Tune of the Week: RIP Douglas McCarthy

The music world has suffered many losses in the last week. Brian Wilson and Sly Stone were both pillars of modern popular America music. Lesser known is Douglas McCarthy, singer and songwriter of the EBM group Nitzer Ebb. Alongside New Order, Depeche Mode and Front 242, Nitzer Ebb’s songs were a major thread of the dance music fabric of the late 80s and early 90s. If you went to a club and did NOT hear one of their songs it was notable! I believe that McCarthy had to have had a healthy sense of humor, so let’s also revisit the time when Beavis and Butthead commented on a Nitzer Ebb music video:

Rest in Power.