The dark humour of industrial music and the incomprehensible nonsense of various ultra-leftist political fractions were an essential part of the mix.
Sterile Records used both commercial and non-commercial media to deliver anti-capitalist messages, multi-coloured noise and information overload.
[2][3][4] In 1990–92, Nocturnal Emissions collaborated on Butoh dance performances in Europe and the United States, with the Japanese choreographer Poppo Shiraishi.
Around this time Nocturnal Emissions' Situationist-influenced practice became increasingly informed by magick, stone circles, techno–shamanism, neo-paganism, animism and Fortean research.
Bill was never an official member of Nocturnal Emissions but admits to being one of the legion of members of The Fall[5] Nocturnal Emissions were later to be associated with the Kernow section of the Association of Autonomous Astronauts[6] Oedipus Brain Foil 3xCD (with Randy Greif and Robin Storey) (Soleilmoon, 1998) Mesmeric Enabling Device CD (with John S. Everall and Mick Harris) (Soleilmoon, 1999) The World Turned Gingham CD (with Robin Story, released under the name Hank & Slim) (Caciocavallo, 2000) Transgenic CD (Solo album released under the name Transgenic) (Soleilmoon, 2000) Bleeding Images (1982) The Foetal Grave of Progress (1983) The Three Trials – Adventures in Psychotica (Randy Greif dir.)