While browsing the electronic zine Chaos Control i stumbled on this tidbit
of info on System 7 / 777 :
THE OTHER DIFFERENCE WITH THE US RELEASE IS THAT IT IS UNDER THE NAME 777,
RATHER THAN SYSTEM 7. MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS DUE TO LEGAL PROBLEMS
WITH APPLE COMPUTER (THE GROUP'S PRESS RELEASE EVEN CLAIMS THIS ), BUT THAT
IS NOT THE CASE.
"THERE'S ANOTHER BAND CALLED SYSTEM 7, ON SOME OBSCURE SEATTLE LABEL, THOUGH
I THINK THEY'RE ACTUALLY FROM PORTLAND OREGON," EXPLAINS HILLAGE. "WHEN WE
FIRST STARTED SYSTEM 7 IN 1990, OUR FIRST RELEASE WAS A TRACK CALLED
"SUNBURN," WHICH WAS A COLLABORATION WITH ALEX PATTERSON OF THE ORB AND
YOUTH. WE WANTED TO RELEASE IT IN AMERICA AND WE GOT A LEGAL LETTER FROM THIS
OTHER BAND. PEOPLE TEND TO ASSUME IT'S BECAUSE OF APPLE COMPUTERS, AND WE
DON'T MIND THEM ASSUMING THAT. WE ACTUALLY THINK THAT APPLE ARE CORPORATE
BASTARDS FOR NOT GIVING US FREE MACS FOR ALL THE FREE PUBLICITY WE'RE GIVING
THEM. BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IF APPLE WERE MAKING A SYSTEM 7 IN THE US,
THEY WOULD HAVE MADE THAT PROBLEM IN THE UK AS WELL BECAUSE IT'S VERY BIG IN
THE UK."
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