Tuesday, July 26, 2011

"The New Synthesizer Rock" - Keyboard magazine 1982

Keyboard Magazine, never one to really embrace anything past Herbie Hancock or Jan Hammer, published this story by Bob Dorochuck exposing and exploring the current wave of underground synth bands. For a 14 year old  New Wave fanatic like myself this article pointed me in the direction of bands it would have otherwise taken me much longer to find out about. It's a nostalgic look back to a time when music still had the power to make people scratch their heads and wonder "what the hell are they thinking?"

Check out the full article on synthpunk.org