Front 242 30th Anniversary

Front 242, Nachtmahr, Empirion and Global Citizen

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Sunday 11 December 2011
Dec 11

Koko

1a Camden High Street
London NW1 7JE
United Kingdom
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Tel: +44.(0)870 432 5527
Web: www.koko.uk.com

Pioneers of Belgian electronic music, Front 242, come to KOKO for an exclusive 30th anniversary show. Formed in 1981 the band took inspiration from the early industrial music scene burgeoning in Britain, and bands such as Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire. The band grew in popularity throughout the 80s, with the video for their hit ‘Headhunter’ being directed by Anton Corbijn. The 90s saw the band perform on the main stage at Lollapalooza.

The band are still as relevant today as they ever have been, when the band released their free download, ‘First Moment’, in 2008 20,000 people downloaded it within the first few hours of it being online.

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  • thenewrohirrim

    hilarious indeed. 'imperial austrian industrial' and vowing to headline the venue. what a joke! and totally unfitting to front242. what were the promoters thinking?

    December 2011
  • Dacryomancy

    Global Shitizen was as awful as before KMFDM... Empirion - very good, Nachtmahr - fucking hilarious, I enjoyed every minute of it. Would be better as VNV or Hocico's support rather than F242, but I still liked it.

    December 2011
  • NapalmFrost

    Empirion were fantastic, so glad they're back. Nachtmahr however were absolutely terrible. Front 242 were amazing, but wish they'd played for longer. Didn't even bother to watch Global Citizen, deliberately missed them. They should have got rid of Nachtmahr and Global Citizen and either replaced them with someone better and more 242-associated (maybe a vintage 80s EBM act?) or just had only Empirion and Front 242. For a "30th Anniversary" gig, 242 were on stage for far too short a length of time - time that Nachtmahr's godawful entire set could have been better made use of with more of 242.

    December 2011
  • afx777

    Damn, I really wanted to see SOD, nevermind.

    December 2011
  • NapalmFrost

    Updated the line-up: Sheep On Drugs have pulled out and have been replaced by Global Citizen. http://www.sheepondrugs.net/pages/news.aspx

    December 2011
  • Rendille

    Anyone know what time the gig finishes?

    November 2011
  • afx777

    Can't wait, seeing F242 live for the first time!

    November 2011
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