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by ianscanlon_Archive
The above post by fuzzbob is hitting a real nerve, only the band i was in (and also trying to "make it") bought into travis style lame pop which was having a resurgence in the UK around this time.. I was rocking Pavement (though their last album was just about to disappoint me, UK band Cable (ditto with their last album), Dinosaur Jr, Husker Du, The Fall, beefheart, smashing pumpkins, bjork and had just bought spiderland, in fact I remember showing my pile of purchases containing that CD to a forum member whose band I was also very much enjoying at the time, and him pointing out the "sounds better on vinyl" or whatever it says on the CD and saying that it really did, i was not ashamed at the time to not own a record player. The bands that were real faves of mine then are still faves now, but I guess I listen to them a little less, and now listen to alot more hip hop and alot more of my friends bands now. The one big difference then and now actually is that I now listen to a whole lot more of the UK DIY/ "real indie" or whatever music than i did then, where my knowledge extended to bands who I read about in the melody maker, purely through my involvement in putting on/ playing gigs and knowing people who actually play in good bands! I would say that a number of my favourite bands over the last few years have been people I've met/ played with through making music.
