The Shamen were good--but I'm not surprised to hear that their live act wasn't. They were one of a handful of rave/techno acts that charted in the U.S. in the early '90s, years before the big failed push to make techno marketable later in the decade. Could you even hear Mr. C (the rapper) over the synthesizers?

Others from that earlier time were Opus III, Messiah (featuring a Richard Dawson sample from Running Man: "Who loves you and who do you love? It's time to start...RUNNING"), 808 State, and U-U-U-Utah Saints (sampling Kate Bush).
- tom moody 2-22-2002 4:48 am






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