer of Hammonds. They started recording AFC. There have been many collaborators: The beautiful Tara Tavi singing and playing
Chinese instruments, Marz of Pyramids On Mars and Barnes’ bro, R. , and dad, R.G. Barnes, as well as many others. « hide
