Senser, a politically charged rap rock UK band, originally formed in South West London from a group of friends in the late 1980s. The initial line-up comprised Nick Michaelson (guitar), Heitham Al-Sayed (vocals), Kerstin Haigh (vocals), John Morgan (drums), James Barrett (bass) and Alan "Hagos/Haggis" Haggarty (engineer, producer, programmer) and in 1992 they were joined by Spiral Tribe D.J, Andy Clinton. The band toured in support of psychedelic rockers the Ozric Tentacles in 1992. In 1993 the band were signed to Ultimate Records.
In 1993 Senser released two indie singles on Ultimate — "Eject" and "The Key".
In March 1994 Senser released their third single, "Switch", which entered the UK Singles Chart at number 39. Senser's first album, Stacked Up, was released in May 1994, and entered the UK Albums Chart at number 4.
At the beginning of 1995 Senser toured the UK supported by Skunk Anansie before setting off to tour the United States with Moby. It was during this tour that the band decided to split over musical differences. Al-Sayed and Morgan left to form a new band with Haggis called Lodestar. The remaining members of Senser found a new drummer, Paul Soden, and set about writing Senser's second album.
Ohh, I am tireless, sub zero, comin' from the wireless Won't be no scenery, no part of the machinery I go on and on but never below So, now you see me and know, you can check it and go 'Cause I'm so bored that I can't even pretend no more It's so pathetic that I'm rolling around on the floor Laughing at one big gag And every now and then they pull another rabbit out of the bag Of sad diversions, useless tedious excursions Roll into unrealistic, crypto-fascistic Comedy doctrine, kick the ballistics Again and again and again, just say when Ya had enough, sad enough or mad enough To do something simple and kind Now is the time A change of state of mind I am a loner, a zoner, I utilize the microphone And if they try a tap, I leave 'em hangin' on the telephone Wasted, so wasted, so They're waiting for the visitors so they can go and try again On the next step, on the next one Come on and get some, jet some, static Solid state, automatic Sporadic and random 'cause nobody planned 'em Anarchy, free thought can't be bought So, disregard the lessons and the shit you've been taught I'm saying it and now they're playing it to me Larger than life every day and this is what they say Shut your mouth and get back in line And if you don't like it, well, it suits us just fine We pull the levers, we hold the strings And these are just a few of our favorite things Learn the words of the company song White is right is right is strong, come on children all sing along 'Cause if you think you can change You were never more wrong No, fuck that, you won't take me, you won't break me And you'll never make me, step in line and step march in time Well, you can violate my body but my soul is still mine You must think that I'm fucking stupid, man If you think I'm gonna hang with the program, some fool schedule I don't give a shit about what is or isn't cool I make the rules, I stand alone And if they try a tap, I leave 'em hangin' on the telephone One of these days I'm gonna get sectioned I bet they even say it's for my own protection Rejection leads straight to correction Look out, here comes a strange injection They've got a drug to numb my erection But they won't take this from me My state of mind, it won't change me My state of mind, state of mind Ohh, change me, ohh, change my fate State of mind