yeah... but they are kinda fun. must be great to see live...
complexity isn't always desirable. its cool that they are kind of
consciously self-mockingly exploitating the genre....
makes you more aware of the common devices/standards etc.
andy
On Thu, 6 Nov 1997, Rusty Householter wrote:
quoted 20 lines Just picked up ATR's "Burn, Berlin, Burn!" What a pile of rubbish. I am> Just picked up ATR's "Burn, Berlin, Burn!" What a pile of rubbish. I am
> listening to this so-called "Hardcore" and I am laughing. I'm not getting
> pissed, I'm laughing so hard because they think they are Hardcore. God,
> everything sounds like an 808 through heavy distortion, with some anime
> samples. And lyrics like "Come on, You stupid pig! Get the Fuck
> away!!!!!!!!!!" and I am not mistyping they actually put that many
> exclamation marks after everything. Why is this band so popular with the
> kiddies?
> Here's how you make an Atari Teenage Riot song:
>
> 1. Put a 4/4 bass drum loop into your 808. Put some 1/4 cybal crashes.
> 2. Set your tempo at 300 BPM
> 3. Hook your 808 through a distortion pedal.
> 4. Yell something like "Go!"...."Fuck it!"...."Government!"...
>
> Hell just get the Rebirth 338 demo and insert lyrics. Any disagreements?
>
>
> Rusty
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