I don't know if I'm adding a lot here, so I'm sorry ahead of time. Any information that Richard shared that is easily acceptable is on the following podcasts. I haven't listened to these in a while but I know he addresses his relationship with Gilden on one or both of the Harsh Truth and Noisextra discussions briefly but I don't remember exactly how far in.
Honestly, the most detail revealed was probably in the description of the box set on the Fusty Cunt site:
"I met David Gilden in late 1991 or early 1992 at a local experimental music show. He stood next to me and began a conversation about experimental music and noise. He figured it was a Throbbing Gristle style band.
I gave him my home number and he gave me his. We began talking on the phone soon after. He played work that he had been working on and I did the same. He asked if I was in "metal" and I said "no". Most of the time when I'd call him his Mom would answer and usually David was in his room recording. He recorded a lot and also did variations on a single recording session. He'd rework some or did layering to some of his work.
I was getting together a noisefest in Houston and asked him to perform at it in 1992. After seeing a solo performance of his, I felt our style in noise was similar and soon I had asked him to join Black Leather Jesus. He was very opinionated on others' work and at times was not easy to get along with. As many know, he had substance abuse issues which also caused some arguments within BLJ especially with other members.
Many times at a BLJ show, Gilden was so immersed in the performance, he would keep going when the rest of the band were done.
During our recordings session as Slave Labor or Lingula, David would like to plan out a recording whereas I'd like to just press record and go. This led to disagreements with what we wanted to do with the projects. David could be a perfectionist at times and his "creative fuel" would get in the way of finishing work.
Some Slave Labor recordings would include Macronympha as well. David and I briefly did a project called The Siamese Model and Noise!Noise!Noise!
His addiction got in the way. Our relationship became very volatile at this point. Not long after he entered rehab again in 1997, we went our separate ways and never spoke again.
Gilden was an amazing noise artist and sadly was overlooked during his active years. It's great to see people appreciate his work today. I do miss the good times we had recording and performing together."
-Richard Ramirez
