You're a member of a world-renowned electronic percussive band. With more than a decade of experience behind you, the band has become internationally recognized. You've made political statements with your music, been critically acclaimed for your work, and enjoyed many years of positive reviews from even the harshest critics. Although a large portion of the band is generally boxed into the industrial category, you've rejected the label and continue to make music based equal parts on passion, impression, and experimentation. For your latest album, do you...

a) Continue the road less traveled, alienating some of your listeners as you have in the past, but maintaining your artistic integrity.

b) Examine your past works and try to create a further exploration of the ideas that you felt fit most with your vision.

c) Create an album with cheesy, overused stock drum rhythms and the kind of obnoxious catchiness we might expect from a generic-brand drum-n-bass band, aggressively marketing the new you.

If you picked "C," you're Test Dept. You're not quite kicked off the label yet, but you better watch it, kiddies. Better lay off the Chemical Brothers discs, and get some exercise. There's a real world out there waiting for you to discover. With any luck, your fans will forgive you over time.

-Skaht Hansen