From: <info@noiseloop.com>
quoted 4 lines Just to put the story straight on some of the misinfo flying around here,> Just to put the story straight on some of the misinfo flying around here,
> GPO did not have any influence on the acid house scene. He very publicly
> tried to jump the bandwagon a bit too late in the day and was extremely
> unsuccessful.
BULLSHIT on that! Time to seperate 'Signal' from 'Noiseloop'.
Despite what else I may have offered in this thread, I *must* stand up
for Gen here:
PTV *more* than influenced the Acid House scene: they made *the* record that kicked off the
scene: "To All The Young People", with the Superman label (which pissed off
DC comics).
Psychic TV were *very* much responsible for the start of Acid House in
the UK *and* in the US.
Gen was in the States on a tour, in Chicago, and
asked a clerk in a shop there for the 'oddest' records
that they'd in the shop. He was given 'Acid Tracks'
by Marshall Jefferson and DJ Pierre (recording
as Phuture). Upon return to England, he grafted the
house beats with his 'hyperdelic' sound (the hyperdelic stuff is best
displayed on Godstar, on which 'J'taime', mentioned on list in this
discussion earlier, is the B-side: btw, the song 'J'taime' sucks big-time, bad-time, IMO.
The record 'Turn On: to all the Young People'
is seminal and should not be missed: the same can be said for
'Jack The Tab' and 'Tekno Acid Beat': get 'em if you ain't
got 'em already.
quoted 4 lines He became seen as a charlatan and laughing stock as he went> He became seen as a charlatan and laughing stock as he went
> around giving interviews claiming to have single-handedly invented the
> scene. He released an atrocious fake 'acid house compilation' with made up
> bands, name of it escapes me but it had a union jack on the cover.
WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
'Jack The Tab', the record referred to above, was made by folks ~not ~in PTV,
along with Gen and PTVers: Richard Norris (Grid, Soft Cell)
had more to with the production of that record than did Gen. And
Evil Eddie Richards was in on it, too, IIRC. It's a *fucking* great record!!!
As is 'Tekno Acid Beat': *great* shit, man.
Also I
quoted 2 lines believe he is completely anti-drug so the jacking up in an alleyway fears> believe he is completely anti-drug so the jacking up in an alleyway fears
> are likely to be groundless.
Anti-drug: HaHaHa!!!!!
You "believe" but you do not *know*.
Gen was ~totally~ down with the lysergics. 'Blue Pyramid' ;)
quoted 4 lines I gather thee temple ov psuckik yoof was not so> I gather thee temple ov psuckik yoof was not so
> much a 'countercultural youth tribe' as a mail order fan club. I knew a guy
> who joined but balked when he was supposed to send them a sample of semen
> drawn at dawn or somesuch.
What? He couldn't get 'it' up?????
quoted 2 lines I think it all became a bit marilyn manson for> I think it all became a bit marilyn manson for
> the british.
Irony???? Peter Christopherson directed Marilyn Manson videos. ;)
TOPY had some very wonderful cool, Coyotes. And Kalis.
Many of these folks at this 'time' (2003! ;)) are creating: music, sculpture,
video, fiction, poetry, etc, so on, what-not.
You know what: if one takes Gen *not* seriously, one
has a better time with him and his 'body' ov work.
Gen, I hope that you seek and find happiness.
=seek=
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
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