The day Severed Heads is not considered IDM related discussion is the day
I leave the list and pledge to absolutely never come back. (Barring the
smart alec posts that will shortly follow..)
Underrated, you bet. For the more angular, warped, less melodic, clicky
stuff, too. The first three tracks off "Since The Accident": "A Relic of
the Empire", "A Million Angels", and "House Still Standing" pretty much
are prototypes for 75% of the recent artists we discuss here.. and that
was done in 1983. The double track "The Bladders of Thousand
Bedouin/Ayoomteyempt" off the "City Slab Horror" album is up there too.
Most folks initially heard of Severed Heads through the later, more
commercial sounding pop dance stuff later in the 80s and after. And some
of that isn't bad at all. (I think "Rotund For Success" is a great
album)... but it's hardly a good example of why Severed Heads are a pretty
important band as far as IDM goes...
More detailed followup on specific albums to come.. but there is a web
page on sevcom.com that, I think, has Mp3s of almost all their stuff.
I forget what it is, though...
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Brian MacDonald <brianm@kuci.org>
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On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, me makes you wrote:
quoted 9 lines just listened to the old "Dead Eyes Opened" promo from nettwerk that i
> just listened to the old "Dead Eyes Opened" promo from nettwerk that i
> 'borrowed' from the local station, and man does this guy know how to make a
> synth line
> this is definately one of the most underrated bands ever(although it is just
> tom doing all the work:)
> but is this 'k for cherished IDM discussion material??
> or skinny puppy/teargarder/legendary pink dots(old, all their new stuff is
> dead, can this be attributed to goetels absence??)
> brian