enrique wondered :

And who the heck is this empire guy?

well ... i'm currently jus' too lazy to provide u with some interestin' linx about mr. empire , so i suggest that u type "alec empire" in the search box of the google search engine & check out some of the results that u get , if u are indeed interested in some more info about him & his several projects !!! ;-) anyway ... he's indeed released some pretty interestin' "stuff" over the years - also jus' recently ;-) - & there are some nice tunes on his new double-album & i already played a track called "electric bodyrock" ( ;-) in one of my last radio shows too !!! ( oops ... even more shameless self-promotion here !!! *hehehe* ;-)))

He seems to enjoy wasting time talking about something he hates.

fyi : the whole concept of his band called atari teenage riot ( or simply atr ;-) was based around HATE against [ fill in whatever u like ... err ... HATE !!! ] & such "stuff" !!! :-o u may also call the music of his band atr "electro punk" , if u like !!! *G+* ;-)

As bad as KW might seem to him, they got his attention all right.

... & he's also MASSIVELY influenced by them ... no matter , if he personally likes or even denies it !!! *BWG* ;-))) lots of his less aggressive productions prove this influence very clearly then !!! ;-) btw : one of atr's most controversial slogans was "DESTROY_DEUTSCHLAND_!!!" >:-O i suppose that says it all , eh !? ;-) however ... many greetinx again , oh jay ;-) ~*~ jvr network program - june 2002 : http://mitglied.lycos.de/cybernetx/program.html ( incl. live stream via internet ) studio webcam - live : http://stream.ok-bremen.de/studio.html radio show archive : http://friends.schallreflektor.com/ohjay/alien_disco playlist archive : http://mitglied.lycos.de/cybernetx/playlists brand new website release soon @ http://www.jointventureradio.net & also http://www.jointventureradio.org *~\^/~*