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

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

they were opening for elastica that night in philly. elastica's first show in philly i think and they had all the buzz in the world. packed club. st. johnny were awesome. the atmosphere was electric with joe camel fumes. the geffen thugs looked like they were ready to audition for season one of the sopranos four years early.

elvis hitler asked to sleep on my floor once and i declined because i was pretty sure the risks outweighed the benefits. i have no regrets about this.

listening to the only St. Johnny song on Spotify (From DGC Rarities Vol 1) - "Wild Goose Chasing"

this is good!

so fucking unreal the bands that got signed to majors in the 90s

'twas the greatest generation of rock, everyone called upon to serve in the campaign to rid the world of sub-Nevermind record sales. "Web Publishing with HTML 3.0" was the GI Bill waiting for them when the war was over.

hi Brad I don't like to keep things from you so I wanted to let you know that I was surprised that Manufacture (a fairly by the book late 80s style industrial/dance cru) had a song with Sarah McLachlan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA2DNtkkLzg

Tizzy - ditto.

― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Friday, November 10, 2017 12:24 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Tizzy put out two singles, then a CD EP, then two CDs, then another CD EP.

(I joined Tizzy in 2002, and it was a dream come true, as they're one of my favorite bands, and the drummer had previously raged in Crystalized Movements.)

#tizzycred

bands that could've been on these lists that i actually really liked:

horny genius
gobblehoof
big tube squeezer
sister ray
wild seeds
expando brain
viv akauldren
drowning pool
stripminers
ten tall men
flower
dragnet
tvbc
bastards

I <3 Vomit Launch

'twas the greatest generation of rock, everyone called upon to serve in the campaign to rid the world of sub-Nevermind record sales. "Web Publishing with HTML 3.0" was the GI Bill waiting for them when the war was over.

― Mungolian Jerryset (bendy), Friday, November 10, 2017 12:27 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

A decent number of these bands played my college town - the Gallery in Normal, IL. Victim's Family played a couple of times, once opening for Alice Donut and that still ranks as one of my fave shows. Others from the list include Big Drill Car, god's acre, les thugs, surgery, gruntruck.

somebody tell me about downy mildew

― brimstead, Friday, November 10, 2017 9:59 AM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

They were okay. They sound at various times like REM, 10,000 Maniacs, The Church, and Mazzy Star, but they're never as good as any of those. I'm listening to them today because it's dark and wintry outside.

Franklin Bruno from Nothing Painted Blue played with the Mountain Goats.

Was just listening to Big Drill Car on Wednesday; their split 7" with Chemical People doing Cheap Trick and Kiss covers. Still love their Small Block EP too.

john moore and the expressway : these guys were j&mc copyists on their debut album

He was in the J&MC, right? I think that's the only reason I hunted down that album back then.

Yeah, he was in the Mary Chain and then later on he was in Black Box Recorder with Luke Haines

somebody tell me about downy mildew

― brimstead, Friday, November 10, 2017 9:59 AM (five hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Downy mildew refers to any of several types of oomycete microbes that are obligate parasites of plants. Downy mildews exclusively belong to Peronosporaceae. In commercial agriculture, they are a particular problem for growers of crucifers, grapes and vegetables that grow on vines.

ha!!

their first record + the name looked really familiar. plus it's tagged as "ethereal" on discogs so i was intrigued

Flower! Fantastic band, precursor of Versus. I chatted up the lead singer before a gig, top bloke.

If that Skinner Box is the dream pop one with what sounds like a detuned upright piano (The Playhouse / The Imaginary Heart Of), its a keeper. Like the Hex (if the Steve Kilbey/Donnette Thayer duo), it was one of rather few albums that hit my 4AD/goth-lite buttons in the late 80s, before I discovered the Projekt mail-order catalog.

Scott, do you do much mail order?

Lots of familiar names from my distant past here. Going to single out one:

joey kline - pomp and circus pants - popllama - 1988

This I still have plenty of time for -- Joey was a long running member of Seattle legends the Squirrels (and they're back so I think he is too). "Mrs. Smith," which leads off the album, remains one of the best Morrissey slams I've heard. (And since FWIW Joey's openly gay himself this neatly sidestepped the Warlock Pinchers problem.)