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From:
Andy
To:
Rusty Householter
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Date:
Thu, 6 Nov 1997 21:18:05 -0500 (EST)
Subject:
Re: (idm) Atari Teenage Riot
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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 >