“I don't think it had a name when we started. If punk has any roots, Dada is part of it. And we saw ourselves as part of a kind of Dada tradition.” IfsThinkingKindNamesSawsTraditionRootsPunk Author:Stephen Mallinder
“This was in the sense that if Dada was reacting to the morality and aesthetics of pre-WWI, then we were very much a reaction to the pomposity of rock that existed within music at that time.” IfsRocksMoralityReactionsAestheticsReactingWwiPomposity Author:Stephen Mallinder
“If you're going to change things, one of the things we had to change is to get away from that traditional model of rock music, and we were a part of that.” IfsRocksModelsTraditionalGet AwayRock Music Author:Stephen Mallinder
“Even if that statement was ambiguous, we kind of wanted to cause a stir. We thought that by having the name "Cabaret Voltaire", that with it came a certain responsibility. It wasn't meant to be purely entertainment; it was meant to be something a little bit more serious - and to provoke people - wrapped within an outer wrapping of entertainment.” PeopleIfsKindLittlesWantedCertainNamesCausesBitsResponsibilitySeriousLittle BitEntertainmentStatementsMeant To BeProvokingAmbiguousWere Meant To BeWrappingCabaret Author:Stephen Mallinder
