HiYa,
quoted 1 line Well, if you were a "loser Industro-head" you'd be mumbling like me that> Well, if you were a "loser Industro-head" you'd be mumbling like me that
you
quoted 1 line and Jon and everyone else has lost their minds! I dropped Cab Vol like a> and Jon and everyone else has lost their minds! I dropped Cab Vol like a
hot
quoted 1 line potato after "Microphonies" since (from a purist Industro-head's> potato after "Microphonies" since (from a purist Industro-head's
perspective)
quoted 3 lines they'd *clearly* lost their original way and were making lame lukewarm> they'd *clearly* lost their original way and were making lame lukewarm
> non-Industrial and-damn-Mal's-actually-*singing*-now-blecch fodder.
> (Hey, that's what I thought back in '85-'86, so sue me ... plus, at that
point
quoted 1 line I was finding what Chakk and Hula were doing to be more interesting than> I was finding what Chakk and Hula were doing to be more interesting than
the
quoted 1 line Cabs' direction at that juncture.)> Cabs' direction at that juncture.)
Don't suppose you know if any of Chakk or Hula's stuff is available on CD?
quoted 2 lines I suppose the last 6-7 years of Techno immersion would probably have me> I suppose the last 6-7 years of Techno immersion would probably have me
> revisit such a decision (heck, I've never even *heard* "Groovy ... "),
but
quoted 1 line you might have seen things differently if you were a Cab Volt fanatic> you might have seen things differently if you were a Cab Volt fanatic
from
quoted 1 line day one ...> day one ...
I think it's their worst...too light-weight. Body & Soul is much better,
more of a Sweet Exorcist "clonk" feel to it IMHO.
quoted 1 line (I was lucky enough to have seen CV Edition 1 back on October 20, 1980> (I was lucky enough to have seen CV Edition 1 back on October 20, 1980
with
quoted 3 lines Young Marble Giants and L.A.'s Monitor. I'd just come off of having had> Young Marble Giants and L.A.'s Monitor. I'd just come off of having had
> acute tonsilitis and was loaded to the gills on Percodans and ganja.
> Now *that* was an interesting way to see a gig (-: )
I still say the first time I saw the Cabs was the scariest gig I've ever
been too. <g>
quoted 4 lines Erm ... anyway, since Jon started this "ROOTS OF IDM" thing ... I'll toss> Erm ... anyway, since Jon started this "ROOTS OF IDM" thing ... I'll toss
> out a couple more:
>
> John Foxx "Metamatic" (Virgin, 1980)
Yup! This + Early Human League was my first love
How about Eno and Throbbing Gristle for two more?
bye,
Eric.