{"id":4142,"date":"2018-06-27T14:42:03","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T18:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/?p=4142"},"modified":"2018-06-27T14:42:16","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T18:42:16","slug":"front-242","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/front-242\/","title":{"rendered":"Front 242"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BIUL_Front_242.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4143\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/front-242\/biul_front_242\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BIUL_Front_242.jpg?fit=1000%2C819&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,819\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"BIUL_Front_242\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BIUL_Front_242.jpg?fit=500%2C410&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4143\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BIUL_Front_242.jpg?resize=500%2C410\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BIUL_Front_242.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BIUL_Front_242.jpg?resize=300%2C246&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BIUL_Front_242.jpg?resize=768%2C629&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I wrote about the boiler explosion at the sauce factory in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/soundgarden\/\">previous entry<\/a>. I know there are other references to that most hilarious of summer jobs around, if you look. In the first panel, I am filling catering jugs of Worcestershire sauce on a conveyor belt. Fill &#8217;em, wipe &#8217;em off and cap &#8217;em. Actually, I think another worker was in charge of capping the jugs. Like I said, most hilarious.<\/p>\n<p>The song playing in the second panel is &#8220;Light&#8221;, by KMFDM (of course). KMFDM doesn&#8217;t mean what you think it does. It&#8217;s a phrase in German that translates loosely as &#8220;no pity for the majority&#8221;. Just about any KMFDM album cover is awesome as wall art.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hVgBp5Yu7_w?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Front 242 were pioneers of &#8220;electronic body music&#8221;, from Belgium, who peaked in the 1980s. They have\u00a0<em>a lot\u00a0<\/em>of albums. My exposure to them was primarily through two of them, both from 1993;\u00a0<i>06:21:03:11 UP EVIL<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>05:22:09:12 OFF.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Front 242&#8217;s style shifted abruptly with each of their next two albums, released in rapid succession in 1993 on Epic&#8217;s sub-label RRE (originally planned as a double-CD):\u00a0<i>06:21:03:11 UP EVIL<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>05:22:09:12 OFF<\/i>\u00a0(the numbers correspond to letters, spelling &#8220;FUCK UP EVIL&#8221; and &#8220;EVIL OFF&#8221;). The band describes the two albums as &#8220;based on the duality of good and evil.&#8221;\u00a0However, strains were emerging, with the band members apparently having different artistic views. Despite these tensions, they performed on the main stage of the 1993\u00a0Lollapalooza\u00a0tour. [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Front_242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Wikipedia<\/em><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I think strains were emerging because these guys were cranking out duds. I misremembered that &#8220;Crapage&#8221; was instrumental; it isn&#8217;t, but the remixes on the 1993 single for &#8220;Religion&#8221; are. I&#8217;ve managed to hold on to that single since 1993. I parted with the whole full-length albums long ago. They both looked like bargain-bin Windows games about demons, ghosts, and time running out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/front242.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4144\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/front-242\/front242\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/front242.jpg?fit=500%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,250\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"front242\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/front242.jpg?fit=500%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4144\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/front242.jpg?resize=500%2C250\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/front242.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/front242.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, the CD single isn&#8217;t much prettier, but I&#8217;m glad I kept it, because I&#8217;ve never found it on YouTube. Turns out it&#8217;s not a single, but a promo, given away to the record store where I worked in 1993. Check out some of the names credited on the inside cover.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Crapage2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4145\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/front-242\/crapage2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Crapage2.jpg?fit=450%2C449&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"450,449\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Crapage2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Crapage2.jpg?fit=450%2C449&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4145\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Crapage2.jpg?resize=450%2C449\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Crapage2.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Crapage2.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Crapage2.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Does the name Andy Wallace sound familiar? That&#8217;s because of his <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Andy_Wallace_(producer)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">absolutely insane pedigree<\/a> as a producer.<\/p>\n<p>J.G. Thirlwell is better known as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/JG_Thirlwell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foetus<\/a>. As if that wasn&#8217;t enough, he composed the spectacular score to the<em>\u00a0Venture Bros.<\/em> cartoon.<\/p>\n<p>Liam Howlett is better known as The Prodigy. And then of course, there&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Orb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Orb<\/a>. Front 242 really hit the jackpot on this disc. Here&#8217;s the track I like so much, which I had to upload myself:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ji7UaXldfo4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The other remix by The Orb features extensive samples from the antique porno\u00a0<em>Deep Throat<\/em>, where Linda Lovelace gets the news from a doctor that her clitoris is actually at the back of her palate. I mean, it&#8217;s the whole scene pretty much. I haven&#8217;t uploaded that track or the others because frankly, I didn&#8217;t like them as much. The Prodigy remix of &#8220;Religion&#8221; crops up in a couple of terrible movies, such as\u00a0<em>Beowulf\u00a0<\/em>(the Christopher Lambert one), which only supports my theory that it was a promotional item and not a single. It probably fell through the cracks of legal ownership sometime around the turn of the century.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sUxkumq9UJY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve never heard of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bigod_20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bigod 20<\/a>. It&#8217;s more European EBM with guys croaking and squawking over it. Here&#8217;s their cover next to Garbage&#8217;s. I can&#8217;t decide which is less interesting. At least the Bigod 20 cover looks like you stashed your illegal steel knuckles in a strawberry snow cone. The Garbage one looks like actual labeled refuse.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bigarbage.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4146\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/front-242\/bigarbage\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bigarbage.jpg?fit=500%2C248&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,248\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"bigarbage\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bigarbage.jpg?fit=500%2C248&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4146\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bigarbage.jpg?resize=500%2C248\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bigarbage.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/bigarbage.jpg?resize=300%2C149&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Garbage&#8217;s looks like a logo for a shitty teen fashion store at the mall. You know, like the name is &#8220;ironic&#8221;, or &#8220;hip&#8221;, in that fashionable clothes are future garbage anyway. After the cashier rings up your overpriced purchase, it goes in a &#8220;garbage bag&#8221; which has a big glossy picture of that album cover on it.<\/p>\n<p>Come on, tell me people wouldn&#8217;t shop at that place. There&#8217;d be hilarious tales of woe from employees, because when they take out the trash after closing, their dumpster is always full. Because it&#8217;s labeled &#8220;GARBAGE&#8221;! All the other stores use it!<\/p>\n<p>Okay, maybe you have to have worked in a mall to find that funny, but my point is that is an ugly cover and no one cares because they like the music. I hate that. Maybe you don&#8217;t have the time or budget for decent album art; so what? Why is that an excuse? There is a literal world of art out there that could be licensed. Mr. Bungle did it by licensing art from one of the greatest comic book stories ever written; &#8220;A Cotton Candy Autopsy&#8221;, from\u00a0<em>Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children.\u00a0<\/em>Granted, they had Warner Bros. money, and the comic was published by their affiliate DC, but my point stands.\u00a0<em>Mr. Bungle<\/em> is an even greater experience because of the art included.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4147\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mrbungle.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4147\" data-attachment-id=\"4147\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/front-242\/mrbungle\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mrbungle.jpg?fit=400%2C393&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,393\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"mrbungle\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sex, there&amp;#8217;s no such thing.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mrbungle.jpg?fit=400%2C393&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4147\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mrbungle.jpg?resize=400%2C393\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mrbungle.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/mrbungle.jpg?resize=300%2C295&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sex, there&#8217;s no such thing.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Like all Mr. Bungle albums, there are no songs that aren&#8217;t magnificent upon it. Every track is a masterpiece. There are few finer albums that you could own than the three Mr. Bungle releases. I&#8217;ve had them as long or longer than the Front 242 promo.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a subtle reminder that you should hang on to things, because they may never end up on the Internet after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,3,78,46],"tags":[38,45,2992,280,2991,47,2984,2985,16,2988,2982,2987,2981,2983,705,2993,2990,15,809,14,226,20,2986,2989,2527,2730],"class_list":["post-4142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bad-influences","category-classic-comix","category-eatable-things","category-thousand-listen-club","tag-1990s","tag-45","tag-a-clockwork-orange","tag-alternative-music","tag-andy-wallace","tag-bands-i-useta-like","tag-bigod-20","tag-christopher-lambert","tag-comic","tag-deep-throat","tag-ebm","tag-foetus","tag-front-242","tag-garbage","tag-germany","tag-heaven-17","tag-kmfdm","tag-metal","tag-mr-bungle","tag-music","tag-new-jersey","tag-strips","tag-the-orb","tag-the-prodigy","tag-venture-bros","tag-warner-brothers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p53HmY-14O","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1044,"url":"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/soundgarden\/","url_meta":{"origin":4142,"position":0},"title":"Soundgarden","author":"MattyBoy","date":"12\/06\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The easiest way to get me to violently despise something is to force it on me, over and over, preferably at times I have no control over it. 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We want to knock it off with the political shit, but we also want a valid excuse for indulging in our baser urges. 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