Second spring for Electroclash (Page 7 of 17)

hehe thanks!!

it just never occurred to anyone who considers it underground to bring it up at NME

the uk is one of the most self-protective markets in the whole world when it comes to music. every few years any fart that 3 16-year olds make in some basement in london is claimed to be the new generation of rock, while anything coming from the continent is totally and utterly ignored. i was an nme reader since the late 70's, and i sure can't remember any articles on things like italo in those days, even music like EBM or industrial was just laughed at while they endlessly promoted now long forgotten english bands.

its actually a surprise anyone in the Uk knows italo at all..

@ Rude66 - you're totally right.

but dude it's not even just italo or foreign music in general, half of the UK music that's any good is similarly ignored over here too while the crap that sucks (Spice Girls, Oasis, whatever) is elevated to the level of high art. The old metal scene is a good example - we once produced Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin and now the kids listen to Slipknot. Or in terms of synth stuff don't imagine Ceramic Hello, Sudeten Creche or Oppenheimer Analysis were ever big in this country - unfortunately not...

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n6ze7_0-4w[/youtube]

this is them explaining it in their own words...

so tell us great bias what's the next big thing?

london and italo, i've lived in hackney 10 years and this is where all the italo parties happen.
but if it wasn't for cbs, i would have no idea what italo is, even though i live in the epicentre of it all, well according to the london media

no bad boy yardies with the dope rims drive by place playing italo, no kids get on the bus playing italo on the mobile phone (its blood step round here innit)
you don't hear italo in my neighbours bbq's (lots of chicken scratch perry though)

don't believe the hype blah blah blah

as for ali and assholes, i've only met him the once and he let this drunken irish stranger fall all over his pad on mushrooms, hospitality my own parents have never provided

i have to admit i never checked the stuff from this band before this topic. i was not interested. but when i see the youtube stuff:
sorry, this is soo boring.
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good point, italo was indeed 99% commercial music for the mainstream.
Valerie Dore = Kate Perry

Any time byron... lets do it again with more buckfast!!
once upon a time heartbreak did an interview for the NME.....

then don't call people an asshole in public when you've never met them, have never heard their music for more than 5 minutes and clearly have no idea what you're talking about!

and with BWH I'm just pointing out how ignorant your remarks were, especially as you yourself make a typo and won't allow for the fact that a journalist might have misrepresented Heartbreak in any way. Obviously you can make mistakes and if someone points that out it's just being petty, whereas if they do nothing but answer questions and make music they're open to any criticism you can dream up!!! but you're right your stupidity is probably obvious to all and sundry and I don't need to point that out to anyone, they can just read the article and see you're talking shit for themselves.

I think instead it's a bit childish to be calling people an asshole and utterly misquoting their points of view just to feel important and then when you get called out on it you change tack to hiding behind the "hey don't take this shit too serious man" excuse. That's just pathetic. You know your comment was serious. Why else would you call Ali an asshole in public with no reason?