When members of legendary groups form other, purportedly lesser groups that you actually prefer...

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Go ahead. But it doesn't alter the fact* that "Your Charms" is one of the greatest 3-and-a-half minutes of pop ever, and that nothing TWP did was anywhere near as spectacular.

"Kennedy" still shits all over it from a great, splattery height.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 7 July 2003 13:33 (twenty years ago) link

Nick Cave's Bad Seeds stuff to the Birthday Party.

Fugazi to Minor Threat & Rites of Spring

Chinese Stars to Six Finger Satellite

― Ian Johnson (elmo oxygen), Monday, 7 July 2003 15:56 (twenty years ago) link

Kate, Dukes of Stratosphear ARE Xtc.

Weeeeell, not 100%. The Dukes do have Iain Gregory in the band, too. But close enough.

And Kate, XTC have sounded far closer to the Dukes since the Dukes' birth, except with a more modern studio sound.... so, I'm kinda confused by your comment, too.

― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 7 July 2003 16:04 (twenty years ago) link

I like Fantomas more than Faith No More, The Melvins, or Slayer. If I were someone else catching me say that, I would point and yell "BLASPHEME!", but alas I speaketh the truth.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 7 July 2003 16:10 (twenty years ago) link

Surprised that no one attempted to say New Order yet...

Blind Faith > Cream

― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 7 July 2003 16:28 (twenty years ago) link

I met a guy a couple of weeks ago who furiously maintained that Vinnie Vincent's Invasion and Frehley's Comet were both vastly superior to Kiss. Suffice to say, the conversation was very brief.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 7 July 2003 16:33 (twenty years ago) link

I prefer Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians over the Soft Boys.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 7 July 2003 16:33 (twenty years ago) link

I will literally shoot peas out of my nose if anyone says (and means) that they prefer the Style Council to the Jam.

― dave225 (Dave225), Monday, 7 July 2003 16:40 (twenty years ago) link

There were a number of years in the mid-90s when Omoide Hatoba was more interesting to listen to than the Boredoms. If they ever put out another album, they might still be.

― o. nate (onate), Monday, 7 July 2003 17:00 (twenty years ago) link

Breeders (Last Splash) > Pixies (though really, Frank Black's solo career has grown on me)
Royal Trux > Pussy Galore
White Hassle > Railroad Jerk

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 7 July 2003 17:05 (twenty years ago) link

I was just about to say Frank Black > Pixies.

― Vinnie (vprabhu), Monday, 7 July 2003 17:14 (twenty years ago) link

Sausage > Primus

Lots of people will probably also say:

Primus > Possessed

But I don't.

― Siegbran (eofor), Monday, 7 July 2003 17:22 (twenty years ago) link

I much prefer New Order to Joy Division, but I don't think it's a good answer to this question because anyone who still "purports" that NO is a lesser group knows not what they say. It might have been justified when they first announced that they were going to stay together and add one of their girlfriends to the lineup, but not today...

― Tomasino Jones (tomasinojones), Monday, 7 July 2003 17:24 (twenty years ago) link

++Luna are miles better than Galaxie 500 ever were

IN WHAT UNIVERSE?

― kephm, Monday, 7 July 2003 17:50 (twenty years ago) link

Frederick Thordendal's Special Defects > Meshuggah

Burning Airlines > Jawbox (oh I'm sure I'll get it for that one...maybe if I heard more Jawbox I would feel differently)

Mars Volta > At the Drive In. Er, having only heard about two tracks from each.

― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 7 July 2003 18:19 (twenty years ago) link

it's a tossup with Joy Division and New Order: the former are probably more "legendary" but more people probably know the latter's hits. I like both a lot, obv.

― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 7 July 2003 21:16 (twenty years ago) link

Imperial Teen > Faith No More

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Monday, 7 July 2003 21:23 (twenty years ago) link

Fleetwood Mac > Buckingham Nicks

― James Blount (James Blount), Monday, 7 July 2003 21:31 (twenty years ago) link

Imperial Teen may be the only one I can think of unless New Order counts.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 7 July 2003 21:33 (twenty years ago) link

Fleetwood Mac > Fleetwood Mac

― James Blount (James Blount), Monday, 7 July 2003 21:35 (twenty years ago) link

Breeders > Pixies

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 7 July 2003 23:25 (twenty years ago) link

Imperial Teen > Faith No More

seconded.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Monday, 7 July 2003 23:26 (twenty years ago) link

Fleetwood Mac > Fleetwood Mac
are you bigging up the Peter Green version over the Lindsey Buckingham version?

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Friday, 11 July 2003 04:19 (twenty years ago) link

haha - depends what day of the week it is!

― James Blount (James Blount), Friday, 11 July 2003 06:11 (twenty years ago) link

although your older ex-hippie types who bigup the Peter Green version but sniff sniff at Buckingham's annoy the fuck out of me

― James Blount (James Blount), Friday, 11 July 2003 06:12 (twenty years ago) link

They hate fun.

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Friday, 11 July 2003 11:08 (twenty years ago) link

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