Arto Lindsay

Arto Lindsay
Lindsay in 2014
Background information
Born
Arthur Morgan Lindsay

(1953-05-28) May 28, 1953
OriginRichmond, Virginia, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Composer
  • musician
  • record producer
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • vocals
Labels
Websiteartolindsay.com
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Arthur Morgan "Arto" Lindsay (born May 28, 1953) is an American guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer. He was a member of the pioneering 1970s no wave group DNA, which featured on the 1978 compilation No New York. In the 1980s, he formed the group Ambitious Lovers. He also performed with the Golden Palominos and the Lounge Lizards.

He has a distinctive soft voice and an often noisy, self-taught guitar style consisting almost entirely of unconventional extended techniques, described by Brian Olewnick as "studiedly naïve ... sounding like the bastard child of Derek Bailey".