this has made me remember another likely contender/arguably surprising oversight for this list, 'Fabian Road Warrior' by Wesley Willis― ▼ardkore mort▼ (DJ Mencap), Friday, January 18, 2013 3:37 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― ▼ardkore mort▼ (DJ Mencap), Friday, January 18, 2013 3:37 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 18 January 2013 20:49 (eleven years ago) link
I haven't listened to it in ages but shouldn't the Boss Hog self-titled release on Geffen have been in the running here? I have trouble believing it's not "weird" at least inasmuch as others that made the list.
The video for the lead single makes me think so:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU1LB4StySo
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 08:15 (eleven years ago) link
http://youtu.be/bU1LB4StySo
I can't remember if I voted in this or not, but it would have been for Sammy. Years later I'm still slightly fascinated by this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNvk1g53mw4
Which looks like some relative of Whit Stillman/Wes Anderson, and also looks like an excerpt from a movie that never got made (the art on the CD reflects that too). Band visually reminds me a bit of preppy David Johansen teaming up with preppy Brian Jones here. I've always assumed that Jesse Hartman (lead singer) was responsible for the video, but have never seen the credits. Oh, and a couple of their best songs were b-sides on CD singles (Cafeteria Hawker, etc.). A collection will never happen, I'm sure, but one can dream...
― dlp9001, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 14:27 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah that's a touchy subject. I was in a band w something w a lead singer who had a serious mental condition and have seen many shows where audience reactions ranged from appreciation to straight-up laughing at them. I never asked her about what she thought of people mocking her cos she really didn't care, it was all about her getting out of the house, having fun, expressing herself, and embracing the people that genuinely came out to support her when she met them. It's a great attitude to have and it should hold true for any musician, whether or not they are 'disabled'.
Is this the same as your big hippie posse band?
― how's life, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 14:35 (eleven years ago) link
No.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 15:58 (eleven years ago) link
The Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments record is great! Working through the ones I haven't heard...
― Neil S, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 16:01 (eleven years ago) link
First time I've heard Sammy; that's an ace song/video, and really not weird at all.
― I like sex, don't steal my hot dog! (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 23 January 2013 16:11 (eleven years ago) link
if you like the TJSA try to check out their record after that too. possibly even better. it's called Straight To Video.
― dmr, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 17:19 (eleven years ago) link
i loved that video on 120 minutes but i gotta admit the sammy cd disappointed me
― da croupier, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 17:20 (eleven years ago) link
xp Did Wesley Willis have any major label releases?
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, two albums on American
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Wesley+Willis
― dmr, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
oh yeah! Rick Rubin
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
wtf Wesley should've been #1 on this thing.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
xxxp thanks dmr, will check that one out too.
― Neil S, Thursday, 24 January 2013 13:48 (eleven years ago) link
lol butt trumpet
― rocky dennis horror show (Pillbox), Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:43 (eleven years ago) link
Could it have hurt them to be called Ass Trombone
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
that sounds like it would hurt
― Bel-Air the Fresh Prince, sitting in a chair (DJP), Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
Depends on how callused your embouchure is.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:54 (eleven years ago) link
At the time, I was floored by that Babes in Toyland--the only grunge-era band to sign to the majors and keep their teeth sharp IMO.
But over time, I'd have to hand this to Morbid Angel. Domination is one of the highest budget and best death metal records of all time. Can't see a more perfect or classic disc on this list.
Ps - I saw Unwound open for Drive Like Jehu in '93 ;P
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
Butt Trumpet pretty much got killed in the poster comments-to-actual votes ratio.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Friday, 25 January 2013 05:19 (eleven years ago) link
it's like nobody really wanted to listen to a band called Butt Trumpet: who knew?
― O'Floyd rules! (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 25 January 2013 09:07 (eleven years ago) link
I remember the name from those days. Purposefully never checked them out.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 25 January 2013 09:38 (eleven years ago) link
apparently whichever hapless Chrysalis A&R person who signed them was unable to work that one out. I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when he or she explained that particular decision.
― Neil S, Friday, 25 January 2013 09:44 (eleven years ago) link
"I thought it was "But, Trumpet!" "
― Mark G, Friday, 25 January 2013 10:57 (eleven years ago) link
lone Butt Trumpet song on Spotify: "Who Lit the Fuse on Cinder's Tampon"...from a breast cancer benefit album called "Save the Boobies Tour 2006: Rockin' the Fight Against Breast Cancer"
― mh (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 25 January 2013 16:54 (eleven years ago) link
but who will save the butts
― fonkytimez lemonade (some dude), Friday, 25 January 2013 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
early research into flaming tampons as a cure for butt cancer has looked promising
― mh (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 25 January 2013 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, January 24, 2013 3:54 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
A+++
― here is no telephone (Jon Lewis), Friday, 25 January 2013 18:37 (eleven years ago) link
would love to write a book full of stories about the creative and/or financial ruination of so many people involved in this gold rush. Our Band Could Be Your Tax Write-Off.
― trey songza (some dude), Friday, January 11, 2013 4:06 PM (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
would read
― Mr. Snrub, Sunday, 9 June 2019 17:16 (four years ago) link
Some of these weren’t really Nirvana gold rush “cash-in” albums; they were on pseudo-indies distributed by majors, etc. (as I’m sure is pointed out somewhere in the thread).
― Theodor Adorno, perhaps the greatest philosopher alive today (morrisp), Sunday, 9 June 2019 17:50 (four years ago) link
Nirvana and "Nevermind" get way too much credit for their influnce.
― nicky lo-fi, Monday, 10 June 2019 00:12 (four years ago) link