Back in the 80s my favourite band was the British avant garde group The Art of Noise.

Art Of Noise are not a band. Never were. They are an organisation, a distinctly non-rockist creative, post-modernist collective. Starting out as a mysterious, Trevor Horn led experimental studio outfit, the primary contributors to the adventure were Royal College Of Music graduate, Anne Dudley; producer/arranger J.J. Jeczalik and songwriter, instrumentalist and engineer/producer Gary Langan.

When I first got on the Internet – at a staggering 9.6 kilobits – one of the first things I checked was naturally The Noise. I found a small discussion group where we talked about which records we liked best, etc.
After the internet came with force, and eBay a household name, I occasionaly skim both for further info on my ex-favourite band. That way I’ve come accross a number of special records that I didn’t know of in the 80s.
Now with broadband and YouTube, a whole new world opens. I came across all those videos I had heard of back-when, but never saw (we did have 2 TV channels to chose from at that time, and they showed a half hour of music videos per week. And none of them by The Noise.)
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