Monday, September 22  Laibach can make any song conform to their
engaging/disturbing militaristic aesthetic. They transformed
Queen's "One Vision," a giddy utopian ditty inspired by Live Aid
and featured in Iron Eagle, into a faux-fascist rally, with a
stentorian German delivery darkening lines like "one race/one
hope/one real decision." They turned Europe's cheesy synthfest
"The Final Countdown" into Wagnerian propaganda, albeit with a
disco pulse. And they made The Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the
Devil" so terrifyingly ominous that listeners might suspect
Satan himself is indeed the vocalist. Formed in 1980, the
Slovenian band mixes strident industrial beats with operatic
bombast, resulting in some of the most epic dance songs ever
assembled. Live, Laibach barrages the audience with provocative
video imagery. Largely instrumental albums such as 1990's
Macbeth keep Laibach's sets stocked with eerie atmospheric
segues, while electro-metal tunes from records like 1996's Jesus
Christ Superstars serve as viole