Taste Test

Taste Test were musical and visual artists involved in the TWINART collective, whose recordings were performed exclusively through video presentations. Throughout the early 1980’s they produced a series of mock-jingles and video advertizements for bizarre products: fashion made from garbage, designer toilet paper for dogs, and fake rubber hands that protect you from being murdered by apparently murdering you first. They were often aired on cable access channels in New York, and their work was shown in various art galleries. They were led by Joan Durand. Despite the musical pedigree, Taste Test never actually released a record, or recorded anything beyond the music in their TWINART videos. A lot of the songs were ripe for comps like Messethetics, Homework, New Wave Complex, and most certainly The Anesthetic’s Wearing Off.