Alright, today's blog is all about bands that are no longer doing stuff, or have been inactive for a long time that I wish would become active again!
The first band that had a very short life, that I thought their music was excellent was; ERROR. This band was a project of Atticus Ross (now a member of Nine Inch Nails)... it was quite short lived, they put out one EP, and it was kind of in the vein of digital hardcore mixed with industrial. The lyrics were quite nihilistic too. I wasn't really a fan of the lyrics and the subject matter, but I thought the music was excellent, and when I first heard it, I was hoping for more releases. Unfortunately, it didn't make it past the first EP, and I think they could have released more material cause it was quite good!
Here's ERROR's "Nothing's Working":
The second band I wish was still active is Wumpscut! Now, we all know who Rudy Ratzinger is, and his endeavour Wumpscut (if you don't know, here's the wikipedia). I'm not entirely sure why Rudy ended Wumpscut, from what I understand, as time went on, his project started to not do as well commercially (at least in the goth/industrial scene), and he felt the project was dying. So, he decided to cut his losses and fold it. Wumpscut for me was, at least in the earlier days, was highly influential, and inspirational for my own endeavour... and I feel like Rudy could have continued.
Here's Wumpscut's "Soilent Green":
The third band I wish was still active, or has been silent for a very long time is; Necro Facility. Now this band, kinda started off sounding like Skinny Puppy, and from my understand they were highly inspired by Skinny Puppy. Their earlier music I wasn't too keen on, but their last release called "Wintermute" took their music in a more poppy direction... and was quite excellent! It is my favorite album by them, and I thought they could have continued, cause I thought this album really set them outside of what they were doing previously, and they really were starting to create their own sound!
Here's Necro Facility's "You Want It":
Obviously there are a lot of other bands that I wish were still active, but I would say, these are the three that really stand out for me!
What bands do you wish were still active?
Necro Facility "The Room" and "The Black Paintings" are top notch,
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Lol! Yeah, not saying the earlier albums were bad, just not really my thing... Wintermute is definitely my favorite... just cause I felt like they were coming into their own sound!
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