C.J. Mc. Collum wrote:
: So, any other Mark Stewart recommendations, o you omnipotent holders
: of the IDM knowledge? Web page, anyone?
Hello and hello up north!
Mark Stewart has been my hero since he played in the Popgroup, back in the
early eighties. The Popgroup split up in Rip Rig Panic (with Don Cherry,
father of...) and Mark Stewart & The Maffia. They made several albums on
different labels (Control Data, As the Veneer of Democracy starts to Fade,
Mark Stewart & Metatron, all on Mute; Learning to Cope with Cowardice on
Plexus) and I have most of them. All warmly recommended, indeed you'll hear
where the Chemicals got it from, not to mention a whole bandwagon of
self-acclaimed original 'industrial hip hop crews'.
The Maffia = Tackhead (in the earlier days suported by toaster Gary Clail).
Tackhead & Clail popped out shitloads of twelvers, like Hard Left, Half Cut
for Confidence, Reality,The Game, What's My Mission Now,Ticking Time Bomb,
Get This and Mind at the End of the Tether. All on On U Sound or related
labels. They also produced records under monickers such as Che, The Barmy
Army, Gary Clail and Fats Comet. Later Wimbish, McDonald & Leblanc signed
to a major label and went 'commercial' with Bernard Fowler on vocals,
leaving Gary Clail behind (who pursued a solo-career). The later
Tackheadstuff still sounded powerfull but was much 'cleaner' than during
the On U period. But albums like Strange Things (on SBK) sadly lacked the
agresssssivenessssss of the earlier stuff and the Mark Stewart records.
But The Maffia as such is still very much alive and kicking as hard as
ever. I saw them ROCK the Melkweg in Amsterdam some months back with Mark
Stewart. One of the best gigs so far here in Holland.
If I had the time to type all the records they made that are worth hunting,
I would have to stay up a few hours more. But I'm pretty sure someone on
the On U Sound mailinglist has got a good releaselist of this bunch of
'best musicians in the world'
Rene Passet
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