[/quote]It's because they are not the top 3 legends within techno, and they have not changed the face of music, they have just added to the pile that gathers beneath those who actually have changed the face of music. Therefore, anyone who cites them as the top 3 legends in techno DOES NOT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.

Understand now???

That`s a bit worng mate and based on opinion more than fact.

The SUF collective were part of a burgeoning new scene within the uk, of free parties.
This scene exploded, ending in the HUGE party of castlemorton, that had a major contribution to the law changing in the uk. (so, here is one example of how they changed, or were part of, chang in music).

The music they made, was a new type of techno, that had a raw edge, with more attitude, and aimed more at the dance floor than the head. People heard it, and went nuts. Thousands of people started going to squat parties, at their height, the free parties in london were pulling from about 1 - 3 thousand people a week in london alone.
The music pulled in people from hard house, trance, psi, all sorts, gathered together dancing to the sound of acid techno.
This scene then exploded across the world, giving rise to techno sound systems and parties everywhere, put on by the people who had come to london and experienced the acid techno parties.
The fledgling techno scene of Brasil is a good example of the influence these guys had.
Chris, Henry, Lawrie etc, had a huge effect on the music and how it changed. They were there at the beginning, created a new style of techno, and influenced boat loads of people, to make techno, or to get into techno. And still have an effect today, the forming of curve pusher and curve pressings being another way they have affected the music, and the scene.
Now I`m not really into the London Acid techno sound any more, but I would definitely say these guys could count as legends, within the niche that is techno. And to call their effect nothing more than a "zit" is a comment made without any fact or intelligence.