creatively bankrupt newish chillwave/post-AnCo bands whose names are just '80s ephemera

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http://www.johnstamosproject.com/

Mosquepanik at Ground Zero (abanana), Saturday, 31 July 2010 14:51 (fifteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

http://alteredzones.com/posts/154/knight-rider-parasite-emblem/

are you guys even trying anymore?

na'vi buffalo (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 16:28 (fifteen years ago)

someone mentioned Knight Rider earlier in this thread - i'd actually seen them - they weren't chillwave when i saw them a couple years ago

sarahel, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 16:29 (fifteen years ago)

Next up will be Air Wolf

van smack, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 16:32 (fifteen years ago)

http://c1931172.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/post_art/Knight_Rider.jpg

van smack, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 16:33 (fifteen years ago)

"Parasite Emblem" is more like a Jesus and Mary Chain take on crunkcore

mizzell, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 16:34 (fifteen years ago)

that is some epic bad writing there.

strongohulkingtonsghost, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 16:36 (fifteen years ago)

wtf. how does that sound anything like jesus and mary chain or crunkcore?

jaxon, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 18:45 (fifteen years ago)

omg altered zones still exists well done universe

markers, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 18:48 (fifteen years ago)

mp3 blog revolution savin music one harddrive at a time

markers, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 18:48 (fifteen years ago)

bbl, gonna take some 'adventures in the bliss zone'

markers, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 18:49 (fifteen years ago)

fort thunder dudes like chippendale and paperrad or whatev would do weird and wild stuff in their art with thngs like garfield and bart simps, but it was always really mutated and distorted and weird, and generally pretty awesome.

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:38 PM (6 months ago) Bookmark

whiney, do you want to use some of your book money to buy some RARE OOP CHIPPENDALE posters? i have one with M&Ms and Ming the Merciless.

not everything is a campfire (ian), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 20:42 (fifteen years ago)

come to think of it, i think i'm gonna name my chillwave band Ming the Merciless.

not everything is a campfire (ian), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 20:46 (fifteen years ago)

that doesn't sound very chill, ian

sarahel, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 20:47 (fifteen years ago)

sounds more like a Jesus and Mary Chain take on crunkcore

mizzell, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 20:50 (fifteen years ago)

relax, babe, it's gonna be mellow. and cosmic! xp

not everything is a campfire (ian), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 20:50 (fifteen years ago)

luv paperrad

diamonddave85, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 21:20 (fifteen years ago)

well some of it.

diamonddave85, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 21:20 (fifteen years ago)

how long till we get to 90s ephemera, i really wanna mention COOLRUNNINGS

fennel cartwright, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 01:50 (fifteen years ago)

AIR BUD

ice cr?m, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 01:57 (fifteen years ago)

Pretty sure there were plenty of bands in the early 90s that were like "lol-Brady Brunch" in a similar vein to what you're describing

― sarahel

Spencer Krug from Wolf Parade/Sunset Rubdown was in one called The Friendly Ghosts circa 1992. I think there was a band called Mystery Machine around the same time. It was very much in the air.

The generational divide used to sometimes mean that older people were actively hostile to the way the kids dressed or whatever. Now we just want to copy them so we can be cool dads and stay "relevant." So maybe the only way for them to really get to us is to name their band Reading Rainbow or some shit and we get all mad and "back in my day..."

- wk

Yeah, Ducktails really was hoping to stick it to those 30-something dads when he named his act.

― Fetchboy
Might not be an attempt to actively aggravate a generation gap, but there must be some sort of age-signifier effect in action if only subconsciously.

spazzercise (staggerlee), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 03:47 (fifteen years ago)

Universal Studios Florida had all their gear totally stolen right before an epic tour with Back to the Future the Ride! Hella weak! Help them out if you can! $$$ ---> gear ---> more jamz!!!!!

sarahel, Saturday, 21 August 2010 20:09 (fifteen years ago)

http://cometbranding.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/thumbs-up-low-res.jpg

markers, Saturday, 21 August 2010 20:13 (fifteen years ago)

"Teen Wolf" seems to fit right in except bands with "wolf" in their name were hip in like 2004.

billstevejim, Sunday, 22 August 2010 05:15 (fifteen years ago)

creatively bankrupt etc, whose names are just early '00s ephemera

Doctor Casino, Sunday, 22 August 2010 15:08 (fifteen years ago)

this band doesn't actually exist but "Vaginal Reference" would be a great band name for one of these bands

just came up with this in chatz

also, Beachgina

suckin deez in belize (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 4 September 2010 02:34 (fifteen years ago)

has anyone taken KAZAAM as a band name yet

optimizing the emotional effects of Redneck Hoe by Insane Clown Posse (corey), Saturday, 4 September 2010 02:36 (fifteen years ago)

the bilinda butchers, inasmuch as mbv guitarists can be considered 80s ephemera

the groin transfer (electricsound), Friday, 17 September 2010 00:29 (fifteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

Time Sunday, October 3 · 9:00pm - 11:30pm
Location
Oakland, CA

More Info SEVEN LIES ABOUT GIRLS
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS FLORIDA (from seattle)
GAZE
SCOTT THEISSEN (from VNC / ex-rRope)

unfortunately Back to the Future the RIde had to cancel

ALL AGES / DONATION PLEASE!

sarahel, Friday, 1 October 2010 17:05 (fifteen years ago)

Pariah Carey

Also, this doesn't count, but I had to throw up a little:

FOOD S†ΔMPS - real band, formatted that way.

Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Monday, 4 October 2010 03:36 (fifteen years ago)

(D)EBT

van smack, Monday, 4 October 2010 04:08 (fifteen years ago)

which one of you did this: http://chillwitchnamemagic.com/

tylerw, Wednesday, 6 October 2010 19:40 (fifteen years ago)

Do we need a '90s ephemera thread?

HYPE WILLIAMS
HONG KONG IN THE 60S
Wednesday 24th November
The Portland Arms, Chesterton Rd, Cambridge
8pm, £tbc

seandalai, Wednesday, 6 October 2010 19:47 (fifteen years ago)

PΔPER ΔNGER

markers, Wednesday, 6 October 2010 19:47 (fifteen years ago)

TV LOSERS

markers, Wednesday, 6 October 2010 19:48 (fifteen years ago)

dammit! I wanted to name my band "Wednesday 24th November" but someone's already beaten me to that.

sarahel, Wednesday, 6 October 2010 19:48 (fifteen years ago)

PWIN ▲▲ TEAKS

very wary hairy Barry (herb albert), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 18:22 (fifteen years ago)

get
the
fuck
out
of
here

Christopher Green Leafy Swagon Indiebro (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 18:49 (fifteen years ago)

they're a few youtube Suggestions clicks over from yer GR†LLGR†LL vid on the Salem thread

GR†LLGR†LL -> SaiLoRsbLaCKvirGiNmiLFs -> ∆RidIcUlEs∆FenCinG∆ -> PWIN ▲▲ TEAKS

very wary hairy Barry (herb albert), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 19:05 (fifteen years ago)

not with a bang, but with a ▲

The Bartered Bride (Ówen P.), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 19:09 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s_jSAdlMXc

I had to turn it off after the first minute. Is that a sample from Exile's "Kiss You All Over" being looped over and over? Fffftt

van smack, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 19:11 (fifteen years ago)

This is getting out of hand

van smack, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 19:14 (fifteen years ago)

twin peaks was early 90s wasn't it?

sarahel, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 19:52 (fifteen years ago)

1990-91 but same diff

very wary hairy Barry (herb albert), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 19:54 (fifteen years ago)

^sarahel missing the point as per usual

Christopher Green Leafy Swagon Indiebro (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 19:54 (fifteen years ago)

what point?

sarahel, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 20:44 (fifteen years ago)

http://hollywoodphony.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/alf.jpg

Christopher Green Leafy Swagon Indiebro (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 20:47 (fifteen years ago)

Pwin Teaks reminds me of that thread from a few years back about how a music genre is officially dead when a band comes along that is a perfect caricature of the genre (Jet/00s garage rock being an example)

it's like Poe's Law for pop.

Cunga, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 21:51 (fifteen years ago)

i thought genres were born when they gelled into something that could easily be caricatured. up until then it's just sounds, y'know?

some dude, Tuesday, 12 October 2010 21:57 (fifteen years ago)

man whiney really was the canary in the mineshaft of triangle wave

dudely midriff (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 12 October 2010 22:02 (fifteen years ago)


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