May 23, 1992. Here's Art of BG Noise's first uploaded flyer, a nice hand-drawn invite to see Hezikia Storm open for Mindpower (or was it the other way around?). Mindpower was one of the many side projects of Scott Cramer who occupied a unique musical niche in Bowling Green in the late-80s and early-90s with his bands HOA, XHOA, Satan Tortilla and Uncle Mike's Nightmare, among others. Mindpower were years ahead of their time; a lo-fi three-piece who played long, droney improvisations accompanied by a light show. They would have been a hit in today's noise psych underground; in the Northwest Ohio of 1992, not so much. The quotations at the header and footer of the flyer (and the name of the band too, I think) are parodied lines from a Nocturnal Education LP from the 1950s; you played the LP while you slept, and the soothing hypnotic voice of the nocturnal educator apparently turned you into a successful Organization Man on waking. This voice was mixed live into the unforgettable Mindpower sound.
I don't know anything about Hezikia Storm, although they sound like a metal band, and probably were.
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