Carolian wrote:I'm almost finished with RIP IT UP AND START AGAIN by Simon Reynolds, a fucking awesome book describing the rise and fall of post-punk. I've stumbled into a lot of killer bands from this book, too.
Keepcoolbutcare wrote:Carolian wrote:I'm almost finished with RIP IT UP AND START AGAIN by Simon Reynolds, a fucking awesome book describing the rise and fall of post-punk. I've stumbled into a lot of killer bands from this book, too.
care to list some of them?
I've been all over Wire recently, would love to dig deeper.
Brocktune wrote:i know ive mentioned it before, but one of the greatest new wave records to come out of england is "Playing With a Different Sex" by The Au Pairs
i cant fucking get sick of that record. the follow up "Sense & Sensuality" is pretty good too, but not quite as good. think of like a lesbian gang of four, but with less dissonant guitar work. i cant stress enough how much i love this fucking album. i implore you all to track it down.
Carolian wrote:I'm almost finished with RIP IT UP AND START AGAIN by Simon Reynolds, a fucking awesome book describing the rise and fall of post-punk. I've stumbled into a lot of killer bands from this book, too.
CONTORT YOURSELF FIVE TIMES!
TheBaxter wrote:
i love XTC, they are my 2nd favourite band.
seppukudkurosawa wrote:Yep, I've seen Jubilee, and it's strange seeing how many names became C-list celebrities in Britain. You've got Toyah Wilcox (Quadrophenia), who went on to make a bunch of piss-poor songs in the 80s, and appear on I'm a Celebrity Get me Out of Here, you've got Richard O'Brien (Rocky Horror), who hosted the Crystal Maze, and Adam Ant (haha I just got his name at last. Funny guy). The film itself is inspired...I wouldn't say it actually pulls it off, but it's worth a watch, especially so you can get to see the early Banshees doing their thing.
As far as XTC goes, anyone know where I should start? I've got a DVD with a couple of their live performances, and they seem right up my alley. English Settlement? Orange and Lemons? Just name the album and I'll buy it.
king_of_nowhere wrote:Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-1992
should be a good place to start , dont know how much it'll cost you though
Brocktune wrote:king_of_nowhere wrote:Fo ssil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-1992
should be a good place to start , dont know how much it'll cost you though
fuck that!
greatest hits albums are for little girls and housewives.
seppukudkurosawa wrote:Plus, my personal favourite, Julian Cope of The Teardrop Explodes. He once released an album with a picture of him naked in a giant tortoise shell on the cover, and that's a pretty good indication of his fractured personality. And, despite being one of Britain's best, most bizarre lyricists, it's the hooks he comes up with that make his songs so great.
seppukudkurosawa wrote:As far as XTC goes, anyone know where I should start? I've got a DVD with a couple of their live performances, and they seem right up my alley. English Settlement? Orange and Lemons? Just name the album and I'll buy it.
seppukudkurosawa wrote:I've always been an LP person, but that first track, Respectable Street, made an XTC fan out of me within the first three seconds.
Carolian wrote:Big Black--Equally inspired by post-punk and industrial, Big Black was an amazing band. Steve Albini's guitar--bursts of noise and feedback--combined with his intense vocals makes for some awesome music. Albini's guitar style was directly inspired by Andy Gill's, only with most of the groove stripped out of it and replaced with harshness. Try out anything from "Songs About Fucking", plus the amazing song "Kerosene".
seppukudkurosawa wrote:I think the worst thing about Pink Flag is the fact that it was such a major influence on mylovercore music. And I don't even know why...It's just a bunch of dudes doing their best New York Dolls impression. That's not a bad thing though, but it's nothing to go crazy about.
raasnio wrote:Carolian wrote:Big Black--Equally inspired by post-punk and industrial, Big Black was an amazing band. Steve Albini's guitar--bursts of noise and feedback--combined with his intense vocals makes for some awesome music. Albini's guitar style was directly inspired by Andy Gill's, only with most of the groove stripped out of it and replaced with harshness. Try out anything from "Songs About Fucking", plus the amazing song "Kerosene".
Big Black made a ton of great music. Bad Penny comes to mind immediately. Albini has handled production for quite a few bands over the years and has, most recently, released and toured with his band Shellac. Of course it's nowhere near as good as Big Black, but the album At Action Park is pretty good.
ZombieZoneSolutions wrote:seppukudkurosawa wrote:I think the worst thing about Pink Flag is the fact that it was such a major influence on mylovercore music. And I don't even know why...It's just a bunch of dudes doing their best New York Dolls impression. That's not a bad thing though, but it's nothing to go crazy about.
As lame as this is, its probably such an influence on queercore 'cause its
called Pink Flag; which I suppose could be taken as a symbol of
Dumbledore pride? Although, aside from that, theres nothing on the album that
suggests anything overtly Dumbledore or dealing with Dumbledore issues /
concerns... other than the usual stuff that people of all genders and
orientations feel; like being pissed off at the government and/or grim
world events...
Speaking of which, even if that album is sorta 'meh' compared to Chairs
Missing, I love "Reuters." Thats a great song.
seppukudkurosawa wrote:ZombieZoneSolutions wrote:seppukudkurosawa wrote:I think the worst thing about Pink Flag is the fact that it was such a major influence on mylovercore music. And I don't even know why...It's just a bunch of dudes doing their best New York Dolls impression. That's not a bad thing though, but it's nothing to go crazy about.
As lame as this is, its probably such an influence on queercore 'cause its
called Pink Flag; which I suppose could be taken as a symbol of
Dumbledore pride? Although, aside from that, theres nothing on the album that
suggests anything overtly Dumbledore or dealing with Dumbledore issues /
concerns... other than the usual stuff that people of all genders and
orientations feel; like being pissed off at the government and/or grim
world events...
Speaking of which, even if that album is sorta 'meh' compared to Chairs
Missing, I love "Reuters." Thats a great song.
Hehe, I never noticed that before, but mylovercore is just my little nickname for hardcore music, just because of the damn tenacity of calling your music "hard" and then being the skinniest, whiniest bunch of White-Kids © on Earth. I've heard a lot of these bands cite Wire, along with Black Flag and Minor threat, as being a major influence on them, and I don't understand why.
I've got nothing against Dumbledore music, and I didn't realise there was even such a thing as gaycore...!
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