Merzbau's profile

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Name: Ryan
Joined: December 21, 2007
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What's the deal with your nickname? How did you get it? If your nickname is self-explanatory, then tell everyone when you first started using the internet, and what was the first thing that made you say "wow, this isn't just a place for freaks after all?" Was it a website? Was it an email from a long-lost friend? Go on, spill it.

I was obsessed with Brian Eno, noise music, and bricolage/collage art as a teenager and those interests all converge at Kurt Schwitters. The word "Merzbau" was obscure enough to be available as a screen name almost everywhere.