This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
You’ve gotta hand it to quixotic U.S. collective Negativland. Plenty of bands talk the talk about rebellion, but these sonic terrorists walk the walk.
A few years back, they went toe-to-toe with U2, who didn’t approve of the band sampling one of their songs. Last year, they took on cola culture with the commercial cutup CD Dispepsi. On this 20-minute EP, they have a new target ripe for skewering — Teletubbies. With the help of anarchists-turned-one-hit-capitalists Chumbawamba, our heroes sample everything from the WWF to The Sex Pistols (and, of course, Tubthumping) into a sonic collage that’s equal part anarchism primer and Teletubbies adventure. Uh-oh! Wonder what Tinky-Winky’s lawyer will say.
