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Snog

Snog is a band, the brainchild of Australlian underground musician David Thrussell. The band was formed in 1988, and its music is a fusion of many different styles, most commonly industrial, electronic, techno, and even some ambient, experimental, and funk thrown in for good measure.

Most notable about Snog, however, is the strong political messages brought forth in the music. Thrussell commonly puts themes of anti-capitalism, anti-fascism, veganism, individuality, and anti-big-brotherism.

Many of his albums feature common corporations in an unfavorable light. For example, Third Mall from the Sun features McDonalds employees saluting the Golden Arches (the logo of McDonalds), as if the employees owed their life to the corporation. Indeed, Snog lyrics are full of such allusions. Here's one example from the song The Ballad:

When the working day is done
I refuse to belong to anyone.
And at night when I try to sleep
I hear the howls of commerce in my dreams...
Somehow, someone, somewhere owns everything I do.

Like many other industrial-electronic bands, Thrussell is also in the habit of splitting up his work into many different bands, depending on the genre. He has side projects under the names of The Black Lung, Soma, Veruschka, and even produces material under his own name, David Thrussell.

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