"Seriously, WTF!"

That was the reply I sent back to Glen E. Friedman the other morning when he sent me the photo above. I'd just woken up and could barely see without my glasses and was squinting at a tiny image on my iPhone— but a new image like this by him, for a band I'd never heard of was one of the last things I was expecting to see at that hour. I pulled myself together and read the rest of his e-mail: the band is The Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77 [MySpace | Twitter] - an electronica/dance group hailing from Bassano del Grappa, Vicenza, Italy who have recently added what can only be described as punk rock guitars and vocals to their songs—two very un-electronica elements. With exciting results.

Glen wrote a bit on his blog about meeting the band and his decision to shoot them the other night, and alludes to even more shots we may see soon.

Any band with a manifesto instantly grabs my attention, but the fact that they also cover a Refused song suggests this experiment could be very interesting to watch.

If you still unconvinced, check out this self-directed video for their song "Domino."

They have my attention and I'm excited to see what happens next.

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Anonymous

the track that they did with steve aoki is amazing. i listen to it when i work out. and they slay live. also, they’re wearing venom masks, which is pretty cool if you like things like fun.
prion

I love Refused, but am not so into the new mix. I was hoping for real cover vocals and the same intensity as New Noise. It reminds me of old Front Line Assembly in the way they utilize the guitar samples. Their original track is much more interesting. Thanks for the links – new music is always welcome!
michaeljohnprince

Potentially one of THE best acts out now. The photo is from Webster Hall in NYC. They used to play in metal bands before Steve Aoki (www.myspace.com/steveaoki) found them and sent them to electro super-status.

If the Happy Mutants liked Die Antwoord, they’re gonna love these guys, too!

PS – MSTRKRFT (also electronica) used to be Death From Above 1979. The rock kids are all going electronic. Watch out.
Anonymous

http://streetbonersandtvcarnage.com/blog/the-new-hardcore/
Anonymous

kmfdm, doing it again, a treat for the freaks.
or front line assembly …
c_los

Puh-lease Refused had electronic beats and music in the very album this cover is from…and the original is a gazillion times better.
teapot

Everything has been done before, so don’t get all ‘originality’ on me. These guys seriously rip it up. Never seen ‘em live, but their live sets go off. Triple J has been playing them hard this year on the air in Oz.

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/live/latw/sessions/s2949726.htm

Check out their site if you”ve never heard of them. JJJ have some of the best interviews, unique live recordings and they are kind to us net folk (plenty of legit downloads on offer).

Here is their free mp3 section which is constantly updated (and 100% legit) http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/listen/mp3s.htm
Baldhead

Huh. Friday and saturday should be interesting. Working a concert venue can be fun.
JadedLion

Finally! A band that can fill the hole in my heart left by the Mad Capsule Markets after they a) defined a new genre for me and then b) disintegrated.
Flying_Monkey

It’s not that unusual in Europe, in fact it reminds me of bands like Atari Teenage Riot (or even Laibach). Not bad…
jowlsey

NiN started putting out music similar to this in the late 80′s.
tommyshannon

The amazing Refused album the samples are from is called The Shape Of Punk to Come. It’s a play on Ornette Coleman’s album titled The Shape of Jazz to Come.
Xeni Jardin

Oh, please! It’s good stuff. And I dig the photo.

“That which you believe to be cool could not possibly be cool, for I do not believe it to be cool.”
Jackasimov

funny, I was think Laibach also. and then Clockwork Orange.

Interesting, in a *the song never really starts* kind of way. Like it though.
Jackasimov

…hmm, I guess Tommy Lee drummed for them in LA? yerch…no longer interested.
The .invalid

Eh, industrial music and digital hardcore have been doing this sort of punk/electronics crossover better for over 20 years now. They took an awesome Refused song and put a lame house beat behind it. Well done guys – apex of creativity there.

In the meantime I’ll go listen to some Aesthetic Perfection or Imperative Reaction.
komradefox

I’m glad this made Boing Boing, The Bloody Beetroots are gaining a lot of attention and are 86 on DJMAG’s top 100 DJs in the world for 2010. http://www.djmag.com/top100/detail/2670

one of their more famous songs is “Warp 1.9″ that features Steve Aoki, another hard electronica or EDM if you will. Aoki is another artist that is blending punk and electronica sounds
Marcel

I think more Death in Vegas meets Front242.

I like it.
Ryan

If you like Bloody Beetroots, you should also check out Rifoki, a side project of Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo from the Beetroots. Their first ep was a hardcore masterpiece with 5 songs that barely spanned 6 minutes.

http://punkmusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/RifokiSpermDonor.htm
Mobius

The Bloody Beetroots are fairly popular in Australia (well, with listeners of Triple J radio station anyway..). Rock on!
Anonymous

The first thing that I thought of from the description was The Faint, one of my favorite bands (and from my home state!).. This group sounds distinctly different though.
fubbs

yes – it should be clarified that they are remixing a refused song, not covering it. I got excited when I read that – refused is not an easy band to cover!
southafricanscum

I’ve seen these guys twice, as the DJ group and as their live set up and they absolutely destroy. The hardcore/industrial take on electronic music is a pretty refreshing addition to the Los Angeles Electro scene which (in my opinion) has been pretty stagnant since 2008.

My only problem with the whole Dim Mak crowd is that they take themselves WAY too seriously.
Flying_Monkey

Xeni – what exactly are you complaining about? Two people say the band sounds a bit like (or reminds them of) things they clearly like… is it so terrible that it isn’t 100% sparkly new and original? Almost nothing is, you know.
jm

Luv it, esp the ‘Shawshank 451 for Vendetta’ chic of that second video.

Just what I needed to crank up the workday, thanks!
Anonymous

I don’t know how many people reading this know, but Aoki and The Bloody Beetroots are both signed to Dim Mak, a record label owned by Aoki here in LA. Actually Atari Teenage Riot is releasing their newest record through Dim Mak. They have an awesome Tuesday night every week at Cinespace in LA that’s usually free.
Meteornotes

Liked the song, and really liked the video. Will be checking out more of their music.

And if you’re interested in hearing another musical combination of very different styles, check out Diablo Swing Orchestra. Swing, metal, opera, and a bunch of other things mixed together to create (as one band member put it) “riot opera”.
williac

I love this band.

If you like the Refused remix, don’t miss Rifo’s hardcore punk project with Steve Aoki called Rifoki.

Where Death Crew 77 adds punk elements to Bloody Beetroots, Rifoki takes it the rest of the way to hardcore punk.
crash fistfight

love this band
will be seeing them live in 2 weeks in belgium at ilovetechno
if you ever get the change of seeing them live or as dj’s you should
im real happy to see them on this site
go see them if you ever have the opportunity
Joe The Wizard

These guys have some sweet remixes up for download at RCRDLBL. I didn’t know anything about them, but I dig the tracks.

http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/The_Bloody_Beetroots/music
danwarning

Holy cow and they covered my favorite Refused song no less!