Comment by Gill Sans SUBS:
“All the Rage was developed from a
recording I made of a riot in San Francisco in
October, 1991, which followed California
Governor Pete Wilson’s veto of a bill designed
to protect gays and lesbians from
discrimination. 4 “First I sifted through the
recording and isolated those sections that to
my ear suggested music. Some of these
involved screaming, whistles, or windows
being smashed. Two were based on slogans
chanted by the crowd (‘We’re Not Going Back’
and ‘Queers Fight Back’). Two more were based
on individual voices (one shouting ‘Go for it,’
and several people yelling ‘Burn it’ as the
California state office building caught fire).
I then developed these fragments into full
musical structures through various digital
editing techniques, and added the text."
(Bob Ostertag)
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