Here's what I posted on that thread, just to get it in one place;
The problem with a sploshing band is the matter of protecting the equipment, along with the usual problems with regard to setting up in a venue - you could never appear on a bill with other bands as it would render the stage unusable, all that wet stuff combined with electronics is a health and safety nightmare and properly miking up a singer who's going to get covered in gunge is a particular bother.
However, I have had thoughts in the past about a project along these lines (in particular from when I was doing the Messharmonic Orchestra tracks that accompanied our Wamdrogony videos), so maybe there could be a collaboration in the works here.
It'd be best to approach it as a performance with live music elements rather than a proper band - one idea for a more electronic/industrial based version would be one or two musicians set up behind a clear plastic sheet (this in itself presents an interesting visual if done right, particularly as the sheet gradually gets splattered) with the front people involved in messy performance on a plastic sheeted area at the front of the stage, lip synching to vocal samples in the music - say for example Dolly and Josie were performing in front, I would build the songs around samples of their voices to create the tracks and build the live music side around that. I've even got the barebones arrangement of an EBM version of "The Bucket Of Water" song that'd suit this sort of thing well.
So it's crazy, but it could work and would be a lot of fun putting together. Between us I think we have the collective expertise to make a good go of it at least as a one-off show, should we want to.
Thinking further about it, a live show would be fun to do down the line but even if that doesn't happen, wouldn't it be cool to do a sploshers' concept album? I'm willing to produce it (from home, natch - no need to spend any money on this thing if we're just doing it for fun, but we live in the an age where it's simple matter to release it properly should we so desire, if only as an act of musical terrorism), in fact I've got a load of suitable material sitting around from Wamdrogony videos and it'd be a fun way to bring us all together on a project. I know there are other musicians in our little community (Wamadeus?) who might be up for a little collaboration, and it'd be great fun giving some of our girls the popstar treatment.
So, anyone up for it?
