penningtron wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 11:06 am

caga tio wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 10:52 am I grew up in Denver and was just finishing up high school in the 1990s when I started going to see local bands at warehouse parties and places like the Lion's Lair, Mercury Cafe, etc.

Oh nice! You might be a few years ahead of losthighway and I as I feel like I missed out on the 'influential' phase of Denver bands like Angel Hair and Christie Front Drive. But yeah, Denver otherwise always felt like it was years behind the coasts and people often wouldn't stick around (or at best they might show up for college, start cool bands, then eventually leave). And now it's considered a hip, desirable (and expensive!) place to live wtf.

caga tio wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 12:37 pm Another band that was in Denver for a while that would fit here was Planes Mistaken for Stars. They went more metal later, I think, but the first one at least would fit in with this thread's focus.

caga tio wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 10:52 am I grew up in Denver and was just finishing up high school in the 1990s when I started going to see local bands at warehouse parties and places like the Lion's Lair, Mercury Cafe, etc. The local scene at the time was a bunch of half-assed bands made up of then past/present Waxtrax employees, portentious cowpunk bands, and the saccharine Elephant 6 collective (and I guess things like Baldo Rex up in Boulder). Angel Hair/The VSS starting up was an absolute breath of fresh air for me personally. But it didn't last long as they follwed in the path of Steel Pole Bathtub and high-tailed it out of Colorado for the golden coast. But they put on some great shows while the were around.

kokorodoko wrote: Wed Apr 12, 2023 2:27 am A little too chaotic for me, usually. I like Orchid - do they count? They were on Ebullition but not from San Diego. I took them to be a later iteration, part of a shift to a style somewhat more contained than Heroin, Angel Hair, and so on. Shotmaker sounds decent though. Drive Like Jehu are good too.

penningtron wrote: Tue Apr 11, 2023 3:17 pmI'd still say NC overall because there was nothing corporate about any of that music,

Happyman wrote: Thu Apr 13, 2023 7:09 am At the time i had a lot of friends into this stuff and the scene was a major part of my life even though i wasn't particularly into it. I could be pretty critical of it and found it pretty cliquey. Looking back, it seems so beautiful and connected.

gustavprom wrote: Fri May 26, 2023 2:56 am One band I really liked from that scene that never got much play were Spanakorzo (sp?). Very Drive Like Jehu influenced but with more chaotic elements. I don't think they did more than a demo or an EP.