Derek Oliver <moses@teleport.com> writes:
quoted 1 line Who really gives a shit about all this stuff, but to say that Psychic TV>Who really gives a shit about all this stuff, but to say that Psychic TV
didn't
quoted 1 line contribute to "Acid House" would be an understatemnet in my opinion.>contribute to "Acid House" would be an understatemnet in my opinion.
Well the story about how they influenced a few other artists is interesting
but indirect. My point was that GPO & PTV didn't have much of a *direct*
influence on the acid house scene. How many acid house parties did they
organize and throw themselves? How many of their records did you hear on
the dancefloor? I've been going out dancing religiously since 1985 and I
heard a hell of a lot of acid house in my time.
When I moved to England, I lived in Brighton which is where GPO was living
at the time. As a big fan at the time, I ended up meeting a lot of his
close personal friends. I even went to several acid house revival parties
and to this day, the most I ever heard or saw of his contributions was when
I heard the acid house remix of "Tune In" at a small party once, a couple of
weak PTV concerts and a few private parties at his house near Lewes.
People keep saying how influential they were but I didn't see it anywhere.
How long have they been doing dance music? If you look at their history,
the only time they swayed from industrial was when Fred Gianneli joined the
band in the late eighties which is what helped influence them in that
direction. Even then, Jack the Tab was a pretty lame excuse for acid house
if you ask me.
As for the rumours about GPO the person, I just wanted to say that I know a
lot about him and I could say a lot of bad things about him but I won't
because there's no need to get personal. I just find it sick that so many
people worship the ground he walks on, particularly TOPY memembers who think
he invented acid house and invented raves and invented body piercings and so
much more when they don't even know him. Throbbing Gristle however did
invent industrial music and was very influential in many ways so I do give
him credit for that but that was a group effort and a whole different story
altogether.
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