It was only when leafing through the obituaries in the latest edition of Uncut at the weekend that I learned Keith Dobson left us back in July.
Keith first hit the scene as drummer with hippie collective Here & Now using the nom de plume Kif-Kif Le Batteur. Fortunately he packed that nonsense in after a while and started making proper music under his own name, most notably as the CEO of World Domination Enterprises, creators of "Asbestos Lead Asbestos" and other hits.
On reading the news I headed straight over to Bandcamp and picked up an expanded edition of their 1988 album "Let's Play Domination". It is a splendid racket as these samples demonstrate.
"Message For You People" - World Domination Enterprises
"Asbestos Lead Asbestos" - World Domination Enterprises
World Domination Enterprises are of course far from the only example of evil big business trying to persuade the kids to part with their pocket money. Let's name and shame a few of the other culprits. Watch out for DLT speaking German.
Bloody hell, I'm at this very moment listening to "put your hands in the air...........simple simon says......" just because of that last video you've posted.
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DeleteBlimey! I first heard Asbestos Lead Asbestos courtesy of Meat Beat Manifesto's 1996 version, which led me back to World Domination Enterprises, their original ...and this unexpected cover of a disco classic.
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Their LL Cool J and U Roy covers aren't bad either. They are all on the album.
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