Named in honour of a biblical JG Ballard short about wayward child prodigies, Comsat Angels bustled with difference from their peers.
‘Untitled (Hidden Track)’
In terms of experimental and ‘anything goes’ B-sides, this is hard to top.
‘Easier Said Than Done’
When US Marine Corps Walter Vickers and Rodney Taylor joined musical forces in Okinawa, Japan, they had no idea of the vibrations they would send around the globe
‘King Of The Beats’
Mantronix had come a long way in a short-time when he made this career-defining anthem.
‘The Stranger’
Backing their haunting, sub-gothic cover of Michael Carr’s ‘Man Of Mystery’ (recorded at the stroke of midnight at Abbey Road, just to heighten the effect) came something possibly darker than the Edgar Wallace Mysteries the A-side was used to soundtrack.
‘Pssyche’
There was a terrifyingly brutal impact to Killing Joke’s second single, whose pounding rhythmic blitz evoked the end of the world