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.
Stephen MallinderMusic doesn't have to be so rule-based - and so strict in its structures, construction and perception.
Stephen MallinderI 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.
Stephen Mallinder[Kino] worked really well as a song title, and to build into a lyric, and also how we embraced mulit-media at the time.
Stephen MallinderWe were fortunate at that time we were working with Virgin, and with Flood, probably more well-known as Brian Eno's engineer now and U2's producer, etc. Even though we weren't working in a strictly popular music area, which was great, we were lucky enough to work with people who were on the cusp of those sort of things.
Stephen Mallinder