“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
“I think we saw our reaction coming from Dada, but at the same time, it formed into punk, which was very much a reaction to the social conditions. That was part of it for us as well, and that's why we were kind of swept along with punk.” ThinkingWellsKindSocialSawsConditionsReactionsPunkSocial Conditions Author:Stephen Mallinder
“In the 80s, we were still living in a kind of Cold War environment.” KindStillsWarEnvironmentColdCold War80s Author:Stephen Mallinder
“I think in everything we did, there's a sense of tension and a sense of things pulling in a different way. It's interesting calling it "beat music". That's quite true, the rhythm is up to the fore, it's got a slap bass, and it's got "funk" in the title. But I think there's always a level of irony when we did those kind of things.” ThinkingWayKindDifferentInterestingLevelsCallingBeatsRhythmTitlesIronyDifferent WaysTensionPullingBassSlapFunk 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
