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post #251 of 265
7/24/08 at 4:04pm
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Originally Posted by DaveB View Post
Speaking of previously mentioned bands, Shudder to Think have some reunion dates set for this fall. Already have tickets to the Chicago one.

Cool. They were one of the best forgotten from the 90s. Excellent show. Have you seen them before, Dave?
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post #252 of 265
7/24/08 at 4:08pm
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Originally Posted by Boomstick View Post
Cool. They were one of the best forgotten from the 90s. Excellent show. Have you seen them before, Dave?
Nope. Been waiting for years, obviously.
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post #253 of 265
7/24/08 at 4:24pm
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Originally Posted by RCA View Post
True, and all those bands still have large following, but you're not going to hear "Heroin" or "Diamond Sea" on the radio very much if ever.
I used to hear Diamond Sea on the radio fairly frequently up until a few years ago when I finally gave up on listening to the radio.
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post #254 of 265
7/24/08 at 4:35pm
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Originally Posted by Fat Elvis View Post
Classic grunge.

Think they're coming out with a deluxe version of "Superfuzz Bigmuff".
They already did. In Stores Now!™
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post #255 of 265
1/15/09 at 3:04am
Faith No More is reuniting for Coachella this year. I could've sworn there was a FNM thread somewhere on here, but fucked if I can't find it.

The kicker? Looks like Jim "STAAAAAAAAATIIIIIIION" Martin may have taken a season off from growing giant fucking pumpkins to play for them again. Or maybe I read the info wrong. Regardless.
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post #256 of 265
1/15/09 at 7:27am
I really wanted to be the first to bring Toad the Wet Sprocket into this thread (damn you, NZ Natural). Toad was a great band that got remembered for the wrong song. If you don't like them, then get fucked.

I don't know if Alice in Chains deserves a spot here. They were big in their heyday, but no one talks about them anymore. I'd argue that they have been more influential on post-'90s rock than any of their Seattle contemporaries (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, etc). Too bad their influence was wasted on bands that have been complete, utter dogshit & got off on drop-D tuning because it was quick & easy. What a shame, they were a great band. One of my personal favorites.

Oh yeah, in case I missed it earlier in the thread, Gin Blossoms were fucking awful.
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post #257 of 265
1/15/09 at 8:30am
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Originally Posted by Ninhead View Post
Faith No More is reuniting for Coachella this year. I could've sworn there was a FNM thread somewhere on here, but fucked if I can't find it.
Where did you hear/read about FNM reuniting?

I couldn't find a dedicated FNM thread, but here's an old Angel Dust one, and here's a somewhat recent Patton-specific thread.
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post #258 of 265
1/15/09 at 11:00am
It's popped up on a few websites here and there over the last week. Patton said something last year about wanting to do something for the 20th anniversary of "The Real Thing".
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post #259 of 265
1/15/09 at 12:23pm
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Originally Posted by Burning Son View Post

Oh yeah, in case I missed it earlier in the thread, Gin Blossoms were fucking awful.
Yeah, the Gin Blossoms are/were terrible. However, there are a few good lyrics in their catalog. Doug Hopkins could turn a decent phrase once in a while. Anyway, they're a good example why it's never a good idea to fire the guy who wrote all your hit songs.
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post #260 of 265
1/15/09 at 1:25pm
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Originally Posted by Devildoubt View Post
Yeah, the Gin Blossoms are/were terrible. However, there are a few good lyrics in their catalog. Doug Hopkins could turn a decent phrase once in a while. Anyway, they're a good example why it's never a good idea to fire the guy who wrote all your hit songs.
Considering the fact he was fired before they became hits, maybe the lesson learned is moot.

And the Gin Blossoms are fine, really. The wrote a good hook or two, as mentioned before, their lyrics weren't insulting, and they had a nice late-era 'Mats vibe, as many bands of their time did. Not really worthy of hate.
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post #261 of 265
1/15/09 at 1:42pm
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Originally Posted by bendrix View Post
Considering the fact he was fired before they became hits, maybe the lesson learned is moot.

And the Gin Blossoms are fine, really. The wrote a good hook or two, as mentioned before, their lyrics weren't insulting, and they had a nice late-era 'Mats vibe, as many bands of their time did. Not really worthy of hate.
Well, for me anyway, I grew up in Tempe and did the music thing post-Gin Blossoms, Pre-Jimmy Eat World, and I got really tired of "jangle-pop" and Robin Wilson's entitlement attitude, so maybe I'm being a bit harsh.
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post #262 of 265
1/15/09 at 1:59pm
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Originally Posted by Ninhead View Post
Faith No More is reuniting for Coachella this year. I could've sworn there was a FNM thread somewhere on here, but fucked if I can't find it.

The kicker? Looks like Jim "STAAAAAAAAATIIIIIIION" Martin may have taken a season off from growing giant fucking pumpkins to play for them again. Or maybe I read the info wrong. Regardless.
If this turns out to actually happen, I'll be so damn happy. Can't go to the fest, but we always have youtube.

On topic:

A couple of bands from the 90s that never really had hits but that populate my CD shelves (and that I love. Bedhead is tied with Talking Heads for my favorite band of all time. The first track I linked is way faster, louder and poppier than most of their stuff, but gives you an idea of how intricately the guitar parts play off of one another anyway.):

Pulsars:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjF6H...CE115&index=13

Bedhead:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj0Gb...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnx5J...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_g0L...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7O35...eature=related
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post #263 of 265
1/15/09 at 2:44pm
Christian rock powerhouse PETRA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKBB8JzEcc4
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post #264 of 265
1/17/09 at 12:04am
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Originally Posted by bendrix View Post

And the Gin Blossoms are fine, really. The wrote a good hook or two, as mentioned before, their lyrics weren't insulting, and they had a nice late-era 'Mats vibe, as many bands of their time did. Not really worthy of hate.
I ended up at a Gin Blossoms show* and they were OK...much better than I anticipated, actually. But since all Milwaukee has to hang its hat on for the most part are the Violent Femmes (good) and The BoDeans (not bad, but just kinda there), and the BoDeans are the band that gets pimped ad nauseam....well, I'd assume I can feel someone from Tempe's pain.

* - FYI, Milwaukee has a big music festival every summer, and the GB were playing; people I was with wanted to go see them, nobody who was really great was playing that night (9 stages of national acts), so I said what the hell - beer is never far and there would be two to three other bands within about 200 yards if they were really awful.
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post #265 of 265
1/17/09 at 12:26am
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Originally Posted by Chavez View Post
I ended up at a Gin Blossoms show*.
I saw them open for UB40, left midway through UB40's set because I was there for the Gin Blossoms. Because I was 16 and not ashamed of my taste in music.

Even got a t-shirt.
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