[2] The group's initial performances consisted of audio-visual collages of industrial noises including chainsaws and metal barrels played to rhythms generated by drum machines and synthetic sound atmospheres using borrowed and non-instruments.

[5] In addition to political controversies over the name change, the presence of the number "42" led to accusations of plagiarizing fellow Belgian EBM act Front 242 which, again, Meurisse denied.

Their earliest tracks in this vein were "Pleasure and Crime" and "Lovely Trees" which were released together as 12″ maxi single on the Disco Smash label.

It was here that Meurisse composed the New Beat track "Le Dormeur" for the techno-oriented side project, Pleasure Game, as well as SA42 12″ singles "Submarine Dance", "To Talk Nonsense", "The Right Thing", and "Carnaval".

Thereafter, Meurisse resumed live performances supported by two members of GrandChaos – Tcheleskov Ivanovich and Olivier T. – including appearances at BimFest in Belgium and at Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Germany.