Crab maintained the Bourbonese Qualk name and has proven to be the more prolific and talented of the two (though Tanza's efforts have been quite good too). BQ became a virtual band with the release of My Government Is My Soul. Crab, who had for years played virtually all instruments/electronics beyond percussion, left guitar work to Miles Miles and focused more and more on a very large electronic sound, still recognizably funk-beat driven as much of their earlier music.

If you want to consider a possible answer to your question of why they aren't more popular, it's likely that this is because their/Crab's attitude has been fairly uniformly bereft of moroseness and depravity. BQ has always been very concerned with the politics of organized society and less concerned with unknown quantities of individuality. Their music reflects this. It's linear and driving. I hold them in the highest regard of any band I've ever known. The quality of their output over the years has been nothing short of phenomenal.

Having said that, I can't say I'm particularly enamored with Crab's techno aspirations of late (Autonomia).

[mwilliam@postoffice.wcl.american.edu (Mark Williams)]