Vintage Richard 23 // Front 242 Interview For Community TV

Vancouver Music Critic Tom Harrison Interviews Richard 23. Undated. From Hi-8 Tape Picked Up In The Freebie Box At A Garage Sale in North Vancouver, BC. Interviews With Black Francis // The Pixies and David Thomas // Pere Ubu Also on Tape. I Do Not Claim Copyright.

[@thomaspardue1508]

These guys were/are absolute geniuses. Highly underrated and it is a shame they didn't get much play in the US during that time.

[@pablozee6359]

To be fair, they were never trying to mainstream. They were certainly a major and culturally significant band in the music scene I was in during the 80s in the US. Even so, I didn’t understand the scope of their wider popularity until I moved to Europe for four years between 89-93. While the the shows I saw at home in the US were well attended and fun, seeing the level of intensity at their shows in Belgium, Germany, France, Holland, and the UK was something different. Glad they’re still out there doing great shows. I’m in my mid 50s and the music still hits hard. Such a great band.

[@flare242]

@@pablozee6359 They're still alive & kicking! They were doing intense double event two days in a row in Prague, right before covid started. January 2020. It was great!

[@gungeIigung]

He is a member of a band called Front 242. Check them out 👍

[@existenze69]

Wow, he sure was handsome! A wonderful band, also 😍

[@henrihenn8666]

wow, amazing interview... rare, when both the reporter, both the person being interviewed are so interesting and intelligent.

[@vlaanderen100]

I am crazy about them and their music is awesome 🖤 Front 242 forever

[@madjidhamdini1977]

Ggrrettingnss from Belgium ^^

[@IndigoEyes242]

This is a great find, thanks for posting!

[@JohnQPublic345]

We used to call it Industrial, back in the day

[@arclight2012]

Sometimes I wonder if he played not knowing English for the American and British interviewers because he did fabulously for this Canadian interviewer!

[@richard232323]

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[@ashtonal]

Purée!@@richard232323 n'a pas apprécié le comment; ça va tchir Alfred - watch your back ;-)

[@spacefertilizer]

They usually shunned interviews in order to stay somewhat in the dark. They didn’t want to tell too much. I guess playing as if they couldn’t speak English was a strategy of theirs in that way.

[@matthewverkamp3411]

This is a really good interview! I love the questions!

[@thrrobb]

good questions/interesting answers #242 #23 handsome af

[@jk-ue1pd]

Insightful

[@eugenemode]

Cool? Thanks!

[@kdciiiesq]

860 Granville: Commodore.

[@beitos44]

When was this?

[@henri2427]

I guess 1993.