Favourite SST Release of... 1986

Is there a connection between Zoogz Rift & Bob Mould both being involved in pro wrestling? Or is did two SST weirdos just naturally gravitate to the WWF separately?

I think it was separate. I don't know about Zoogz, but Mould was an AWA fan in the '80s (he's wearing a Rage in the Cage long-sleeve on the cover of the Eight Miles High/Makes No Sense At All EP). Then in the very late '90s he joined WCW as a writer during that company's worst ever creative period. If you think wrestling's ridiculous enough already...

j0hn won't punch any of you unless and until he can punch all of you

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Minnesota loved its AWA Wrestling, Bob was no different

Like all red blooded Minnesotans, Mould wanted Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan to die in a fire.

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It's weird, being a Brit I never think of Sonic Youth as being an SST band as they were on Blast First over here. Same way I never think of Big Black or the Butthole Surfers as being Touch & Go bands.

Albums on this list I once owned : 22 (approx, can't really remember which exact Zoogz Rift albums I bought)
Albums on this list I still own : 1 (fIREHOSE, who get the vote by default)

sonic youth are one of my favorite bands and were hugely important to me at the time, but i'm still gonna pick i against i over evol

evol's fascinating, but it tends to bum me out and/or irritate me more often than not. and while i Against i is far from perfect, I'm basically always in the mood for it. up there with sister, damaged, happy nightmare baby, born too late, you're living all over me, meat pups II, new day rising and double nickels in my list of things for which I owe SST (& Ginn/Dukowski) an eternal debt.

I'm really hoping EVOL gets 100+ votes...

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it did, although a lot of people have said they're voting Bad Brains (maybe because they know everyone else will vote Evol). I cant wait to see the results to see how close it is.

I would be surprised if EVOL gets over 50.

KIRA'S GOT THE 10.5

don't know most of these. went with EVOL

i get the feeling that sums this poll up

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High placement for '10 1/2' probly the surprise of this thread for me.

Five votes for Slovenly! For anyone who hasn't heard it, and I'm sure there's a lot, it's really worth your time if you can find it.

And don't let all those zero votes fool you, there's some prime wheat among that chaff.

What do you recommend?

The Gone records get a bad rap around here but Ginn's done much worse. Angst's Mending Wall is the best of theirs I've heard; it's not as folky as their other stuff to my ears. The Alter-Natives' Hold Your Tongue is good hyperactive jazz rock. And The Divine Horsemen are also worth a listen, but Chris D's first/main band The Flesh Eaters were better.

080 Sonic Youth Starpower 4

ok 4 jokers love the single that is 2/3rds songs on the album (3/3rds if you count the reissue) more than the album? fuck outta here.

maybe they only like the 1 track?

Favourite SST Release of... 1987

4 jokers love the single that is 2/3rds songs on the album (3/3rds if you count the reissue) more than the album? fuck outta here.

sometimes less is more

Evol is the best SY album though

^thank you

no worries