Comments on: Tuesday Nerdster Music Vids: Viva Electro, CMJ, and True Computer Camp Love

By: Chall

Chall — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:20:01 +0000

we are a wank electro punk band, its a shameless plug i know but i read this site every day and thought you wouldn’t mind

http://www.myspace.com/wearebattlecat

By: Gustavo

Gustavo — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:54:19 +0000

Hahahah… nobody is grumpier and pickier than serious Electro-geeks. :)

By: Jim G

Jim G — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:37:44 +0000

“Okay, think I was misunderstood here”

No, I think you just misunderstood. A bad disco beat and chugging guitars != electro, regardless of what they’re wearing.

Vocode.com is a good spot for the real deal.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:48:18 +0000

Erm Elektroids (no c) is Drexciya, or at least one half.

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:52:21 +0000

Okay, think I was misunderstood here, but believe it or not, I didn’t pick out Tigerpicks for their musical innovation or because they typify a genre. I chose them for their nearly B52’s-esque take on electro-crash and utterly silly video. (Computer Camp Love is, likewise, a silly gimmicky song that features crushes and floppy disks.)

CMJ, for its part, I leave to other people to sort out.

By: Hungry Antelope

Hungry Antelope — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:36:47 +0000

Tigerpicks isn’t electro… It is electro-clash, and I thought that gimmick went totally out of style in 2004 at the latest.

Real “Electro” would be Aux 88 or Drexciya or something kickin like that.

By: Peter Kearney

Peter Kearney — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:17:35 +0000

Tigerpicks is like 80’s big hair rock band with a bad dance beat.

For electro, try elecktroids - elektroworld on warp records (1995). It’s a whole different universe.

Drexciya gives me the creeps in nine different ways. Just the story of their origin alone is freaky.

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:43:00 +0000

As I said, they just repeat the word electro.

Though the scenario you paint happens to be the subject of my new young adult novella. Catch my book signing at the North Fork Mall Waldenbooks Saturday.

By: Gustavo

Gustavo — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:11:22 +0000

+1^999999999 to that.

I saw the Tigerpicks video, and my first reaction was “this is electro?!?!?!”

Its f*cking Barbie and the Rockers after discovering cocaine, hot topic, and catching the clap.

By: mad wax | vocode project

mad wax | vocode project — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:37:33 +0000

at the risk of getting labeled by the dreaded “purist” label, I want to say that eff that fake electro bull—t. it aint no electro punk, electroclash or electrohouse. its called electro bass yo!!!!!

adidas track suits, 808 beats, dynamixx II and drexciya. dont sleep :P