Test Dept - Bang On It

[771pec]

Yay ... go Tony!

[Twighlight100]

at the beginning they´ve been often compared to the Einstürzende Neubauten but they got way more rhythm.

[Drubidu1973]

Going old style 3.13, love it!

[InbredMao]

I find the direction Test Dept took a bit of a shame. They were better before.

[discoverydavid]

@InbredMao Dark days in the UK when I first heard Test Dept. I remember they were hard leftists, which is fine, until you wake up and realize Orwell was right about power corrupting all. Plus with the political maturity (re: complete lack of faith in politics) came an evolution of electronic music, so they had to change I guess. I know I'm glad that the angst I had when I was younger caved in to jumping around a field on E and being nice to everyone...I'm still angry, but I dance better!

[autodafeh242]

@discoverydavid Well keep on your dancingshoes then.....hahahahaha...

[foxtweeg]

this track is so hypnotic, cool bassline and vocals that sound like a mantra chant.

[goobiskii]

Just iscovering most of all Test Dept discogarphy in a day, I just can say that the hypnotic metallic tracks of the beginning faded into a boring dance always heard around and with no interest at all...

[max123destroy]

))))))))) its REAL !!

[pintofnewcastle]

It's like the machines in a factory decided they were going to take the day off and make music instead of the normal product!

[doberchic]

If you ever get the chance to see Test Dept live- you'll never regret it. They RULE.

(Totality my fav)

[EYEmusique]

Love this song SO MUCH!

[starwarskia]

The original Blue Man Group.

[Sesquipedaliantique]

Ridiculously groovy. If anyone is ever fool enough to give me a DJ slot, this will be the first thing I spin. Then it'll just descend into an old school EBM wankfest :D

[YoRiebo]

Great... Let the feelings roll... Seen them live in 1988, and all my friends are still impressed. So let us all be impressed!

[mx0001]

VIVA EL ROCK INDUSTRIAL

[templer6666]

I had them seen live at Braunschweig. Cool stuff.

[montsetse]

uh, go listen to your timberlake. Test Dept was innovative and awesome live. more than I can say of the shit music crapped out in the last decade

[froshaka]

Regardless of what anyone has to say about this band, if you look through their history they contstantly change their muscial style. They were an industrial music pioneer. They have also done spoken word, classical, 90s industrial disco, acid house/techno, minimalist techno.

Dont let your culture pigeonhole you into being a fan of one musical genre.

[skandalon]

Sigh. How can they be so cool & so weak simultaneously?

[tangocommute]

It takes time

[agentsimon]

We did the graphics on an Atari

[BLIXAENDENEU]

90,S CRAP -NICE VIDEO THOUGH

[SpudgunX]

I cant get anough of this video, the bit past 3:13 is bloody brilliant!

[superrsonico]

de que disco es esto???

[gserlenga]

I was peaking on my first acid trip ever at a rave in 92', this track is forever embedded in my soul, my lord what memories

[radharc24]

where was that?

[reactor79]

This is uplifting sound!!! I love this song

[Absinthus]

What the hell is this? :(

[Sesquipedaliantique]

Test Dept gone all dancey. Not bad, but I prefer their earlier stuff where they banged buts of metal together. That was nice.

[grisflyt]

Embarrassing to see the old industrial bands go all pathetic like this. But then, it was the age of Skinny Puppy, Front 242 and the likes. Pathetic was the rage of the day.

[Absinthus]

Well said.

[iamdeprogram]

This definitely some very late, accessible, dancey Test Department. Check out the other Test Dept videos on youtube. And I'll see if I can upload some.

[beowulven]

TD, but not old school at all.

[obuffet]

I agree!

[neph13]

yeah...not old school, but damn could they do a live show. Even when they did their electro style, they had about a dozen drums and items they banged on...their spirit was still in tact, just a bit modern