that's an interesting hypothesis. my european brain refuses to believe it ;)
Digney's link is a taste. Their first album came out in 1977, but they played live for five or six years before that, and were well known among fringey musician types.
From the geniuses at wikipedia:
Never widely popular amongst the general public, Suicide are highly influential: critic Wilson Neate writes that Suicide "would prove as influential as The Clash. Listening to their self-titled 1977 debut from the vantage point of late 2002, it's all so obvious: the synthpop, techno, and industrial dance sounds of the '80s and '90s, and now the new New Wave of electroclash, all gesture back to that foundational album."
He doesn't belong to Eiffel. As I wrote it, he is Archive's ex-singer Craig Walker (Archive being a brit band).
Right. But they are
all douchebags, not just him.
You know
douche, it's a French word. You gave us douche, we gave you rock and roll. We've done some tremendous things with the douche, but you've only made a mockery of rock.
It's not your fault. The roots of rock and roll go back to WWII, and the mentality and spirit of great rock and roll can clearly be seen if you parallel France and America/Britain during that awful time. It's the difference between subjugation and defiant, bloody ass kicking, no matter the risk or loss to yourself. There is no promise of safety or even survival, and
that is rock and roll, honey. Your people can imitate and approximate - and we understand why you want to - but you don't have the
balls to do it right. The Americans and the Brits do. It's simple.
Don't feel so bad. You guys make great squeezebox and calliope music. Be proud of that.