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- Agitpop abstract "Agitpop is an art punk band from Poughkeepsie, New York. The band was formed in 1981 and began touring widely in 1983. They released four records on the Comm3, Twintone and Rough Trade labels. Its members include Mark LaFalce, John deVries and Rick Crescini. The band was part of a pioneer movement in the underground music community and were particularly known for their unusual song styles, instrumentation and lyrical content within the rock genre. The shows attracted many celebrated members of the New York arts scene including the Pop Art era photographer Billy Name.The portmanteau Agitpop is derived from agitprop and is a conjugation of ‘agitation pop’, a now well defined label that describes how popular music asserts political ideas and views. The band members were enamored with the idea and the origins of the word from the Russian Revolution and used the repetition and philosophy of it within pop culture. Agitpop as a term can be applied to the name of the band itself, but also translates well into the character of the songs themselves.Agitpop members have often described their approach to music as ‘a unique brand of fractured pop, derived from the dismantling of rock as we knew it.' At the time Agitpop was making their first records, the description worked as a default definition of the approach to music the band was taking. Keeping with description and adhering to the needs of the times to re define rock music, they were consequent and therefore no one else sounded like them. The live shows were a natural extension of the philosophy of the band. Agitpop's performances were very confrontational. They alienated the audience or drew them in.In a review of one of the shows in the mid-1980s, Agitpop's unique stylistic approach to rock music was described with the phrase ‘Free your mind…and your ass will follow'. The review gesture followed them continually around throughout the band's existence. Whether they are put into the music categories of the times or not, they have had a strong influence on many younger bands having diverse styles due to their willingness ‘in dismantling’, or emancipating rock by boldly moving away from standard instrumentations and song styles into a resultant provocative amalgam with strong melodic hooks and poignant lyrics.".
- Agitpop activeYearsEndYear "1981".
- Agitpop activeYearsStartYear "1981".
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- Agitpop genre Art_punk.
- Agitpop genre Experimental_rock.
- Agitpop genre Post-punk.
- Agitpop hometown Poughkeepsie,_New_York.
- Agitpop hometown United_States.
- Agitpop recordLabel 18_Acres.
- Agitpop recordLabel Comm3.
- Agitpop recordLabel Rough_Trade_Records.
- Agitpop recordLabel Tone_Records.
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- Agitpop wikiPageExternalLink www.agitpopsite.com.
- Agitpop wikiPageExternalLink Agitpop07.
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- Agitpop associatedActs "Cellophane".
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- Agitpop caption "From left to right: Mark LaFalce, John deVries, Rick Crescini,".
- Agitpop currentMembers "John deVries".
- Agitpop currentMembers "Mark LaFalce".
- Agitpop currentMembers "Rick Crescini".
- Agitpop genre Art_punk.
- Agitpop genre Experimental_rock.
- Agitpop genre Post-punk.
- Agitpop hasPhotoCollection Agitpop.
- Agitpop label Comm3.
- Agitpop label Rough_Trade_Records.
- Agitpop label Tone_Records.
- Agitpop label "18.0".
- Agitpop name "AGITPOP".
- Agitpop origin Poughkeepsie,_New_York.
- Agitpop origin United_States.
- Agitpop website Agitpop07.
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- Agitpop yearsActive "1981".
- Agitpop yearsActive "2006".
- Agitpop subject Category:American_post-punk_music_groups.
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- Agitpop comment "Agitpop is an art punk band from Poughkeepsie, New York. The band was formed in 1981 and began touring widely in 1983. They released four records on the Comm3, Twintone and Rough Trade labels. Its members include Mark LaFalce, John deVries and Rick Crescini. The band was part of a pioneer movement in the underground music community and were particularly known for their unusual song styles, instrumentation and lyrical content within the rock genre.".
- Agitpop label "Agitpop".
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- Agitpop homepage Agitpop07.
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- Agitpop name "AGITPOP".