Dud:- 99th Dream
Definitely one of the better bands of the 90's
― Cash Lone, Monday, 9 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I keep on hoping for more pulp-fiction-like stories, a la "Last Train to Satansville". Never happened, though. And I still don't know what to make of _Toshack Highway_ (Adam Franklin's solo joint).
― David Raposa, Monday, 9 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― keith, Wednesday, 11 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I especially love how you think it's going one way and then it, er, shifts gears into another song and then back again. Bonus points for the chiming major-key guitar riff in between the synth-wobbles and "I'm going down, down to the marketplace..."
― LOL Thomas (Chris Barrus), Friday, 21 April 2006 18:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― LOL Thomas (Chris Barrus), Friday, 21 April 2006 18:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― LOL Thomas (Chris Barrus), Friday, 21 April 2006 20:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― LOL Thomas (Chris Barrus), Friday, 21 April 2006 20:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― BeeOK (boo radley), Saturday, 22 April 2006 05:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― Freud Junior (Freud Junior), Saturday, 22 April 2006 06:54 (seventeen years ago) link
US tour dates are leaking out...
From http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2008/03/swervedriver_re_1.html
Henry Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles - May 31 (tickets on sale this Saturday) Bowery Ballroom, NYC - June 11 Music Hall Williamsburg - June 12
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 7 March 2008 22:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Huh, was thinking about them the other day. Time to revive the old Vervediver supergroup idea if Neil and Rachel aren't busy.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 7 March 2008 22:51 (sixteen years ago) link
First album = classic.
― Alex in NYC, Friday, 7 March 2008 23:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Great group. I just loaned Raise and Mezcal Head to a friend who hadn't heard them before.
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Friday, 7 March 2008 23:13 (sixteen years ago) link
CLASSIC!!! First album would be even classier ,if re produced/remastered or whatever those boffins do.
The rest weren't bad either.
Search 'Duel', 'The Birds' - and loads of other stuff
When I was so obsessed with all those Septic bands - you know the ones- the NME and Melody Maker had these down as some GAZE band. Wrong.And I fell for it
They rocked
― Fer Ark, Friday, 7 March 2008 23:19 (sixteen years ago) link
read this as Steendriver: Classic or Dud and was :(
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 8 March 2008 00:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Mezcal Head is one of my favorite albums.
yeah the first album really is incredible, still. a deluxe reissue with all the tracks from the first four EPs as a bonus would be ^_^
― electricsound, Saturday, 8 March 2008 00:42 (sixteen years ago) link
that would be perfect. they should do that with all of the albums
― winston, Saturday, 8 March 2008 01:02 (sixteen years ago) link
i love how like half of juggernaut rides is bsides
― winston, Saturday, 8 March 2008 01:03 (sixteen years ago) link
vervediver.. rofl
― winston, Saturday, 8 March 2008 01:04 (sixteen years ago) link
Don't forget Ejector Seat Reservation either. Some of their best songs are on that album.
― leavethecapital, Saturday, 8 March 2008 01:47 (sixteen years ago) link
-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, March 8, 2008 12:36 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link
^
― latebloomer, Saturday, 8 March 2008 01:49 (sixteen years ago) link
been listening to it a lot lately
Remember being at Reading, Festering in about , many years ago shunning this great band.
They were on the main stage. My trendy , snobby friends and myself- even worse -turned away, muttering 'fucking shoegazing shit' to go and watch probably somebody pointless like Heavy Stereo or Adorable in the tent. I remember walking away thinking' What a great riff - what a tune' I can still picture the ugly dreadlocked, long haired pedal fixated tossers, flailing on the mainstage. Should have stayed. Peer pressure
― Fer Ark, Saturday, 8 March 2008 02:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Son Of Mustang Ford rules. There was some free tape with one of the music papers that had a great demo version of that song, I played that all the time when I was 16.
― Colonel Poo, Saturday, 8 March 2008 02:04 (sixteen years ago) link
xp i'll rep for adorable!
― winston, Saturday, 8 March 2008 02:35 (sixteen years ago) link
different approach, though
one thing i love about swervedriver is how jagged their rhythm is.. almost vu-ish.. mixed with all those guitar tones of various colors and textures
― winston, Saturday, 8 March 2008 02:38 (sixteen years ago) link
mmm
Attention Swervedriver: Come to Seattle.
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Sunday, 9 March 2008 01:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Duel is just a great rock song. Propulsive. Their songs tend to drag on a bit longer than I'd like at times, though.
― wateryDomestic, Sunday, 9 March 2008 01:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm glad to hear there's so much love here for the first album! I'm kinda surprised, actually. I've still got my autographed vinyl copy. I think I'll dig that out.
― Bimble, Sunday, 9 March 2008 05:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Hmm. The first side isn't as good as the second, methinks. "Sci-Flyer" sounds suspiciously like Ride's "Seagull" in the riff department.
― Bimble, Sunday, 9 March 2008 06:36 (sixteen years ago) link
I saw Swervedriver and Adorable on the same bill! Though Swervedriver + Chapterhouse was a better combo. Happy days. I thought "Rave Down" was their best song.
― Mark C, Monday, 10 March 2008 12:24 (sixteen years ago) link
I saw Swervedriver open for Ned's Atomic Dustbin. Odd double bill to be sure.
― Alex in NYC, Monday, 10 March 2008 15:18 (sixteen years ago) link
First time I saw both of 'em as well. VERY odd.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 10 March 2008 15:19 (sixteen years ago) link
uk show announced.
SWERVEDRIVER play their first British show for 10 years
SEPTEMEBER 16TH at London Scala
Pioneering shoegaze legends Swervedriver have returned from a 10‐year hiatus to play a special show at London’s Scala. Promoted by Club AC30, the event will see the band performing material from their four previous albums, released on Creation and Geffen. Swervedriver have left an indelible mark on alternative music, with tracks like ‘Never Lose That Feeling’ and ‘Duel’ earning them a place amongst the alt‐indie greats. The band will be touring the States later in the year, with the possibility of new material to follow.
― mark e, Thursday, 31 July 2008 12:58 (fifteen years ago) link
'duel' slays.
― stevie, Thursday, 31 July 2008 13:54 (fifteen years ago) link
six by seven supports.
― mark e, Thursday, 31 July 2008 13:56 (fifteen years ago) link
fuck you guys for talking about how much you love this band without even acknowledging all the racist skinhead neo-nazi stuff
― and what, Thursday, 31 July 2008 13:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Swervedriver =! $krewdriver
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 31 July 2008 14:37 (fifteen years ago) link
I saw them when they came through Seattle a couple of months back. It was cool. I was amazed how little they'd aged.
― Bimble, Thursday, 31 July 2008 15:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Saw that Scala gig on my last.fm, might try and make that. Even though I still haven't heard anything since their 1st album, but I loved that when I was 16.
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 31 July 2008 15:19 (fifteen years ago) link
That would be the pre-nazi album, obviously.
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 31 July 2008 15:20 (fifteen years ago) link
All I'm saying is watch out when I put Cormega on the blast in a NORE thread.
(yes "the blast" was intentional stfu)
― David R., Thursday, 31 July 2008 15:23 (fifteen years ago) link
I saw the Austin show a couple months ago, it was really great.
― stephen, Thursday, 31 July 2008 23:39 (fifteen years ago) link
The three Creation albums due for reissue mid-October, with bonus tracks:
Raise:
# Hands# Andalucia# Kill The Superheros# Over
Mezcal Head:
# Never Lose That Feeling# Planes Over The Skyline# The Hitcher# Paris
Ejector Seat Reservation:
# Maelstrom# The Directors Cut Of Your Life# Just Sometimes# Neon Lights Glow
(This last one also has the original hidden tracks.)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Anyone go to the reunion show in London the other week? I went to Black Lips/King Khan & BBQ Show instead.
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 25 September 2008 16:32 (fifteen years ago) link
The first one alone is missing these tracks from their EPs:
Volcano TrashJuggernaut Rides (!!!)She's Beside Herself (!!!)AfterglowZedheadFlawedOutLaze It UpSurf TwangDeep Twang
― Fastnbulbous, Thursday, 25 September 2008 17:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, I was wondering about that. Did most of those end up on the best-of, though?
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 25 September 2008 17:44 (fifteen years ago) link
― and what, Thursday, 31 July 2008 14:57 bookmarkflaglink
still one of my favourite ever ILX posts
― CP Radio Gorgeous (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 18 February 2021 23:06 (three years ago) link
It's funny, Ejector Seat sounds even more extreme to me, just layer upon layer of blown out guitars. I think it may have thrown their career off track. That one is badly in need of a reissue.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Friday, 19 February 2021 00:02 (three years ago) link
Also kind of funny to sample an anguished Kurt Cobain.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Friday, 19 February 2021 00:15 (three years ago) link
I had built ESR up so much in my mind (was hard to find in the US in the late 90s) that I was kinda let down at the time lol. Love “son of Jaguar e” and “the birds”
― brimstead, Friday, 19 February 2021 00:39 (three years ago) link
I love how they do this escalating thing on songs like "Duel" and "Bring Me the Head of the Fortune Teller" where each successive section introduces an even more impossibly massive guitar sound. It's almost like they are constantly trying to outdo themselves in a guitar arms race.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Friday, 19 February 2021 00:53 (three years ago) link
I Wasn't Born to Lose You still my favorite. '10s Swervedriver > '90s Swervedriver imo (narrowly), though I should probably take that to the controversial opinions thread.
― swing out sister: live in new donk city (geoffreyess), Saturday, 20 February 2021 05:19 (three years ago) link
That is quite challenging, for sure
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Saturday, 20 February 2021 06:08 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJc1HN2PxXI
― a mix between Daft Punk and Daft Punk with the swagger of Daft Punk (Maresn3st), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 18:48 (three years ago) link
remember seeing them in St. Paul a few years ago and still don't remember a British band that dressed so American
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 18:50 (three years ago) link
Saw them on their first USA tour that he talks about (Soundgarden/Swervedriver/Monster Magnet) which was really amazing.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 18:59 (three years ago) link
(though he said it was 1991 but it was in fact spring 1992)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:01 (three years ago) link
Yeah Swervedriver had hit America twice before that "A&M rocks out" lineup (which I saw as well) -- summer 1991 opening for Ned's Atomic Dustbin in a quick bicoastal stint IIRC then a separate tour near the start of 1992 with Ratcat opening. I saw them next on a Mezcal Head date but sadly never have seen them since.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:13 (three years ago) link
The Mezcal Head date I saw them on had them opening for Smashing Pumpkins, a pretty good pairing given the Alan Moulder connection.
― henry s, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 19:52 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNH7ZngZcIo
― Maresn3st, Tuesday, 14 September 2021 15:43 (two years ago) link
Expanded reissue of 99th Dream on deck:
https://swervedriver.bandcamp.com/album/99th-dream-2
CD1 - '99th Dream' remastered extended album99th Dream 5:27Up From The Sea 3:24She Weaves A Tender Trap 3:43These Times 3:22Electric 77 7:36Stellar Caprice 3:47Wrong Treats 4:24You've Sealed My Fate 3:53In My Time 4:32Expressway 3:33Behind the Scenes of the Sounds & the Times 7:05Why Say Yeah 3:1493 Million Miles From The Sun (..and Counting) 3:30The Director's Cut of Your Life 4:41Straight Thru Your Heart 4:06
CD2 - 'Mercury Lounge' - live in NYC 14th Jan 1998Behind the Scenes of the Sounds & the Times 6:50Sandblasted 5:01She Weaves A Tender Trap 3:50How Does It Feel To Look Like Candy 3:27Duel 5:1699th Dream 5:59The Birds 3:19Wrong Treats 4:07Never Lose That Feeling 4:35Rave Down 6:00Kill the Superheroes 9:35For Seeking Heat 3:56Duress 13:23
CD3 - 'Doremi Faso Latido' - outtakes/demosButterfly 4:53Canvey Island Baby 4:56Up From The Sea 2:54Straight Thru Your Heart 4:00Sciflyer97 5:41These Times 2:44Carousel City 4:36You've Sealed My Fate 3:32Sea Foam 3:17Wrong Treats 2:46Cool Your Boots 4:34Electric 77 6:54Behind the Scenes of the Sounds & the Times 5:4899th Dream (live TV) 5:41Wrong Treats (live TV) 4:01
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 3 November 2023 16:37 (five months ago) link
ohhhhhh yeahhhhhh!!!stoked for disc 3
― brimstead, Friday, 3 November 2023 17:59 (five months ago) link
I’ve always wanted to hear the faster version of “these times” that was on the original geffen promo
― brimstead, Friday, 3 November 2023 18:00 (five months ago) link
this looks really cool, very intriguing selection of tracks
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Friday, 3 November 2023 18:02 (five months ago) link
I would have included “good ships” over “93 million miles” personally
― brimstead, Friday, 3 November 2023 18:08 (five months ago) link
Had a real nice chat with Adam Franklin for the Quietus for a Baker's Dozen:
https://thequietus.com/articles/33716-adam-franklin-swervedriver-bolts-of-melody-bakers-dozen-favourite-music
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 18:25 (three months ago) link
Thanks for sharing Ned
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 19:10 (three months ago) link
Yer welcome!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 19:20 (three months ago) link
Ha I did not see that particular Clash record making it, great anecdotes about Shake Appeal and the Swervies first US gig
― KPH, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 19:58 (three months ago) link
Love that Bob Mould was an early fan, makes a lot of sense
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 20:00 (three months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7afNL0UGre8
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 11 January 2024 23:50 (three months ago) link
Ned,
On slide 14, the italics after "The Book Lovers EP" are not closed and continue for the remainder of the entry.
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Your editor,
Stephen Q. Shasta
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 12 January 2024 00:17 (three months ago) link
Yeah caught that — will pass along!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 January 2024 03:19 (three months ago) link
The riffs on ‘Sons of Mustang Ford’ are so great. That whole first Cd is ace.
― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Sunday, 25 February 2024 06:16 (one month ago) link
First two albums including their B-sides are perfect, great stuff.
― Bee OK, Sunday, 25 February 2024 19:12 (one month ago) link
Proud to say I played Son of a Mustang Ford and Rave Down a lot when Raise came out in the US, on my late night show on an AM carrier current college radio station to like five people.
― B. Amato (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 25 February 2024 21:15 (one month ago) link
First 2 albums are classic, but I think Ejector Seat and 99th Dream are also really good.
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Sunday, 25 February 2024 21:49 (one month ago) link
I absolutely love Raise (and the early EPs) but I could never get into anything on Mezcal Head except "Duel" & "Duress" and I tried some of the records after that and they were not my thing. I feel like I may be an outlier Swervedriver fan.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 26 February 2024 03:08 (one month ago) link
"Last Train to Satansville" is aces and another excellent B-side also from the second album set:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0v5s8MkuKk
― Bee OK, Monday, 26 February 2024 03:46 (one month ago) link
"Scrawl & Scream" was available on the Reel to Real EP that was released pre-Raise (summer 1991?) iirc.
"Last Train To Satansville" is 100% not for me.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 26 February 2024 05:01 (one month ago) link
I love all of it, but am an outlier insofar as I find the first one the hardest to get into.
― three of the doctor's valuable bats are now dead (broom air), Monday, 26 February 2024 22:33 (one month ago) link
Digging this Bolts of Melody album, but such a tease to bring in Besnard Lakes for such a brief appearance!
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 12 March 2024 14:23 (one month ago) link