On Wed, 19 May 1999, Irene McC wrote:
quoted 4 lines WHY oh why do people have to hide behind so many different
> WHY oh why do people have to hide behind so many different
> monikers and aliases? This criticism has often been levelled
> against >our< kind of music - the facelessness of the people
> behind it, but they obviously want it this way.
I have never been able to understand aliases either. I can come up with
at least three decent reasons:
1. To attempt to remove a sense of continuity from one release to another
(If that is your thing. I prefer the opposite, e.g. Psychic TV. Or even
when no continuity is intended but they keep the name anyway, e.g.
Underworld mk1 vs mk2)
2. Signing a contract that says you can't use a certain name except on a
particular label
3. To become a different artist in some metaphorical way, to take a new
approach (not sure why that would require a new name though, unless the
goal is also #1 above)
4. In order not to confuse or anger people who think "bleep-blop-biddy-
boom-bop" is entirely unrelated to "boom-blop-biddy-bleep-bop"
--Mark
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