[CyberPunk RPG] Chromatic Rock
The words first showed up for me in CyberPunk. In the "View from the Edge" book, page 7.
"Chromatic Rock: A type of heavy metal characterized by heavy electronics, simple rhythms and violent lyrics".
It was described by Mike as heavy metal with heavy electronics and punk lyrics.
When I got into CyberPunk, I was a punk (mohawk, spiked bracelets, doc martens, leather jacket, ripped jeans, hanging suspenders, plaid shirt around my waist). I was listening to the Dead Kennedys, Circle Jerks, Exploited and more local punk acts. Bands with synths weren't punk, they were "new wave". I could somewhat see the potential of combining Punk with Metal, but couldn't imagine the combination working with heavy electronics.
Then, a month after I bought CP2013 in 1988, I heard Ministry for the first time. Stigmata from the Land of Rape and Honey to be precise, released that same year.
"Industrial Metal" was my primary musical style in my cassette deck, then my CD players, and now my mp3 players since 1988. I still listen to punk, and a lot of other Industrial genres, but Ministry and Industrial Metal are Chromatic Rock and thus CyberPunk to me.
"Chromatic Rock: A type of heavy metal characterized by heavy electronics, simple rhythms and violent lyrics".
It was described by Mike as heavy metal with heavy electronics and punk lyrics.
When I got into CyberPunk, I was a punk (mohawk, spiked bracelets, doc martens, leather jacket, ripped jeans, hanging suspenders, plaid shirt around my waist). I was listening to the Dead Kennedys, Circle Jerks, Exploited and more local punk acts. Bands with synths weren't punk, they were "new wave". I could somewhat see the potential of combining Punk with Metal, but couldn't imagine the combination working with heavy electronics.
Then, a month after I bought CP2013 in 1988, I heard Ministry for the first time. Stigmata from the Land of Rape and Honey to be precise, released that same year.
"Industrial Metal" was my primary musical style in my cassette deck, then my CD players, and now my mp3 players since 1988. I still listen to punk, and a lot of other Industrial genres, but Ministry and Industrial Metal are Chromatic Rock and thus CyberPunk to me.