http://undertheinfluence.me.uk/taxonomy/term/261/0 en http://undertheinfluence.me.uk/music/big_audio_dynamite_this_is_big_audio_dynamite <p>Elbowed out of the Clash, Mick Jones responded forcefully with Big Audio Dynamite, a modernist audio-terrorist outfit whose 1985 debut, 'This Is Big Audio Dynamite', seemed all the more futuristic when compared to Joe Strummer’s reductionist retro rejiggering of the Clash on 'Cut the Crap'.</p> <p>As is often the case, what was once forward-looking seems inextricably tied to its time in retrospect and the clanking electro rhythms, Sergio Leone samples, chicken-scratch guitars, bleating synths, and six-minute songs of This Is Big Audio Dynamite evoke 1985 in a way few other records do.</p> <p>Nevertheless, BAD’s boldness remains impressive, even visionary, pointing toward the cut-n-paste masterpieces of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, and since Jones did not abandon his innate gift for hooks -- if anything, he found ways to create rhythmic hooks as well as melodic ones -- it’s quite accessible for an album that is, at its core, avant-rock.</p> http://undertheinfluence.me.uk/music/big_audio_dynamite_this_is_big_audio_dynamite#comments 1985 Indie Pop Post-Punk Wed, 21 Apr 2010 08:14:12 -0500 kevster 205 at http://undertheinfluence.me.uk