Mark Stewart Releases new compilation

For those who do not know, Mark Stewart was a member of the influential and deeply bleeding edge Pop Group, later to form Mark Stewart and the Maffia (which began as his move from post-punk to industrial and fringe electronica became more pronounced). Both units were unique to say the least. Contrary to what the article mentions, the Pop Group was just as influential on radical punk as much as affecting the Bristol Sound. Mark's output has been uneven since PG, and other members have gone on to also do rather disparate things since (including working with Neneh Cherry and Caron Wheeler in Rig, Rig and Panic). Pop Group were noisier post-punk than most (you had to really bloody well mean it when you put on the headphones -- the leftist agit-hatred of Gang of Four, coupled with a sonic tension that bordered on ready to fully disintegrate at any moment and a penchant towards radical experimentation).

Now that there is a compilation of his work out from that period, you emo weenies and pop-punk sycophants can go buy a real album with genuine anger, political bile, and outright dissonant noisy rebellion.

Or if you actually have a pair, you can go see Mark live in London with the members of Tack>>Head do a live DJ set with Aphex Twin.