One of the greatest noise bands ever
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXWmY6Ruurs

Any fans of SPK on this board??

No.

yeah

great!

classic shit. their early 80s stuff blows away their later 80s stuff.

Something tells me you may get some replies when more of us middle-aged post-industrial geeks wake up and wipe the dust from our eyes.(they know who they are).

Leichenschrei is one of my favourite LP's ever. And also it's worth checking out Auto-Da-Fe, which has got some of their really early stuff from the late 70's on it.

And we all know what Graeme Revell is doing now don't we?

I never heard much SPK, and can't remember any of what I did.

I quite liked Test Dept though, and my love of Einstuerzende Neubauten is well documented.

To be honest, great as SPK were, their greatness was brief, unlike TD & EN. They made some fantastic records, signed to EMI, made some shockers, moved from EMI, made a few good records, then Graeme Revell started making lots of money composing film music. And yes I did buy this:

 

Machine Age Voodoo! The title should have been a clue!

Up until Zamia Lehmanni (Songs Of Byzantine Flowers), one of my favorite bands ever. Not into their dancier stuff at all. They definitely made some stellar records, and pioneered a visual aesthetic that many artists have been heavily influenced by.

situationist/nihilistic aesthetic, I would say... OK, 'Zamia Lehmanni' is not a raw proto-punk,post-industrial work like 'Auto-Da-Fe' or 'Leichenschrei', but... isn't it one of the greatest ambient albums ever? It's fucking amazing...

Yes, Zamia Lehmanni is an incredible album; one of my favorites in fact. It was after that that they strted to slide into cheesedom.