Comments on: The Pitchfork 500 Post Punk (2) – This Heat to Devo

By: Pitchfork 500 Electro Part 1 – Art to Liquid « Loft And Lost

Pitchfork 500 Electro Part 1 – Art to Liquid « Loft And Lost — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:56:21 +0000

[...] “Beat Box” seems to me like a bunch of art students mucking about with a Fairlight. Considering Cabaret Voltaire were sampling using tape loops in the mid-‘70’s, I don’t see how this can be seen as being a [...]

By: loftandlost

loftandlost — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:54:50 +0000

Good shout about the Sugarhill Gang crew – I was a big fan of Tackhead, and I forgot to mention the Mark Stewart connection. Sadly there’s no Tackhead later in the list but maybe I’ll dig out one of their CD’s and give it a review! Thanks for the comments mate.

By: paul k

paul k — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:08:35 +0000

got your link here from the arseblog. interesting analysis. i saw pretty much all the people you mentioned and have these observations: the slits were definitely concept over content, ie some degree of musical ability can be helpful, this heat were absolutely fab gear as were the cabs. pop group’s ‘pig’ bag papa was the continuation of some top music, so underrated but so important and mark stewart and the maffia were also class. mark always managed to surround himself with great inventive musicians. the maffia boasted keith le blanc from the sugarhill gang, doug wimbish who ended up playing bass with the stones (aaargh, but good gig for him), skip macdonald (little axe) and last but not least adrian sherwood on the controls. throbbing gristle were important if only for their confrontation. come on the arse as it were.