Massacre was the short-lived noise-rock/no-wave group featuring guitar virtuoso Fred Frith and perpetual bassman-for-hire Bill Laswell. Frith had largely been involved in fusion and progressive rock circles, most notably with the Rock in Opposition groups Henry Cow and the lesser known Aksak Maboul. Frith was collaborating and hanging out around Arto Lindsay and the rest of the New York no-wave scene during the 80s, and it shows; "Legs" sounds right at home with James Chance and the other unlikely funky-noise tendencies that were possessing the downtown jazz-punk scene at that time. If Devo had more soul they might sound like this.
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