Yesterday I wrote about seeing Nine Inch Nails and mentioned 100 gecs opened for them. I was tangentially familiar with 100 gecs but after Wednesday some of their hooks kept looping in my head, so I decided it was time to learn more about them. I started with this Laura Les interview:
While on the topic of hyperpop, Laura notes Dorian Electra, which led me to this video:
I noticed this video was co-directed by Mike Diva, who I’ve always had a special place in my heart for; when my son was a few years old, we used to watch this video all the time:
So that got me wondering what else Mike Diva has been up to and it turns out he was at the NIN concert, bringing this story full circle!
Mike's tweet made me reflect on some of my own thoughts that night, in particular about how in high school, my friends and I were into ALL electronic music and we loved discovering new bands, new sounds. I like to think NIN fans would have that same sort of open-mindedness to new music but I imagine there’s a good portion of NIN fans who are there for the angst, vs experimental electronic music.
I do want to give people the benefit of the doubt; 100 gecs and hyperpop are a departure from what 90s industrial fans are used to and you can’t expect them to immediately nod their heads. Maybe a lot of these guys were taken aback at first but then had “Money Machine” stuck in their heads the next day, or maybe not! Who knows.
Anyway hope you learned something today.
yixaline
Goofy ass nails