INTRO5PECT
"Combining the energy and immediacy of punk with the intensity and hardness of breakbeat, the cut and paste ethics of hip hop, and the sing along choruses of Oi!, Orange County’s INTRO5PECT create a sound that is both unique and inspiring. By merging old school punk rock with new school electronica, INTRO5PECT could prove to be the missing link bridging the gap between those who continually search for new sounds and the musical purists who are set in their ways. In today’s computerized, consumerized, cut and paste culture, INTRO5PECT create a fresh, honest sound that is, most importantly, its own. Had the Ramones’ main influence been Kraftwerk, perhaps this is how all punk rock would sound today."--A-F RecordsBand/artist history
Intro5pect started in the winter 97/98. Punk rock had been (and still is) painted into a corner. What was once meaningful, intelligent, and powerful music has been dumbed down so as to cater to the people that it originally rebeled against. Likewise, a lot of the other music that had once been underground and an alternative to the corporate music buisness was (and has been) becoming more and more commercialized.
Drum & Bass started showing up in shampoo ads. The Smiths and The Buzzcocks ended up being used in car ads?! Something is wrong when there is no value placed on music other than as a commercial tool.
Intro5pect was a result of a frustration with the way that music was going. Not only the way that the music industry was going, but with music itself. There is only so much bad music that you can listen to before you get sickened by it. By the lack of originality, the lack of sincerity, the lack of concern, and worst of all, the lack of intelligence. The idea behind Intro5pect was simple, not be any of the things that we hated. We wanted to take the philosophy that punk was founded on and take it to it's end, to create music that put honesty, feeling, and energy above all else, with no regard for social cliches, no regard for commercialism, and no bullshit. Whatever expresses the idea the best gets used.Your musical influences
ATR, Crass, Public Enemy, New Model Army, OxymoronWhat equipment do you use?
Samples, guitars, breakbeats, and synth all have their place.Anything else?
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