Re: (idm) Atari Teenage Riot

From GD
Sent Fri, Nov 7th 1997, 11:35

Ami Mukerjee wrote:
> 
> >yeah... but they are kinda fun.  must be great to see live...
> >complexity isn't always desirable.  its cool that they are kind of
> >consciously self-mockingly exploitating  the genre....
> >makes you more aware of the common devices/standards etc.
> >andy
> 
> Why must every group that is so creatively horrible be credited as being
> consciously self-mocking? Maybe they just SUCK.

Yeah, I don't think ATR are taking the piss, they just think they're "hardcore".  If
you want fast and distorted, try Squarepusher's "Big Loada".  It's much better.

GD