All the Rage (Kronos Quartet and Bob Ostertag album)

Bob Ostertag: All the Rage is an experimental album by the Kronos Quartet and Eric Gupton (reading). It is a composition by Bob Ostertag (with libretto by Sara Miles), whose loops and samples are alternated with music by the quartet. Ostertag composed the piece as a response to California governor Pete Wilson veto of pro-gay legislation in 1991.^[1][2] Proceeds went to AIDS research.^[3]

Released22 October 1993 (1993-10-22)

RecordedApril 1993

GenreAvant-garde music

LabelNonesuch (#79332)

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Bob Ostertag: All the Rage
Studio album by Kronos Quartet
Released	22 October 1993 (1993-10-22)
Recorded	April 1993
Genre	Avant-garde music
Label	Nonesuch (#79332)
Producer	Judith Sherman
Kronos Quartet chronology
Morton Feldman: Piano and String Quartet (1993) Bob Ostertag: All the Rage (1993) Night Prayers (1993)
Bob Ostertag chronology
Say No More in Person (1993) All the Rage (1993) Fear No Love (1995)

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"All the Rage" includes sound that Ostertag recorded on location during the AB101 Veto Riot on Sept. 30, 1991, in San Francisco. The civil disturbance followed a protest against Wilson's veto of AB101, a bill that would have banned discrimination against lesbians and gay men in California.

A 2011 documentary short by filmmaker Steve Elkins recounts the history of the riot and of "All the Rage."^[4] In addition, Ostertag offered his memories of the riot and the background of the composition during a panel held at the GLBT History Museum in San Francisco marking the 20th anniversary of the riot.^[5]