quoted 8 lines A lot of the people>> A lot of the people
>> who were attracted to the acid house scene and became artists in techno
>> & IDM were punks before all that
>
>Who, Boy George?
>
>I'd say that notion is a load of crap, I can't think of any techno musician
>who was a punk (or at least was brave enough to say so)
Orbital. (cue mindless "Orbital are not real techno" blather)
Alex Patterson was a roadie for Killing Joke, but he probably doesn't
count either, right?
Moby obviously doesn't count, especially since he was in Flipper briefly.
"Both [Marshall] Jefferson's enthusiasm for Black Sabbath and [Larry]
Heard's idolisation of progressive rock drummer [Neil] Peart [of Rush] were
bemusing at the time. According to stereotypical divisions of taste by skin
colour and culture, black musicians were supposed to be listening to soul."
- David Toop, Ocean of Sound
C.
--
C.Hilker (cspot@hyperreal.com) "He was mesmerized by the light-pictures,
and the music sent him right into dreamland"