I'm listening to a cover of all tomorrows parties.
awesome, I completely forgot about this band!

APB lacked excitement on the early recordings, but when Welcome to earth came out they started to get away from the depeche mode/early-OMD sound. I think Stefan Groths side projects H20 and Total Transformation are much better.

I will have to look that up.
VNV nation is playing in boston next month... the 12th I think. I'm wicked tempted.

go to the vnv show for the opener Imperative Reaction...........more towards Velvet Acid Christ stuff.

Imperative reaction is more like suicide commando or I, parasite than VAC. Low key. VAC stuff is a lot faster, next to nothing as far as ambient.

I didn't care for Suicide Commando, probably why I didn't find the similarities. Most Metropolis stuff sounds the same.

especially now, since it's 90% synthpop.

echo image was a good synth pop group. I always prefered stuff off netwerk, release, hands has put out some decent stuff especially Needle Sharing and Tarmvred, ant-zen are gods, Cold Meat Industries has some quality acts. Metropolis is a good gateway for kids to get into darker electronic, but depending on the label to be the start all end all of industrial/electronic music is plain moronic.

I haven't gotten anything from ant-zen/hymen for years. great stuff when you can get it.

netwerk's be letting me down with crappy releases.

yeah, but early netwerk ala Skinny Puppy and early Delerium, key word being early are solid acts.

yeah, but lately.. like new delerium... yucky.

lol new delerium is shit. did rhys go through some life changing experience or something?

sounds like it..
I think it's all the fear factory.

well the Fear is the Mindkiller EP was fantastic.

I think I have that.
I will also admit that I listen to WAY too much din_fiv
and what happened to the boston band battery cage?

no idea, you really liked that din_fiv release? The very monotone/german esque vocal stylings had me in stitches after track 2.

the lyrics are cheese too, camp value I guess.
I really liked the boston elektro 101 comp dav_din put out.

did you go to Pigface last night? I am just curious to know who is in the band besides Martin Atkins.

they played last night?

I got an e-mail with the list of people in the tour. the only other I remember was en esch. I can look when I get home for the e-mail.
for me, no chris connelly, no pigface.

yeah at Man Ray, I was right across the street at TT The Bears seeing Monade.

triumphant_Gleam said:

I went to go check out Sheep on Drugs, who were awesome. You Shriek and Nocturne were awful, but that was to be expected.

I didn't really stick around for much of Pigface since I've never really been into them, but I saw them enough to see that The Enigma (random?) is in the band now and to hear them pull off a decent KMFDM cover.

VNV Nation/Imperative Reaction is probably going to be one of the highlights of the year as far as shows are concerned. Can't wait!!

VNV being a highlight? what a sad life.

What can I say, I dig em!

naww thats cool, EBM as a whole just isn't my thing.

I like just about all the vnv I've listened too.

yeah, the enigma is with them too.. I thought that was weird too.. what did he do?

For a few songs he held a guitar and for a few more he stood behind some keyboards, but I never saw him play either, just kind of stood around and made crazy-eyes at the crowd.

the_reverend said:

The only APB song I like is the VNV Nation remix of "Kathy's Song." I'll be at the VNV show with bells (and vinyl pants) on.

is angel industrial putting it on?
is angel industrial even still around?