Manufacture - Armed Forces (1988)

Released in 1988 for Nettwerk.
The video is packed with useful cliches... sexy women, a lot of militaria and tough guys for a hard masculine sound called "electronic body music" - a label brand given by Front 242. One musician is acting very funny behind his synthesizer, isn't he?
B.T.W: The music video was directed and edited by band member Brian Bothwell and he did a really great job in camera and editing, I think. And please watch the set decoration. How extensive could be a clip for an independent band in the 80ies... That's unbelievable today.
Please visit the official account of the director itself and watch another clip here: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Surfinbirdnyc

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[acidchild]

Manufacture def has elements of EBM, as well as Pop. They described it best as "Aggressive Dance Music". They're def one of the best Electronic bands around. Brian Bothwell is a killer video producer. Not many bands can cover all their own bases =o]

[warjunky444]

Modern EBM needs to be restored to the greatness of Manufacture, F242, Armageddon dildos, Leaether strip, Nitzer Ebb etc...

not the generic nonsense were left to contend with nowadays!

[rivethead2007]

Did they have Sarah McLachlan as a band member? I'm sure she's in this vid

[v73k1]

All Industrial and EBM videos should be like this one.

[v73k1]

@acidchild Industrial Pop?

[trollcrusher242]

Wiiiiiidth Shoulllll-DER!

;-)

Sample taken from the 1987 Vietnam War era film "Full Metal Jacket" ... spoken by actor Lee Ermey character "Gunnery 'Gunny' Sergeant Hartman" during the U.S.M.C. Paris Island boot camp portion of the film.

Enjoy!

tc242

:D

[TheBukrules]

Awesome! Thanks for uploading this vid. I always felt Manufacture was was one the best, yet terribly underexposed & neglected electronic/industrial bands of all time. So great seeing this video again!

[EYEmusique]

@broilet - Hello, yes I loved NO and listened to that album lots! :-) Great album. NO were also a group called "Max Q" with Michael Hutchence (INXS) on vocals - they had few big chart hits here. Ollie Olsen, the man behind NO, has been involved with many other great projects; went on to focus on psytrance type stuff in 90s and later, record label called PsyHarmonica.

[broilet]

@EYEmusique to talk about cyberpunk, did you ever hear about an amazing band (a trio actually) from Australia called NO? their LP "Glory For The Shit For Brains" was recorded in 1987 and it's really good!

I do believe this project responds to cyberpunk standards, so please if any purist round here thinks I'm wrong then have mercy on me. Cheers!

[ceecoursian]

@DrRocky666 Brian always had an eye for a great model to shoot in a video. Those were great days . Both Perry and Brian were cool to hang out with at the clubs back then. The live shows were great and I wish more people got to see what I saw. Good times in 1988.

[ceecoursian]

@mattpathogen The golden days before grunge when I thought this would be the future. Too bad it was not.

[mattpathogen]

ah, the golden days, before trance