Alan Greenspan, father of electroclash
If rock needs a consciousness movement, Ian Svenonius may be just the guy to lead the revolution.
“I feel like people who are in bands, it’s almost like they are people who work in a bomb factory who think they’re making pencils. They’re totally oblivious to their role in the culture. It’s because of all the misinformation, the fake history; they’re living out a fake narrative.”
Svenonius, “a sort of Baudrillard of rock,” sings for D.C. band Weird War—formerly the Scene Creamers, until losing a legal dispute to a group of French graffiti artists also called “Scene Creamers.” Clearly, what these folks are creating isn’t just music. If you’re fascinated by the ironic, post-ironic cultural mash-up that is today, Curtis McCrary’s Tuscon Weekly article is a must-read, if only to find out whether Alan Greenspan deserves to be called “the father of electroclash.”
curtis mccrary says:
November 15th, 2005 at 12:39 am
that curtis mccrary guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
i should know: i’m him!
Steven Sande says:
November 15th, 2005 at 4:58 pm
I can’t know whether you’re you, of course (hell, I’m barely me). But regardless of what McCrary says, I thought it was a great piece.
(Oh, and Bernanke? People only want to know if he’s an inflation hawk. It’s not even about the music anymore.)