"As soon as you try to make outsider music, you're not."
In other words, outsider music doesn't include novelty records like "Disco Duck."
Chusid thinks there's something fundamentally, almost genetically, different about outsider music.
He asked me if I thought Kurt would've liked this total outsider music we were hearing.
He sent it to Irwin Chusid, a proponent of outsider music.
The book and albums explore the field of what Chusid coined as "outsider music".
Devotees of outsider music like to say that this music is "so bad, it's good."
It remains a touchstone for collectors of experimental and outsider music.
This notwithstanding, there is a niche market for outsider music, and such musicians often maintain a cult following.
Other notable musicians who are identified with outsider music include:
