I was in America in around 1991 with my 808 State t-shirt on - some girl noticed it when I was in a shopping mall, and started chatting to me; she even asked me out to an 808 State gig that was going to be happening in about a month's time! I was pretty shocked that anyone in the US would have even heard of them at the time (was also shocked that wearing an 808 State t-shirt had attracted the interest of a member of the fairer sex!), but clearly they were having some impact. Unfortunately I had to turn down the offer as I was only going to be in the states for the next few days; but it would have been a good laugh, I don't doubt!
Brendan (ps: what happened to Roland Rat's "Rat Rappin'"? ;) > -----Original Message----- > From: Mann, Ravinder [CCS] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 March 2004 12:16 > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: (313) first techno record - summary > > > Im quite suprised that 808 are right up there, they made the charts > in the UK. Didnt realise they were such a big influence > outside of the UK.
