STEVE ALBINI PLEASE FORM MY OPINIONS OF CERTAIN BANDS FOR ME

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ErukthePink wrote:Hi, I've been looking around on this forum for quite a while and I have a question for Steve.

I've been curious as to what your thoughts are of these following bands :

Rites of Spring -Guy Picciotto's pre-Fugazi band and "emo" forefathers
Pere Ubu
The U-men -I know they played a show with Big Black, and you did mention them on a former post, but some more info, please.
Meat Puppets-also played with Big Black at some point, I saw an article in which you referred to them as the Meat Puppies....
Young Marble Giants
Siege-80's Boston Hardcore band, called the "fathers of Grindcore".

I always liked Rites of Spring. I have many memories listening to this band.

Pere Ubu were never a joke. Terminal Tower is very close to being essential listening.

The U-Men...never heard of them. Can't say I recall mentioning them either.

The Meat Puppets were okay...I'll listen to them very occasionally. I don't remember that article you read.

Young Marble Giants have a cool name, but I've never heard them.

Siege was alright I suppose. Little more depth than their hardcore brethren but never uber-special.

Hope this helps, nice talking to you.

Surfrider wrote:Sowley, i've been curious as to what your thoughts are of these following bands:

Mott the Hoople - --My sister had a mott the hoople record she copped from our dad (she got the stones/bowie records, and I got the VU/Coltrane/Beefheart records, natch.) When I was a lad she would play "All The Young Dudes" and I thought they were singing about Gary Gnu from "The Great Space Coaster" tv show. I'm kinda middle of the road on Mott the Hoople.

The Monks - The Monks were one of those bands I always heard about in high school thanks to crap like Spin magazine, Alternative Press (before both went to COMPLETE SHIT), and Infinite Zero (rollins/rubin reissue rave up label). It took a couple years to actually track down "Black Monk Time" but when I did, I REALLY LOVED IT. Total high-energy weirdo garage stompers... I can fucks with that. Blew my lid when I realized "I Hate You" was used in the background of the Smokey/Walter scene of "The Big Lebowski" (which at the time I had finally acquired said record, I had seen 6 gajillion times). I like the Monks.

Deep Blue Something-- I just had to look up Deep Blue Something. This action is about as much as I've thought of them (and I may be lying about looking them up).

My Bloody Valentine--Yeah I bought a ticket... fuck it. I've always liked them, but i always felt like they were a "you had to be there" band. I know full well that what I'm going to see/hear in November will not match what happened more than ten years ago. I like Loveless and Isn't Anything a whole lot... they don't get massive play in the house, but when they do they're albums I can sink RIGHT into... I love albums like that.

Red Sparrows-- This is the band with dudes from Isis and Neurosis, right?
I haven't heard them, but if there's someone from Neurosis in the band expect nothing but first class respect and solid attitude. The show will be fun!

Ween--Here's the thing about Ween; That band did six albums in a row all unique and different from the previous one, and despite what one may think about "joke rock" (btw, Ween never said "Get it?!" so I don't really think they're "Joke rock") NONE of their "alternative" contemporaries at the time did that. They flipped their own script EVERY time and didn't really fail in the process. That's something...like it or not, they rolled some serious dice on not only their labels but their fans... they did those records for themselves and that's for real.

Thin Lizzy--Great Band... did you see the VH1 "Behind The Music" on them? Completely Heartbreaking; they're a real band for real rock fans, and almost every song they did was an ANTHEM. The Dual guitar action, Lynott's delivery, not to mention a steel tight rhythm... my best friend in the whole world--Bill Duffany--bought the "Jailbreak" album in high school and that was pretty much glued into his car stereo for a year or two. Cowboy Song dudes... what the fuck?!

The Cramps-- I like the cramps, but I only have "Gravest Hits" and "Bad Music For Bad People." That scene in "Urrgh A Music War" (which was where I first saw/heard The Cramps) blew my mind when I was younger. Never saw anything like it--Lux being a big haired psycho who's cock i was probably going to see within any second, while Poison Ivy stood off to the side, confidently standing her ground and wailing away... she looked equally viscious (ready to fight) but bored ("Okay here's where Lux puts the mic down his throat...yawn")... I thought they were so cool. They're one of the only "GARAGE-ROCK" bands i can tolerate...probably because they don't need the rayon flame wear and hair wax to look "dangerous."

Creedence Clearwater Revival--Six records in three years and nearly all of them perfect...what do you really want me to say, other than they were a SERIOUS band. I LOVE CCR.

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ErukthePink wrote:Hi, I've been looking around on this forum for quite a while and I have a question for Steve.

I've been curious as to what your thoughts are of these following bands :

Rites of Spring -Guy Picciotto's pre-Fugazi band and "emo" forefathers
Pere Ubu
The U-men -I know they played a show with Big Black, and you did mention them on a former post, but some more info, please.
Meat Puppets-also played with Big Black at some point, I saw an article in which you referred to them as the Meat Puppies....
Young Marble Giants

If you've really been looking around this forum you should have realized that this was an open invitation for you to get your ass handed to you.
Now that you have been properly initiated, welcome. I hope you enjoy posting here.

todd_v wrote:
If you've really been looking around this forum you should have realized that this was an open invitation for you to get your ass handed to you.
Now that you have been properly initiated, welcome. I hope you enjoy posting here.

Don't get upset, new guy! If Steve sees this thread he'll probably answer your questions. He's a busy, busy man and he doesn't read the whole forums for obvious reasons.

Welcome to the forums, anyhow.

Sowley wrote:
Ween--Here's the thing about Ween; That band did six albums in a row all unique and different from the previous one, and despite what one may think about "joke rock" (btw, Ween never said "Get it?!" so I don't really think they're "Joke rock") NONE of their "alternative" contemporaries at the time did that. They flipped their own script EVERY time and didn't really fail in the process. That's something...like it or not, they rolled some serious dice on not only their labels but their fans... they did those records for themselves and that's for real.

Tell it.

Sayin... love em or hate em (and they're a POLARIZING band if I've ever heard one)... they made their own world and didn't really care if people were going to catch on.