I'm not very familiar with his work, but your description above reminded me of something. Back in the late 80s or early 90s, River Phoenix's band, "Allica's Attic" came to perform on the campus of the University of Miami where I was a music student at the time. My girlfriend at the time had a crush on him, so took me to see the show.

I could say something similar about their music - that it was in a league of it's own. I think because they didn't understand the rules of listenable music, they were free to try whatever they wanted. Unfortunately, it didn't work. They were awful. But it was in spite of what they were doing, not because of it, oddly enough. They really did say "F you!" to the rules and try new stuff. They just weren't very good at it. Also, Mr. Phoenix was incredibly arrogant and rude to the audience at the time, which didn't help. But it was fascinating to watch.