this band was from goleta califorina and existed from 1999-2001 and featured hopscotch/sound virus records "mogul" mike ott and sometime HaC columnist/dimmak records founder/this machine kills frontman turned shitty hollywood DJ steve aoki........unlike this machine kills, the fire next time is actually a damn good band......if you can deal with all the cliched revolution and black panther bullshit.......i am one of those people who can get past the mumia abu jamal samples and bad black panther poetry to see the music for what it is....damn fine rockin intense semimelodic hardcore that only seemed to exist in california and that only ebullition seemed to have a knack for putting out...if you liked former members of alphonsin or anything mike krisch has ever done (especially please inform the captain this is a hijack or bread and circuits) then its a pretty sure bet youd like this..............its also the only musical output featuring steve aoki thats stood the test of time for me.......
I reckon you simply don't like electro, since Steve Aoki is one of the best DJ's in the genre. Have you checked out Rifoki, his hardcore-esque collaboration with Bob Rifo of the Bloody Beetroots? Nowadays I like electro and electronica about as much as I used to love hardcore and punk, in the US it seems liking both hardcore and electro is still not done. Here in Europe it's getting more and more accepted within the scene, but if there's one thing I hate about hardcore, it's the narrowmindedness of 'the scene'. Never be afraid to color outside of the lines
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, it's Mike Kirsch, not Krisch...
ReplyDeletei have my fingers in alot of musical pies besides hardcore, however electro/dance/rave isnt among them. i havent liked anything aoki's done musically since TFNT and if thats a "narrow view" well then so be it. i honestly dont see the appeal of what he does now....
ReplyDeletein any case your entitled to your opinion and i mine.........
oh and thanks for reminding me to edit my posts more, i havent done that enough it seems.
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