More on that OFFMEN sound track mentioned earlier

Music was one of those things that unified the OFFMEN however it was rarely used as a selling point. In retrospect I recall that when discussing the different aspects of our group philosophy to others much of the conversation usually centered on topics such as friendship, brother hood, and occasionally that socially capricious one called male bonding. Ironically music, even though not on our sales menu; was quite possibly the single most unifying force amongst us. Again it might be my own clouded memory but as I recall none of us were in to the usual male pastimes such as; Cars, Sports, Cruising for fights, Heavy Metal Music, or just acting Macho and Stupid. We were simply very much into music, and for us that meant bands like then ones mentioned in Eric’s post earlier this week. Many of us found friendship in the teen dance clubs that sprinkled the Chicago land area, and thus was the basis of our musical interest. As luck would have it we lived in the Mecca for industrial dance. Chicago area bands like Ministry and the Thrill Kill Cult were cranking out a very edgy alternative to the usual disco fare, and we just ate it up. We were by some standards Music snobs…. It was great!