Music serves many purposes but spreading a message may be at the heart of each. Gregg Gillis redefines making a statement album. He has clipped apart the definition of a song, how we share music and what it means to be a fan. He could define the message of the 2000's. An idea that we should be truthful to ourselves. Social and musical groups have fought the government, fought The Man, and now we may need to share who we are. This sharing of the personal cannot be limited to definitions of previous ideas. This is a different kind of revolution.
Gregg Gillis: “So when I started the Girl Talk shows, I was using pop as a tool of rebellion. It was confrontational, like, I’m going to show up at this show where there’s a math-rock band, and everyone in the audience is standing there with their arms folded, maybe some chin-strokers, and I’m going to get up there and do some Madonna remixes and take off my clothes. People would be thoroughly offended. But I was trying to push people. I wanted to stir that scene up."
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