Heavy Metal was invented in the Iro... Ok, I'll stop now.

 

Class-ical was an educational pursuit.

 

The trousers had a wide flare at the bottom.
The hair was long and covered the ears.
The bags were mostly made of leather.
Some shoes had high heels.

 

Because it's obviously true.

 

Synth Britannia Documentary

Great documentary on the development of electronic music in England. Enjoy all the out of this world footage from OMD, Depeche Mode, The Normal, Human League, Cabaret Voltaire and super interesting interviews with members from those bands.

Before Gary Numan: How Synth-Pop Became Synth-Pop

A vision of the future that never properly arrived, Synth-pop was an ever present staple of the British charts in the early 1980s. A canny fusion of pop-suss and technological invention, its height reflected the increased affordability of commercial synthesizers from the late 1970s onward. But that doesn’t mean that the likes of The Human League, Ultravox, OMD and Gary Numan were the first to splice synths and pop together. So who were the pioneers? What were the essential steps along the way, the key tracks and influencers? And how did we get to the point where “Are “Friends” Electric” got to number one? This is how Synth-pop became Synth-pop.

 

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