Snog
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- This article is about a band. "Snog" is also British slang meaning "to french kiss."
Snog is a band formed by Australian musician David Thrussell, along with Tim McGraw and Julia Bourke, in 1988. The band's music is a fusion of many different styles, including industrial, techno, ambient, experimental and even some country music and funk.
Their first album, Lies Inc., was released in 1992. Pieter Bourke joined the band soon afterwards, and Dear Valued Customer, which drew heavily on techno influences, was released in 1994. That same year, two sideprojects emerged: Soma was formed by Thrussell and Pieter Bourke, and Thrussell formed solo project Black Lung.
By 1997, the band had largely become a solo project for Thrussell (with guest musicians). Buy Me... I'll Change Your Life was a departure in style, featuring country western-style guitar and a cover of Lee Hazlewood's "Let the Little Flowers Grow". 1999's Third Mall from the Sun offered a unique blend of the style of the previous two albums, along with new influences. This was followed by the remix album Relax into the Abyss.
In 2003, the most recent album Beyond the Valley of the Proles was released. This album offered a more refined version of the style found on Buy Me.
One notable feature about the band is Thrussell's lyrics — almost all songs contain themes of anti-capitalism, anti-fascism, anti-consumerism, individuality, and anti-big-brotherism. Thrussell also often includes references to conspiracy theories in his lyrics and song titles (for example, The Report From Iron Mountain or Rex 84).
The albums Third Mall from the Sun (1999), Relax into the Abyss (2000) and Beyond the Valley of the Proles (2003) featured artwork by Canadian artist Chris Woods, whose paintings lampoon the advertising tactics of major corporations such as McDonald's, The Gap, and Nike.
Discography
- Albums
- Lies Inc. (1992)
- Dear Valued Customer (1994)
- Live in the Global Village (limited-edition bonus disc, 1994)
- Lies Inc. (limited-edition 2-disc reissue with early material, 1996)
- Remote Control (anthology, 1997)
- Buy Me...I'll Change Your Life (1997)
- Third Mall from the Sun (1999)
- Relax Into the Abyss (remixes, 2000)
- Beyond the Valley of the Proles (2003)
- Your Favourite Electro-Folk Swingers (limited-edition remix CD, 2003)
- Singles and EPs
- Corporate Slave (1992)
- Shop (1992)
- Born To Be Mild (1993)
- Hey Christian God (1993)
- Cliché (1994)
- The Future (1995)
- Make the Little Flowers Grow (1997)
- Hooray!! (1998)
- The Ballad (1998)
- The Human Germ (1998)
- I Snog, Therefore I am (1999)
- Justified Homicide (2001)
- Other
- Adventures in Capitalism DVD (2003)
- Angst (Movie soundtrack) (2000) (contributed four tracks)
External links
- International Mind Control Corporation (http://www.worldwentdown.com/imcc/)