― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 15 March 2004 00:20 (twenty years ago) link
well, yeah, that's completely OTM. but i'll happily take an album with five or six songs i love, even if i can't stand the other half of it.
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 15 March 2004 00:20 (twenty years ago) link
Nah, I was never that much of a UO follower, and the only album I still have of theirs -- which I haven't listened to in a dog's age -- is Supersonic Storybook, an Albini job.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 15 March 2004 00:21 (twenty years ago) link
>I read their bio on allmusic and it said they were one of the most maligned acts of the time.<<
Veruca Salt??? Yeah, right! Tell that to Uriah Heep or Celine Dion!!
---Stone Temple Pilots, who have barely been mentioned on this thread, made quite a few excellent singles, somebody ought to point out. (And quite a few more "rocking" ones than those old ladies in Pearl Jam.)
― chuck, Monday, 15 March 2004 00:26 (twenty years ago) link
I don't know, but I know that's the reason *I* started listening to the stuff in '88 or '89. Soundgarden around the time of Ultramega OK were one of my favorite bands because they sounded so much like Zep. Same thing with Nirvana; I just liked Bleach because I thought the riffs were good. I was still buying Motley Crue and Slayer albums too, though. I didn't get heavily into Uriah Heep until 1990 though.
― Broheems (diamond), Monday, 15 March 2004 00:35 (twenty years ago) link
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 15 March 2004 00:36 (twenty years ago) link
destroy: rem, "monster"
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 15 March 2004 00:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Rock Bastard, Monday, 15 March 2004 00:38 (twenty years ago) link
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 15 March 2004 00:38 (twenty years ago) link
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 15 March 2004 00:41 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 15 March 2004 00:41 (twenty years ago) link
anyway, it is interesting how STP's rep is getting rehabilitated these days innit?
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 15 March 2004 00:43 (twenty years ago) link
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 15 March 2004 00:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 15 March 2004 00:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Monday, 15 March 2004 00:46 (twenty years ago) link
That was my friend Greg's band! He's a cool guy. He used to have a band with Tom Monahan(sic?) who plays with pernice brothers called Closetfull Of Fear! They were industrial and noisy with a drum machine. Tom's a cool guy too. All the girls were in love with him. My friend Jim was in St.Johnny! Another post-grunge also-ran who some people liked.
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 15 March 2004 00:49 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 15 March 2004 00:51 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 15 March 2004 00:54 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 15 March 2004 00:56 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 15 March 2004 00:57 (twenty years ago) link
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 15 March 2004 00:57 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 15 March 2004 00:58 (twenty years ago) link
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 15 March 2004 00:58 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 15 March 2004 00:59 (twenty years ago) link
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 15 March 2004 01:01 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 15 March 2004 01:02 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 15 March 2004 01:04 (twenty years ago) link
Which phase? MBV, Dinosaur Jr., Britpop, post-Richard Ashcroft, Krautrock...
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 15 March 2004 01:06 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 15 March 2004 01:07 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 15 March 2004 01:08 (twenty years ago) link
Anyhow: yeah, "No Excuses," the acoustic conga song, was Alice In Chains only good hit. "Why, Pt. 2" by Collective Soul from their post-haircut album was surprisingly awesome - I fuckin' DESPISED "Shine," always will. I never heard "Gel" until after seeing it hailed in Accidental Evolution, and it didn't impress me. You hyped it too much, Chuck.
I have to assume Chuck likes Stabbing Westward because they're NIN without the stuff that really pisses him off, just like STP are to Pearl Jam. Personally, both groups still have too much NIN and Pearl Jam in them (except for "Big Bang Baby," which is astoundingly awesome). And Mudhoney's March To Fuzz is GOLDEN.
The only good Crazy Town song was not remotely nu-metal. It was just a rap song.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 15 March 2004 01:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Broheems (diamond), Monday, 15 March 2004 01:10 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 15 March 2004 01:10 (twenty years ago) link
the first time i saw both madder rose and monsterland was on a new music seminar bill at wetlands, and a certain couple named kurt and courtney were in the house, which i guess has helped implant their grunginess on my brain. though k and c were presumably there to see the headliners, the 100 percent grunge-free television pesonalities.
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 15 March 2004 01:10 (twenty years ago) link
So Scott, you had to have known the Lenola folks at least.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 15 March 2004 01:12 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 15 March 2004 01:12 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 15 March 2004 01:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 15 March 2004 01:16 (twenty years ago) link
Anyone like Helmet? Meantime was a big album from my youth.Do Brainiac count? Whats the best place to start with for them?
― Rock Bastard, Monday, 15 March 2004 01:16 (twenty years ago) link
― Broheems (diamond), Monday, 15 March 2004 01:17 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 15 March 2004 01:17 (twenty years ago) link
We're gonna have to agree to disagree on that one, Scott (btw, check your e-mail in 10 minutes...I got your tape yesterday! Thanks!)
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 15 March 2004 01:18 (twenty years ago) link
Lenola people: Jay Laughlin, David Grubb, Sean Byrne, Scott Colan
Helmet -- I still ponder at them. Only one good song for my money ("Unsung," obv.)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 15 March 2004 01:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 15 March 2004 01:21 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 15 March 2004 01:22 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 15 March 2004 01:23 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 15 March 2004 01:24 (twenty years ago) link
Those Lenola names don't ring a bell, but i probably knew them from around. Philly is a pretty small town.
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 15 March 2004 01:26 (twenty years ago) link
― Rock Bastard, Monday, 15 March 2004 03:55 (twenty years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 15 March 2004 03:59 (twenty years ago) link