But I think that to them, using pop culture as an artistic medium was just as important as the music. Everything I've read about them and observed seems to imply that. They were essentially artists, and that's how they thought of themselves, not really as musicians, and their whole concept and mythology was the real art work - which is a bit like Warhol. The music was just one part of that, although they were smart enough to realize that, as their primary point of contact with their public, it had to have quality, it had to mean something, and it couldn't be just some tossed-off crap. Even if it was primitive and childlike - as it was in the beginning - created with rudimentary musicianship and musique concrete tape-manipulations, there needed to be something there. An early semi-insider's account of them describes how they knew what rock music sounded like, even though they didn't quite know how to play it, and so they set out to create something that sort-of sounded like that, using whatever techniques and abilities they did have.Originally Posted by GuitarGeek
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