A Dutch documentary (around '88) originally aired on Dutch television. Includes interviews with JG Thirlwell, John Ballance, David Tibet, and Test Dept, with live performances. I've always loved the idea of industrial bands better than the reality. There always seemed to be a great air of mystery about them, and of course they existed in black & white. They also always seemed to have the idea of the complete package down - not only did they make records, but they usually had some sort of political agenda, uniforms, the vaguely fascistic logo, the whole thing. The fellows [...]
Tweet vaso link So after seeing The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo , with its awkward-yet-awesome title sequence featuring Trent Reznor and Atticus Finch reworking Immigrant Song, I thought back to my youthful obsession with Industrial music. Reznor was an integral figure in this phase of my early teenhood due to the importance of Nine Inch Nails on my musical development. The fact that NIN is central to my musical sensibility is not something that I readily admit. Deny it all I might, Industrial music [...]
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JG Thirlwell branches out considerably with Manorexia.
Before - Suicide ( Suicide (First Album) ) After - Paul Haig ( Warp of Pure Fun ) Soft Cell with Jim 'Foetus' Thirlwell
The greatest Italian prog record of all time (my opinion) - NOW IN ENGLISH! From Julian Cope's Head Heritage : “Throughout my early-90s re-appraisal of Krautrock, umpteen records were pushed my way, accompanied by the comment: “If you like so-and-so, you’ll love this lot…” It was only when this amazing 1972 record by Franco Battiato was recently issued in its English language version that I dusted off my copy of the original and realised how much I’d once played it. Bloody hell, I knew every note on the album; and I knew it’s near neighbour, [...]
JG Thirlwell is best known by the general public for his work on The Venture Bros and the many manifestations of Foetus.
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There's nothing like waking up at 7:00AM on a Saturday morning to a film featuring Lydia Lunch. Directed by Joe Tripician, and former Hurrah club VJ Merrill Aldighieri, The Gun Is Loaded was shot in 1988 and features Ms. Lunch walking & ranting in the streets of NYC intercut with various scenery, news footage, etc. All set to music by Mr. Foetus, aka JG Thirwell (both pictured above). The full 37 minute film is now available for download rental via GoEggIt.com . Now if I could only get my hands on a copy of Vortex . [...]
Well, I was going to see Vetiver at Spaceland until I realized that my last paycheck was hampered by my having taken days off, and I have no money until an advertising check arrives sometime this coming week. What will I do until then? Well, not much. Today I went to work and had enough money to eat one yogurt and one bagel. Dinner was a box of Crispix I've kept around the house for emergency hunger situations for about the past year. Those year-old Crispix sure don't taste very good anymore. So, what are my [...]

You would think a "leading technology company" earned such a lofty claim through smart business practices. They probably synthesized commonly found elements into a new medicine, or cracked some DNA code that could stop babies from being born with superfluous toes. Whatever they did, it's got to be important enough to warrant the term "leading technology company." You wouldn't think such a lofty claim is earned by launching a new digital file format in the hopes of becoming more popular than MP3s. That would be stupid. BACH Technology thinks they can replace the MP3. Their new file includes [...]

Well, Life Just Bounces mixtapes were pretty sporadic this year. It started strongly enough, with an early hiccup in March and, then, er, May, and by July everything had basically gone to the dogs. Oh well: in a spirited last-minute effort, here's a mix for December, themed for no good reason around the colour brown. Solid, reliable brown is the color of earth and is abundant in nature. Light brown implies genuineness while dark brown is similar to wood or leather. Brown can also be sad and wistful. Men are more apt to [...]
In no particular order... Tenet, the band by and including Jed Fucking Simon. A super intense cross of old school know-how and current awesome. This man's right hand is up there with the best (Hetfield, etc...). City Of Fire: What Caustic Thought has evolved into. Byron's new band with Burton Bell on vox, mixed by Greg Reely. [...]

Back to the 80's again. Oh yes. You can't stop me now. People say that this decade was one of the best times for music. Sometimes I disagree. But, if you wanted something original back then you had to dig for it. So yes there were some really interesting things going on musically but not on Top Of The Pops. There is Foetus for example. I know you might hear a slight bit of a Tom Waits influence in there, but that isn't a bad thing is it? Clint Ruin has masqueraded under many [...]
Hi everybody! I've got nothing else to say! I'm in the middle of a frustrating work week, while everybody else i know is either away for a few days or relaxing at home. This should be an eventful week, though. Ken and kT are visiting, there are some great shows upcoming, and...uh...that's about it I guess. I'll have something more interesting to blog about after another open-to-close shift at work tomorrow. And I'm sure I won't at all sound depressed and/or acid-tongued. RULES for uninitiated noobs : With roughly 100MB of webspace, I give birth to [...]
J.G. Thirlwell talks about Foetus, Steroid Maximus, being mislabeled an industrial music icon and composing the soundtrack to "The Venture Bros"
For three decades now Steven Stapleton has been serving wonderful (and wonderfully) sonic platters which are/were a combination of anything from psychedelia and krautrock to ambient and musique concrete. There is also a heavy non-musical influence in his works, as well, due to Stapleton's strong interest in dadaism and surrealism movements. He is a man [...]
Now-defunct New York label PCP Entertainment was once a home to a whole number of garage/punk/noise/experimental bands, including Unsane, Motherhead Bug, Chrome Cranks, Fuse, '68 Comeback, Slug, Lubricated Goat, Speedball Baby and many others. Some of their most curious releases include split between Australian musician Foetus and New York band Chrome Cranks (whose member Bob [...]
Name Variations: F.A.T. | Foetus All Nude Revue, The | Foetus All-Nude Revue, The | Foetus And The Transvestites From Hell | Foetus Art Terrorism | Foetus Über Frisco | Foetus Eruptus | Foetus In Excelsis Corruptus Deluxe | Foetus In Your Bed | Foetus Inc. | Foetus Interruptus | Foetus Nude Revue, The | Foetus [...]
A pitchfork apresenta aqui um documentário interessante a respeito da no wave que surgiu em Nova Iorque, no final dos anos 70, e do seu impacto sobre a música que daí surgiu. Atenção que a transmissão do documentário é limitada no tempo. Depois, só comprando o DVD. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sonic Youth, Theoretical Girls, DNA, LIARS, Teenage Jesus & the Jerks, Gogol Bordello, flux information sciences,