11/12/03 11:50 AM Sean [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> I also disagree about Chris, Sleazy played a massive party, and so did > Gen... > > > Musically, I really don't think this is the case. Sleazy did develop his > musical input over time, but was initailly really just there in a > "consulting" role and was responsible for visuals, etc.
If this is about who can play better, then yes Chris would win, but without Sleazy and Gen it wouldn't have happened and it wouldn't have been the same - both these guys are excellent instigators and ideas people, and boiling it down to consulting is, I believe, a bit of an insult. I've worked with loads of people that can't write or play a single note but man do they have the ideas - which if anything this more important, as it's easy to hire someone in. KLF would be a good example of this working method... >Just how gifted Gen > is musically is demonstrated by the awful standard of most PTV releases > after Sleazy, Balance, Tibet, etc left him to his own devices. Again, disagree - I've worked with Gen, and he is very talented in the studio and is excellent at "on the spot ideas" as well as old tricks that can be used. Makes a good cup of tea as well! PTV have put out some excellent work fella - Force/Dreams are brilliant and Gen has does some excellent work without any of the above - of course this is purely subject and as I was kicking around with them a little bit one sided but I also like a lot of Coil/Current 93 stuff as well. If Fred G would have got his way back in the late 80's, PTV would have been a very different story... Alex, I'll dig out a load of old stuff and put a list together... Martin
