Negativland

Escape From Noise (1987) ...

Negativland is an experimental music and sound collage band which originated in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1970s. They took their name from a Neu! song, while their record label is named after another Neu! song. The current core of the band consists of Mark Hosler, Richard Lyons, Don Joyce, David Wills, and Peter Conheim.

Nesbitt's Lime Soda Song ...

Escape From Noise features a signature song 'Christianity Is Stupid' which uses a sample from a propaganda film ... this song was later used as the basis for a press scam (engineered by the group), which became the basis for Helter Stupid, a documentary piece about the manufactured controversy ... 

Time Zones ...

Yellow, Black & Rectangular...

Christianity is Stupid ...

"Probably the most accomplished piece is the strangely creepy "Time Zones," which talks about how many time zones there are in the Soviet Union (there are 11, by the way, and it's not even funny). Although it wasn't apparent at the time, the centerpiece of the album would be "Christianity Is Stupid," a prime example of how sound bytes can be rearranged to say whatever you want them to say. (The full sound bytes appear on the album Helter Stupid, the first half of which was inspired by a media frenzy after the band suggested that a murder may be attributable to "Christianity Is Stupid" as an excuse to get out of having to tour in the wake of this album, which turned out to be a much bigger success than anyone expected.)" ...allmusic.com