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Originally Posted by Skaligojurah
I actually think the Nazi thing is interesting. Nazi imagery, and themes is not really uncommon in music
I mean, Sex Pistols, Boyd Rice, Residents, Slayer, Even freaking Lady Gaga. In fact, I've read places that say Michael Jackson's uniforms and dance were somewhat inspired by documentary's on the Third Reich. Essentially, it's something that was done extremely heavily among the punk circles in the 70s, and now you even see shades of it in top 40s music.
From that, I'm almost wondering if perhaps people take the imagery in art, and music a little too seriously. For me, I kind of understand the Boyd Rice approach of going full boar with it, but not really meaning it. It in itself is almost a protest of how seriously people take music, moreso than a pro-fascist statement itself.
I mean, honestly, why be ambiguous when you could make money like Screwdriver by being just out in the open?
Regardless, the music itself is ok. Nothing too spectacular. Like the strange percussion on the first song. A bit repetitive, really. Still, interesting.
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I think punk bands like Sex Pistols did it more for the shock value. Douglas P. had actually studied the Third Reich intensively and had found it very interesting, so he adopted the Nazi uniforms, or so he says. He had actually recorded a live album and donated the proceedings to a Fascist hospital in Croatia, which is questionable but at least it didn't go directly to the military fighting for Fascism.
The percussion is amazing, I love this bells and chimes. I love repetition in music. Bands like Spacemen 3, Stereolab, Brian Jonestown Massacre, and The Fall are all very minimal and rely on tons of repetition and I simply go nuts for it. It's cool if you can't get into Death In June because of the repetition, not everyone likes craploads of it.
