On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, Danny Thierens wrote:
quoted 5 lines in a very recent interview with a .be magazine, front 242 declared> in a very recent interview with a .be magazine, front 242 declared
> themselves "dead and obsolete" eventhough they are still touring (see my
> review of some months ago). they feel they "having nothing more to
> contribute" to the current electronic scene and "feel surpassed" by so
> many other bands. excuse me for my poor translation skills.
How very strange... Their last releases, _Up Evil_, _Off_, _Angels vs.
Animals_ (not counting the live album) showed them developing into a
something neither industrial-dance not techno -- more effective and much
less obvious, and harder to categorize, than their WaxTrax material. On
the other hand, they have been absent for several years (and as I recall,
the material they've played recently included no new tracks, correct?).
Perhaps just as well not to hear them make a slow slide into irrelevance,
if that is what would happen.
--Mark