Bill Brovold and Larval

Bill Brovold was born in Tacoma Wa in 1957. He lived in such exotic places as South Korea, Japan, Germany and northern Minnesota. His family settled in Enumclaw WA a small Logging town (at the time). He grew up listening to the sounds of chainsaws in the distance, a musical influence still with him today. The first rock band he ever saw was the Sonics that came down the main street in his hometown 4th of July parade (c. 1964). They played "The Witch" over and over from the back of a hay wagon. Accompanied by a power generator.

Then after some pause he ended up in NYC playing guitar with Rhys Chatham which often sounded like several chainsaws playing "The Witch" over and over again. A logical place to be.
Brovold landed in Detroit in the mid 90s and formed the group Larval. They have put out several CDs and get labeled everywhere from ambient, post-punk, neo classical and avant jazz.
Larval performs on occasion and pops out the CD now and again.