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| | Plug In music : Review of Laibach - Laibach |
 | | Laibach’s sinister image was further reinforced in the public mind by the band’s stark drum-and-synthesizer sound, Nuremberg-rally-like live shows, and mostly German lyrics sung in a devilish death-metal croak, backed by eerie, Wagnerian choirs of boys and women. |
 | | However, behind the fascistic façade, the members of Laibach were the polar opposite of everything their aesthetics suggested: anarchic idealists, artists, and activists who opposed tyranny in all its forms (fascistic, communistic, capitalistic) and envisioned a future free of war and oppression. |
 | | After an inflammatory appearance on state-run television, Laibach were banned from performing or releasing albums for seven years (they continued to perform and release records, though they never put the Laibach name on the covers or posters). |
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