Is MRK1 the Tony Iommi of Dubstep

Ermmm do you want to maybe expand on that?

limited sound palate, killer headbanging riffs...

petergunn said:

limited sound palate, killer headbanging riffs...

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His stuff over the last couple of years has been pretty piss poor. But he used to make some really good tracks pre-circa 2006. Raindance, in particular, really stands out in my mind.

I think in a way its interesting to witness the very divergent paths that a lot of the original grime producers/DJs have taken.

To generalise somewhat you've got those that have gone down an aggy wobble dubstep path - Plastician, MRK1, Scandalous Unlimited (saw him play on sat night and it was pretty horrific). Some have got on the funky - Marcus Nasty, Geeneus. Some on bassline - Dexplicit, Cameo (I'm assuming Cameo's still playing mainly bassline on 1Xtra?)

In fact, it'd be interesting to try and do a 'Where are they now? Grime Special'

used to be one of my favourites along with plastician before he went totally dubstep. before he was on the cusp - still grime but dark and industrial enough to cross over to dubstep deejays. now its too much in the latter camp. boring. and a real shame.