So I bought 21st Century Boys, the Sigue Sigue Sputnik ‘best of’ album from 2001, containing singles, b-sides and rarities from all their releases up till then.
< 21st Century Boys
It is, of course, amazing. I think they describe themselves best in the lyric to the ‘song’ Video Trailer Mix, which goes:
From the nighttime neon wastelands of the 1980’s music scene
Comes the group that will take the fifth step into the future of Rock’&’Roll.
A group whose principal interests are TV, Star Wars, Home Computers,
High Tech Sex, The Ultravixens, Andrenaline and Excitement.
Get ready for the 5th Generation of Rock’&’Roll!
This album is the first time I am hearing such ‘classics’ as Buy EMI and Barbarandroid. Guess what’s on heavy rotation on my iPod now 🙂
Oh yes, check out www.sputnikworld.com, especially the history section. The amount of name dropping Tony James manages to cram in is mind-boggling, and there’s something in there for just about anyone with any interest in the 1980’s-1990’s UK music scene (including lots of discussion of Eldritch and The Sisters). Alas, no details on that cancelled SSS C64 game which was to feature the band, Eldritch, Billy Idol and others…