Some of the fossils from the 80s are better left forgotten and buried under the remains of failed musical experiments. Leave it to me to dredge them back up.
Max Headroom. If you remember the name you will hate me for reminding you.
Max Headroom was a commercial icon for Coca-Cola. He was a computer generated entity (actually he was a guy in a plastic mask whose image was highlighted by computer graphics) who stuttered and wise-cracked from his computer screen. Max became a popular sensation and was even granted his own short-lived TV show.
Synth band, Art Of Noise, thought it would be a good idea to use Max Headroom in a song. I'm sure it sounded like a good idea at the time, just like the time someone said, "Let's make Mr. T cereal!" Hence, "Paranoimia" was born.
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