When, in a previous life, your band has sold out the famed Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., and comparable venues worldwide, racked up scads of platinum records and hit the Billboard Top 10 twice, the temptation to rest on your laurels should be overwhelming. Unless you’re Alan Wilder and you’re more concerned with the quality [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Recoil’
Liquid Courage: An Interview with Alan Wilder of Recoil
Posted: March 31, 2000 by Sean Flinn in Interviews, MusicTags: Alan Wilder, Electronic Music, Mute Records, Recoil
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Album Review – Recoil: Liquid
Posted: March 28, 2000 by Sean Flinn in Album ReviewsTags: Alan Wilder, Depeche Mode, Diamanda Galas, Electronic Music, Mute Records, Recoil
RATING: 7/10 About 15 seconds into Recoil’s dark and unsettling new album, Liquid, all questions about Alan Wilder’s departure from Depeche Mode in 1997 are answered. Something must’ve been simmering inside the man for years and finally reached a boiling point. It spilled over in ’97 onto Unsound Methods, Wilder’s first post-Mode Recoil release (1+2, [...]
