Who's Stan Bingo you may well be asking? Well, think of what roadies are in trad rock circles, and you could well say that Stan was one of them.Sorting out stuff for Throbbing Gristle,and engineered the 'Heathern earth' album.
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Here he gets to work with his boss,Genesis P-Orridge, who recently departed this mortal coil for a reunion with coil in the purgatory,Hell,or Heaven he never beleived in...whichever one, is purely a subjective opinion;but my money's on none of the above,just simple, classic, oblivion at 10 to one on (1/10). So this Rip is basically a call to Rest In Peace for poor Neil.
When the Bible of Industrial Music was written, the bad book,like the good book, opens with Genesis.
All who came before Throbbing Gristle were not Industrial music,but merely a pre-curser to one of the musics that would be truly International like a....here's that word again....Pandemic!An industrial group could come from anywhere on the planet and you would never be able to tell their origin.A real Global music,or non-music,whatever your opinion?
Even Cabaret Voltaire slip into second place in the league table of the inventors of this most inclusive of musics.No need for three chords,Industrial music only requires zero chords and anyone with absolutely zero musical ability can make an Industrial record in an afternoon.Sometimes merely by placing a microphone out of the window and recording the ambient noise of the street outside. Yes,even you can make a record;just buy an echo box,a tape recorder,a cheap synth and a distortion pedale and you're ready to go.Read up a bit on Nazi's,record some stuff off the TV,and we're off.
Of course there are always some smart arses who would say unrelated,and german, groups such as Kluster invented Industrial music, just as they like to say The Stooges were punk before Punk,which is crap 'cus punk didn't exist then;it was something else,it was Punk Rock when it was called Punk Rock,and Industrial music wasn't Industrial until Monte Cazazza called it Industrial in relation to the music TG were making,and nicked it for their record label.
They were also early and prolfic exponents of the art of the DIY cassette,and remained totally independant until they split up,and got involved with Stevo,who ruined it all with the money he prised out of the record business's clenched fist.
P-Orridge would go on to make worse and worse albums for the rest of his recording life,and began to resemble a little old lady with a trout pout plastic surgery disaster.
But the reason i am typing this,although i've grown tired of all these disingenuous,or disingenesis, glowing obituaries;is to write a disingenuous glowing obituary for Genesis P-Orridge, who died three days ago......and the fact that someone wanted ,nay,demanded to know why i hadn't written a disingenuous glowing review of Gen's colourfull life;which was full of creative significance and influence.He really was one of thee recommended blueprints on how to do it.
RIP Genesis
Tracklist:
A What's History (Part 1)
B What's History (Part 2)
