Gavin B.

I liked some of more sinister darkwave British synth bands, especially Shreikback. Their song This Big Hush first appeared on the soundtrack of Manhunter it always makes my flesh crawl. Shreikback was founded by bassist Dave Allen following his departure from the Gang of Four, along with charismatic fellow traveller Barry Andrews whose creepy whispered vocals became part of Shreikback's trademark sound. I created the video below by editing video footage from a History Channel show on natural disasters along with some random National Geogrpahic television footage tossed up with some random BBC video footage.



Another sinister UK synch band was Cabaret Voltaire a Sheffield Yorkshire outfit that specialized post punk, agit-prop themes in the same manner of Gang of Four, the Clash, and Au Pairs. Most of their brooding songs portrayed Great Britian as a dark neo-fascist Orewellian dystopia with no future.