Political animals

[mrph]

Hmm. Just thinking...

When did the last traces of politics and social commentary slip out of goth/industrial? (I don't think they were ever in synthpop...:)

And do we want them back? Looking back, there were elements of that there quite early on - SoM's Valentine, and every other NMA song, for starters.

But that was the eighties. Things were different then - you could do that sort of thing without being dismissed as a crank with an agenda, because everyone else was doing it too. But not these days...?

Comments

[zotz]

The last vestige hasn't gone yet. I notice Action Directe are playing Whitby (although how serious they are, exactly, I wouldn't like to say). Leechwoman are a bit unfocussed, but seem to be quite angry about something, and the same goes for the Chaos Engine.

[mrph.livejournal.com]

Actually, in many ways AD that prompted the comment. They seem to be the exception that proves the rule - and while they don't take their imagery 100% seriously (iirc their website band history is billed as "the official, highly revisionist version") they certainly express a political point of view in the songs.

Chaos Engine have done some offstage political stuff, I think, but as you say, the music itself tends to be angry rather than political...

I see Je$us Loves Amerika have billed themselves with "Your Every Action Is Political" on Darkcell, too. Funny how these things only leap out at you after you hit the 'post' button... :)

[giolla.livejournal.com]

Stick with OysterBand