The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower
Love in the Fascist Brothel

THE REVIEW

The plan to blow up the Eiffel Tower.

One of the most schizophrenic groups I know and among the most controversial.

Just to tell you something about them: at concerts, they would appear with armbands labeled "PLOT" on a white circle, mimicking those worn by the Nazi party. Their live shows became a wild scenario where the instruments and even the audience were brutally attacked, with the singer spitting on male spectators, often then kissing and undressing them.

Not surprisingly, in this album, the Nazi/Fascist theme is recurrent (as suggested by the cover), primarily to ridicule and mock the neo-Nazi subculture; but it was also directed at other targets, such as George W. Bush's politics.

The group offers a fusion of various genres: Post-Hardcore, Free Jazz, Post-Punk, Noise Rock, and I could go on.

10 tracks for 24 minutes of music to be listened to in one go.

It begins immediately with the dissonant and chaotic "Reichstag Rock" and "Exile On Vain Street", which rely purely on agonizing melodies of guitar and the deep-toned bass, which will be more than present throughout the tracks.

In "Vulture Kontrol", perhaps one of the more "traditional" tracks, the bassline is the undisputed master. "Drake The Fake" paves the way for harmonics, feedback, and insanely twisted guitar lines; one of the highest points of the album.

But it's in "Angry, Young And Rich" that the free jazz madness mixed with post-hardcore begins, where the piano, subject to musical assault comes into play. The aggression takes over in the delightful disorder of "Lipstick SS", where another instrument is also introduced, namely the saxophone with Tourette's outbursts.

In the cacophonous "SLC Hunks", however, the rhythm loosens up a bit more, presenting a morbid Dance-Punk groove.

Go for it!

(really a shame that it's already been 10 years since their breakup)