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TECHNO-FLASH

In the Beginning was Pink Floyd, pipers at the gates of psychedelic dawn. Hell, they even used to write about 'em like that, even though the Floyd didn't always take themselves as seriously as their adherents often do. ("Take Up My Stethoscope & Walk" shows pure panache up the ass rn song titles.)

March 1, 1975

TECHNO-FLASH

Tangemfe Dream. Nektar. and Triumvirat A Guide to the Whizz of it all.

In the Beginning was Pink Floyd, pipers at the gates of psychedelic dawn. Hell, they even used to write about 'em like that, even though the Floyd didn't always take themselves as seriously as their adherents often do. ("Take Up My Stethoscope & Walk" shows pure panache up the ass rn song titles.)

Pink Floyd managed to take all those sci fi sounds and make them commercial. But in the last couple years, they haven't done much of anything, though they did recently come out of their long hiatus to tour England.

While they were out of the picture, a slew of other bands sprung up to fill the void. For some reason, most of them came from Germany. They don't necessarily sing about sci fi concepts, but then neither does Pink Floyd. And they don't necessarily sound like Pink Floyd either, but they're in the same ballpark. A/

And anyway, you don't have to sing about science fiction to sound like science fiction ...

LIMEY FORETREHHERS, OR THE ALOEBAAANIRN OLO GUARO

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