Synthtopia » Traci Lords http://www.synthtopia.com/content Synthesizer and electronic music news, synth and music software reviews and more! Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:20:36 +0000 en_us hourly 1 © synthhead@synthtopia.com () synthhead@synthtopia.com() Electronic music news, synthesizers, reviews and more! synthhead@synthtopia.com No no http://www.synthtopia.com/content/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Synthtopia http://www.synthtopia.com/content 144 144 Traci Lords On The Trials Of Putting Together A Techno Band http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/07/20/traci-lords-on-the-trials-of-putting-together-a-techno-band/ http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/07/20/traci-lords-on-the-trials-of-putting-together-a-techno-band/#comments Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:54:19 +0000 synthhead http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=7624

Remember former teen star Traci Lords and her brief, but almost respectable, career in hardcore techno?

In this video, via Stereogum, Lords discusses the difficulty of putting together a touring techno band, and DJ’s as “gods of clubs.”

]]> http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2008/07/20/traci-lords-on-the-trials-of-putting-together-a-techno-band/feed/ 4 Traci Lords + Juno Reactor = Hardcore Electronica http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2006/06/19/traci-lords-juno-reactor-hardcore-electronica/ http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2006/06/19/traci-lords-juno-reactor-hardcore-electronica/#comments Tue, 20 Jun 2006 02:51:43 +0000 synthhead http://www.synthtopia.com/content/?p=7426 Traci Lords, the controversial starlet that screwed the adult film industry by starring in dozens of hardcore movies before she turned 18, has more than her share of skeletons in the closet.

One of the most surprising, though, is her album with Juno Reactor (best known for their work on the Matrix soundtracks). Together they created 1000 Fires, which actually didn’t suck.

The big single from the album, Control, holds up pretty well:

Here’s another video from the release:

The lyrics are the weakpoint of the CD, but Lords’ only album manages a very respectable 4 1/2 stars at Amazon.

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