Leftover College Radio Station Indie Rock Records I Haven't Listened To (And That Nobody Will Buy)

Olivelawn was one of the best grunge bands, maybe even the best and that's no lie. I don't know if they toured and built much of an audience outside Southern California, but they were quite popular here for a time and seemed like they were selling out clubs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QOPHxiAGek

I don't know who all here would remember 'em, Ned probably!

Or our old friend donut. (Do you still post here???)

gygax

Chain Gang were a snotty punk band, featured on several Killed By Death compilations. Matador put out a compilation of all their stuff in the early 90s, presumably that's what you've got there.

I love Les Thugs - driving, almost droney punk with melodic vocals (punkgaze?). NickB knows what's up, Chess & Crimes is a good one.

I'm seeing Lois tomorrow night! Although tbh I never got into her, I'm going to see the Pastels and Kicking Giant and she's also on the bill.

Girl Trouble, Yard Trauma - garage rockers, pretty good too

Victims Family - kinda like NoMeansNo. I like them

We Are Going To Eat You - ex-members of anarcho-punk band Hagar the Womb go indie rock, not v good (I love Hagar the Womb so was pretty disappointed when I bought the We Are Going To Eat You 12" but it was only 50p)

Vic Bondi was the singer of Articles of Faith, dunno what his solo stuff is like

Big Drill Car - pop punk. kinda similar to Samiam iirc (I may not rc)

is the Three album any good CP? always used to see that around but never bought it - guys from Gray Matter and Minor Threat iirc?

don't know that one! like Gray Matter a lot (Minor Threat prob goes without saying)

bit of a non-story but i tried engaging bruce pavitt in a conversation about les thugs at a tad/nirvana show once.

- hey bruce, i hear you've just signed les thugs to sub pop!
- what?
- les thugs!
- who?
- les thugs dude!
- *blank look*
- eh nevermind

either my french was bad, or his french was bad, or both of our frenches were bad but in mutually incompatible ways, but at least i gave him a suggestion for a title for the new nirvana record

Yo - were on a couple of Hyped 2 Death's Homework comps, but iirc were fairly straightforward college rock

Reverb Motherfuckers - "scum rock". nothing special

Greater Than One - industrial dance/EBM - OK I think?

scum rock is right for reverb motherfuckers. bought one of their albums while i was going thru a phase of buying everything on noiseville and similar: bench, unholy swill, unsane, pocket fishrmen

I've often wondered how Les Thugs is pronounced by French people - toogs? or do they just use the English pronunciation?

The Pocket Fishrmen 7" on Noiseville is great! I've only heard their first album apart from that, which was v mediocre unfortunately.

I've often wondered how Les Thugs is pronounced by French people - toogs? or do they just use the English pronunciation?

By 'eck as like, the Lez Thugs are a reet class act.

Yeah, the 7" was the one i had - The Leader Is Burning! was one of the singles in John Peel's record box iirc xp

Next we have Blankety-Blank! Hosted by Les Thugs

you do rc. in fact that's the only reason I even heard of it

i wonder how many of these bands had members who went on to be part of medium-big but not-especially-cool alt-rock bands a few years later.

Reading up on The Ophelias revealed that the guitarist went on to Counting Crows.

Never heard of Miranda Warning, but that’s a great band name. Would be better if it wasn’t all dudes, though.

I’m friends with one of The Slugs who was always billed as “____ of The Slugs” and I had no idea who the Slugs were but liked what he went on to do.

price too quality ratio a lot of this stuff is the best deal in records right now

Did all the Judybats records sell out?

I hope so because those records were ace then and they're ace now

"Yo - were on a couple of Hyped 2 Death's Homework comps, but iirc were fairly straightforward college rock"

this reminds me that i have been meaning to tell chuck about the 45s in the basement. he wouldn't care too much about the wrecked sleeves.

i had never heard samara lubelski's 80's goth rock band until i got this stuff:

https://www.discogs.com/artist/479725-Of-A-Mesh

Reading up on The Ophelias revealed that the guitarist went on to Counting Crows.

He was also in Monks of Doom with the other Camper Van Beethoven folks. Jonathan Segel (also in one of your lists above) is CVB's violin player. If it's his "Storytelling" record, that album is great, like a cross between CVB and Genesis. Haven't heard his other solo stuff.

That Syd Straw record, Surprise, is pretty OK. Has an Eno collab, was around the time she was on those all-star Golden Palominos records.

And yeah, Shelleyan Orphan are pretty good.

i got a box of those 45s out for bonus fun:

meristem
poole
pivot
please
drain
downy mildew
crust
crush
mudwimin
slow children playing
simple ones
scrog
milkmoney
voodoo queens
vertigo
the easy goings
earshot
nerdy girl
the united states
the very pleasant neighbor
swirl
shim jambs
pirate jenny
quivvver
drill
orbit
halogen
freak magnet
mantis
halcion
the raymond brake
eggplant
purple ivy shadows
edsel
the el caminos
spitboy
nothing painted blue
tizzy
bare minimum
for love not lisa
moped
tipili
chessie
crungehouse
30 amp fuse
the trouble with larry
naked lunch box
muler
nisi period

they sure did play that egg hunt single a lot. to be fair, i did too when it came out.

somebody tell me about downy mildew

pretty decent indie-pop iirc

Scott, which Swirl 45 is that? The 7" version of 6/8 Lullaby is fantastic. I'm not actually sure if it's a different mix from the LP version though... I thought so.

Otherwise, my favorites in that list are Poole, Edsel & The Raymond Brake.

crush - i had one of their singles but don't really remember the song; i only rescued it from the cheap bin because gary waleik from volcano suns/big dipper was in the band, but bob weston pre-shellac was also a member iirc

crust - buttholes related weirdness from texas. think they were on king coffey's label - trance syndicate?

yes, along with (I think) Drain?

the post-Pavement "one word" indie bands of the 90's... too many people went down that road

you got extra points if it was one syllable.

tizzy

Which record? "New Jersey" or "Betty vs. Veronica"?

uh its a 45. i dunno.

that's the most un-scott seward thing you've ever said

Hm. OK. I probably have it, but I might buy that, too.

xp

TS: One-word-from-the-hardware-aisle bands vs gratuitous-Russ-Myers-reference bands

This is my socket wrench, and it freaks me out!

How could there not have been a band called Socket Wrench?

Or Socket Wench!

google search turns up a fixer-upper page "The Socket Wrench: A Modern Man’s Guide to Tools", obviously their first album

Toad the Wet Socket

Maybe it just looks worse with them all grouped together but some of these band names re-define the concept "we are an ambitious musical act who definitely do not overly wear our influences on our sleeve"

wherefore art thou, wingtip sloat?

Poole - another one of those liked-the-single-I heard bands.
30 Amp Fuse - ditto.
Downy Mildew - owned their albums, sold their albums.
Swirl - ditto. And I mean both the US and AU bands with this name.
Tizzy - ditto.

vomit launch slept on my floor once. #90scred

st. johnny slept on my floor once. but that was when my friend jim was in the band. jim was the leader of the excellent band HED. #onesyllable #openedfornirvana

I still regret selling my Wingtip Sloat singles

I still own records by Shiva Burlesque and Downy Mildew but don't dare play them in case they're truly horrendous. Sometimes you're better off with just the memories of what you once loved.

st. johnny slept on my floor once. but that was when my friend jim was in the band. jim was the leader of the excellent band HED. #onesyllable #openedfornirvana

― scott seward, Friday, November 10, 2017 12:30 PM (twenty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Love their first 2 albums