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From:
Chris.Hilker
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Date:
Tue, 19 Mar 1996 08:02:20 -0800 (PST)
Subject:
Re: (idm) Stranger Than Fiction
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quoted 3 lines also keep a sharp eye for an excellent live bootleg of tackhead called "en>also keep a sharp eye for an excellent live bootleg of tackhead called "en >concert". it's on CD and the sound quality is very good. features a great >cover of grandmaster flash's "the message".
Well, it's not really a cover per se since they have Melle Mel rapping for that song, not to mention the fact that LeBlanc, Wimbish, and McDonald were the band on the original single...
quoted 3 lines other appearances of note: keith did all the beatbox programming for abc's>other appearances of note: keith did all the beatbox programming for abc's >"how to be a zillionaire" album (a sadly neglected mini-masterpiece of rather >creative dance-pop)
Orbital sampled it, it must be good!
quoted 3 lines adrian & keith also did a lot of stuff for the early KMFDM albums. in fact,>adrian & keith also did a lot of stuff for the early KMFDM albums. in fact, >one of the tracks on UAIOE is pretty much a direct rip of Tackhead's "What's >My Mission Now?" with some KMFDM vocals thrown hastily on top.
Keith didn't have anything to do with that, though...I've read an interview (from when he and Adrian were not on speaking terms) in which he's told about that track and says it's typical of how much Adrian rips him off. C. -- cspot@hyperreal.com (Chris.Hilker)