(Pop Will Eat Itself "Cure For Sanity" front cover)
I've never actually owned this album, but my first exposure to Pop Will Eat Itself was the "Dos Dedos Mis Amigos" album... I loved that album (especially the song "Ich Bin Ein Auslander")... and I've periodically listened to various tracks through Youtube and such... I've always been meaning to pick up more, and I found this in the new arrival (used) section at Hot Wax Records! A friend recommended that I look more into their back catalog as apparently it's very inspired by hiphop music (even more so than "Dos Dedos Mis Amigos"), and it certainly has a "modern" (I use that term lightly, cause this particular album came out around 1990) hiphop sound, mixed with electronic (and maybe some industrial elements as well)!
(Pop Will Eat Itself "Cure For Sanity" back cover)
I never actively listened to PWEI until around 2003-04. So, they didn't really influence the Twitch sound originally. Twitch's hiphop influences came more from around the Korn and nu-metal sound (using the heavy guitars, mixed with weird hiphop sounds and even some beats and such), and even Run DMC (their positivity, and especially their track "Down With The King" sound-wise), even Eminem, Saul Williams (although this wasn't until later as well), even some Beastie Boy's back in the day, and obviously as time has passed, more current hiphop has influenced Twitch's sound (even some gangsta rap has had a bit of influence, although, I would say, not from being in a gang perspective, but just some of the sound)... Rage Against The Machine was also an influence, but not heavily... just more around their ideas politically. I guess the list could go on... I do find these guys highly inspiring musically... I definitely don't want to copy their sound, but they have influenced some of Twitch's music! I'm glad I picked this up! I love industrial music! My collection is growing... and I like seeing it on my shelf in the studio!
I don't expect everyone to purchase physical copies of music, but is there anything that you are really enjoying or have found in your digital purchases that is exciting to you?
I don't expect everyone to purchase physical copies of music, but is there anything that you are really enjoying or have found in your digital purchases that is exciting to you?
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