Bill Brovold

Guitarist, composer, painter, and producer Bill Brovold was involved in early-'80s N.Y.C. no wave bands, including Rhys Chatham groups, and later headed Larval, a Michigan-based band signed to the Knitting Factory Works and Cuneiform labels. Born in 1957 in Tacoma, Washington, Brovold first began playing the guitar in the early '70s, initially focusing on country music. He moved to New York to attend the School of Visual Arts, graduated in 1982, and the following year became a guitarist for the Rhys Chatham Ensemble, a gig that would last the next five years. Throughout his in...