As work continues on the new band, I have been looking back to some examples of classic industrial music to revisit how metal percussion is blended into different equipment set-ups. Over the past few days, I have been pulling out what remains of my Test Dept. material... some early cassettes and vinyl... I always wondered how/why (apart from the obvious of making crap techno) they tanked so badly when several of their peers maintained long and fruitful careers. My VHS tapes are all packed in boxes and I do not see myself re-acquiring the Test Dept. video on DVD, but at least some of it is on YouTube...
