By Jem Aswad
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Executive Editor, Music
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Courtesy Geoffrey Weiss In 1969, three sisters from rural New Hampshire recorded an album titled “Philosophy of the World” that has lived on for far longer than anyone could have dreamed: Amateurish and bizarre, the siblings’ naïve charm turned Frank Zappa and Kurt Cobain into fans, although the album was often brutally mocked.
Yet in many ways, it was a formative lo-fi, eccentric, indie-rock album that found its true audience three decades after its release. The Shaggs’ music has inspired reissues, tribute performances, a stage musical and a devoted international following.
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