rpk@mit-eddie.UUCP (Robert Krajewski) (04/25/85)
Unfortunately, the main reason why industrial bands tend to go slick is that most of them can't think of anything else to do. Most of these bands are only interested in sound -- when they run out of sounds (which is very easy because they first strive to be as anti-melodic as possible), they have no place else to go. Cabaret Voltaire was considered the typical industrial style band (not Pere Ubu, since they had real songs). A lot of their stuff could chill -- it had depth and non-trivial content. ``The Crackdown,'' the album they made after leaving Rough Trade, was indeed slick, but still had some haunting moments. The new album, on the other had, has bland DOR rhythms and the weakest melodies this side of ``The Wall.'' Einsturzende Neubaten were supposed to be the Next Big Thing, as the NME babbled on about Metal Music and groups like Test Department. Nothing ever happened. EN's new EP actually has two real pieces that I suppose you could call songs. Maybe their learning. Too many times, people who are looking for challenging music mistake oppressive single-mindedness or grating noise for geniune talent and the daring to show it. For example, the new Swans EP is totally without merit -- I'll take Culture Club over it any day. However, some people are going to like it because they think that anybody who puts out stuff like that must be really daring and cool. Actually this is just an exagerated instance of the ``uncommercial==good'' fallacy, but that's another story. -- ``Bob'' (Robert P. Krajewski) ARPA: RpK@MC MIT Local: RpK@OZ UUCP: genradbo!miteddie!rpk
keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle) (04/30/85)
[...............] >Too many times, people who are looking for challenging music mistake >oppressive single-mindedness or grating noise for geniune talent and the >daring to show it. For example, the new Swans EP is totally without merit I disagree, I rather liked the stuff, and not just because I think these guys are 'daring' or 'cool'. However, it could be partially because I can find little else that interests me on the music scene right now. (I did get ahold of a Severed Heads album recently though) Still, I'd like to know what you think is worth listening to, (and did you like the Swans earlier album) and why. >-- >``Bob'' (Robert P. Krajewski) Keith Doyle # {ucbvax,ihnp4,decvax}!trwrb!cadovax!keithd