Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Depech Mode or New Order

I'll be the first to admit: I was listening to Dokken and Whitesnake when these bands were starting out. I saw posters of them on the wall at KWUR during my 6 - 8 AM Sunday morning DJ shift. I didn't know who they were, didn't listen to them, and hoped that they would go away. But they didn't. Today: I still couldn't name one song by either of them, but apparently they were both the "Godfathers" of electronic/dance.

Except, there can only be one Godfather. So who is it? Who is the rightful progenitor of all that is ELECTRONIC today?