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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: Best Unknown/College Bands | ||||
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| Colonel Will Bill O&A's only Dallas listener | posted on 03-18-2002 @ 12:14 AM |    | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01  | What are some of your favorite unknown or college bands/artists that don't get much airtime around the country? Two of mine are Pat McGee Band and Guster. They're good if you're into acoustic type rock.  | ||||
| Oyster | posted on 03-18-2002 @ 12:22 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jul. 00 | PIXIES, hands-down, the best band ever to never have a radio hit song, but were very popular on the college radio 'top of' lists. Visit this Website From 1988 to 1991, the Pixies were probably the most popular college radio band in America, and with their bursts of gleeful noise and manic guitar rave-ups, non-sequitor lyrics and soft/loud approach to song dynamics, they paved the way for much of what was to come in the early-90’s indie rock explosion. Indeed, Kurt Cobain was a self-proclaimed ultra-fan, and apparently was so awestruck when given his first chance to meet the band, that he could not bring himself to approach Black Francis, even to say hello. Though it’s been a full decade since Trompe le Monde closed the door on their recording career, walk into any 20-or 30-something bar in the city on a Friday night, and you’re still likely to hear Surfer Rosa or Doolittle blaring from the jukebox, with assorted college kids, office workers, and Gen X slacker-types mouthing the words in unconscious unison. What is it then, that has made this band so enduringly popular, particularly with the university set and young would-be Joey Santiago guitar-slingers the world over? Featuring 19 b-sides culled from singles spanning their all-too-brief three-year recording career, 4AD’s import-only Complete B-Sides showcases the Boston quartet in all their frenzied glory and nonsensical brilliance. With recording notes by Black Francis himself providing insight into the composer’s own assessment of these “leftover†tracks, we are given a further glimpses into the primal rhythmic impulses, as well as the humorous approach that was so essential to this always fun and fundamentally offbeat band. As it is, many of these songs are at least as good, if not better than the stuff that made it onto the albums. Indeed, I’ve always thought that the re-recordings of “River Euphrates†and “Vamos†as well as “Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)†were actually superior to the LP versions of the same songs, so it’s nice to have them all in one place at last. Other highlights include “Manta Ray,†“Weird at My School†and “Dancing the Manta Ray,†all from the “Monkey Gone to Heaven†Maxi-Single (always my own personal favorite of their EP’s), as well as longtime concert favorite, “Into the White,†which like their excellent cover of Neil Young’s “I’ve Been Waiting for You,†features vocals by future Breeder Kim Deal. Also worthy of note is “Make Believe,†a paean to drummer David Lovering’s obsession with Debbie Gibson, as well as their Spanish-language version of the Yardbirds’ “Evil-Hearted You,†featuring Black Francis’s own lyric translation, with corrections by the song’s composer Graham Gouldman himself! Although Surfer Rosa or Doolittle are probably the best places to start for those who are either too young to remember or have been living in complete isolation for the last dozen years, this collection provides ample evidence for the ongoing reverence with which this band is yet held, and will no doubt continue to inspire in years to come. (The inclusion of the enhanced CD-videos of their MTV breakthrough clips for “Here Comes Your Man†and “Allison†is a nice touch, too.) Besides, can you honestly imagine a bad Pixies album? Come On Pilgrim Surfer Rosa Doolittle Bossanova Trompe Le Monde Death To The Pixies Pixies At The BBC Thomas  This message was edited by Oyster on 3-18-02 @ 12:42 PM | ||||
| NAMBLA Prez G.O.O.F.B.A.H.G.S. Kid Touching Corps | posted on 03-18-2002 @ 12:44 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Apr. 01 | Lake Trout They're live drum and bass.  Thanks for the pic, Sephiroth "Gimmy the bat, faggit" "I AM ZEROMUS. I AM THE HATRED!" Graduated from the ShinRa Inc. Newbie School Sanction where Sephiroth brought me in and made me what I am. We miss you. | ||||
| diceisgod I ALWAYS LOSE. | posted on 03-18-2002 @ 12:49 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 01 | I never heard of'em.  Nobody fucks with Dice, Dice does the fuckin! | ||||
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