and douglas Mcarthy has a family 313 connection so =P
On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Martijn de Blaauw wrote: > Crap? don't think u can call their tunes crap...they where one of the very > few electronical bands to come out of the UK and have a some reputation or > respect within in the Electronic/EBM scene from back in the days. > > Togehter with Front 242 and Frontline Assembly they were the 'big names' > of the Electronic Body Music scene back in the 80's. U don't have to like > thier tunes, the early ones from thier album 'That Total Age' sound like a > pitched up version of DAF but try their album 'Belief' or 'Showtime' and u > wil hear a different band. > > Futhermore i think that their titles and lyrics really go well with > techno..'let your body learn', 'join in the chant', 'murderous' and > 'Control i'm here' just fit well with hard looped techno:-) > > Hawtin, Surgeon and the rest just might feel that these song are classics > and they grew up with it as being their early contact with electronic > music and this is their way of paying respect. > > Dj Hell is playing out Front 242 tunes, would u consider that to be good > thing then? i do....great tunes were made back in those days, they deserve > to be played out again > > And yes, Douglas Mcarthy, the former shouter of Nitzer Ebb has made a > great, very great album with Terence Fixmer called 'between the devil..' > and this mix between oldschool EBM, his vocals and 2004 techno really my > stereo at the moment...Highly Recommended! > > just my 50 cents on this sunny morning.. > > Martijn > > > > > > > > > > > > > What's with their sudden popularity again? > > Is it a result of Richie Hawtin throwing them into his "Decks, efx&909" > > mix? > > > > They were riding the coat-tails of D.A.F. as far as I'm concerned. > > They're lyrics were sh!t, their beats were rudimentary, and their debut > > album (and those that followed) regurgitates the same elementary themes > > over and over. > > > > There were at least a handful of artists that were better: > > Meat Beat Manifesto (used Nitzer Ebb as toilet paper) > > Front 242 > > Front Line Assembly > > Foetus > > Depeche Mode > > SPK > > Test Dept. > > Throbbing Gristle > > Cabaret Voltaire > > 23 Skidoo > > A Certain Ratio > > > > and on and on..... > > > > each of these bands could do what Nitzer Ebb was trying to do but they all > > did it better > > and any one of them make Nitzer Ebb look like a teenage boy band. > > > > If I hear that line "Lies lies etc guns guns etc fire fire etc." anymore > > I'm going to lose it. > > It's a crap tune - it was a crap tune in 1987 - it's a crap tune now. > > > > > > So - can anyone explain why the popularity of Nitzer Ebb and why do they > > end up in so many techno sets nowadays? > > > > MEK > > > > > >
