Depeche Mode ~ Wrong [2⊘⊘9]

Sadly, many of us are mourning the recent loss of keyboardist Andrew (Andy) Fletcher (AKA Fletch), who with fellow schoolmates Martin Gore (vocalist) and Vince Clarke (keyboardist) founded band Composition Of Sound, later adding vocalist David Gahan and rechristening themselves Depeche Mode (French for fast fashion). Vince would drop out after the band’s initial release Speak & Spell‘s subsequent tour, connecting with Alison Moyet to … Continue reading Depeche Mode ~ Wrong [2⊘⊘9]

Kill Shelter ~ Bodies (ft. Buzz Kull) [2⊘19]

An Australian cold-case from yesteryear, Bodies tells the tale of tightly-bonded identical twin brothers Paul and Chris Dawson, both already married with families, locally-famous footballers, and high school teachers that presumably teamed up to sexually engage the more-attractive female age-of-consent 16-year-old students in their classrooms… Continue reading Kill Shelter ~ Bodies (ft. Buzz Kull) [2⊘19]

Killing Joke ~ I Am The Virus [2⊘15]

Despite the song’s eerily prescient release nearly five years prior to COVID, Jaz Coleman, frontman for Killing Joke, is an unlikely omniscient and rather perhaps simply wise. The lyrics, more likely to be interpreted as an allegory to our world’s overlords and their ever-present control over our lives – Jaz is an oft believer in several popular conspiracy theories, an occultist, an apparent cigar aficionado (see pic above), and a self-professed … Continue reading Killing Joke ~ I Am The Virus [2⊘15]