ctrl-s wrote:areopagite wrote:appears i'm the only crap vote. i tried and tried to get into them, but they were just boring as hell. that one song, savory, rules. i also saw them live once and they were great.That one song, "Savory," is all I know of Jawbox. It is VERY not crap, but I can't vote on that one song alone, so I'll abstain for now.

Either For Your Special Sweetheart (the album from which "Savory" comes) or the self-titled one are good starting points. Their earlier Dischord albums are more straightforward post-punk than what they would do later, but are also good (though I find Novelty to be weak comparatively).

Adam I wrote:Mandroid2.0 wrote:Jason played Schecters, back before they were widely distributed.?Schecters were the 80s session man's/AOR guitar-slinger's choice in fairly major way. They were mass marketing them from the early-to-mid 80s.Yngwie Malmsteen had an endorsement deal with 'em!Just sayin'.

Before they were in Guitar Center and the like, I meant. I don't remember seeing Schecters in Musician's Friend back then, for instance.

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I made a post about this in General Discussion, but, I thought I should also mention here that Zach has a new instrumental band called BELLS ‰¥ that have just released their forthcoming vinyl debut, There Are Crashes, in digital form on their Bandcamp page.

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I've been giving their first and last albums some attention lately, and contrary to my expectations they sound like not-quite-agressive, not-quite-melodic early 90's alt rock, with differing degrees of finish. It's a bit like Seaweed, a band I really dislike, but with less energy. I know some people who idolize Jawbox, so I was expecting to find something more interesting to chew into. I also have ...Sweetheart around the house, though it doesn't bother me like the other records, it has never really clicked with me, but I consider he jury to be out for the moment. Still, bordering on a Crap vote. From roughly the same era I've been enjoying my also recently acquired Shudder to Think and Monorchid CDs far, far more.

I actually listened to it right after I wrote that and enjoyed it, will be giving that record more time.

Funny, I'd take the s/t over Sweetheart any day. Bill's songs on the latter, in particular, I find pretty weak. Great guitarist & bassist, kinda boring songwriter.I'm not sure what folks around here dislike about the s/t, actually. I get that the mastering is in less-than-good taste, but the songs and performances are just ridiculous. Shit, what can you say about Barocas' drumming?

J. Burns wrote:S/T has some jams, but I think it slips into Alternative Nation territory a bit too often. I hear this a lot, don't get it. Is it the Tori Amos cover? That was probably a mistake, agreed, but I don't hear any alternative bands having done anything like what Jawbox was doing at the time. When I got into them in 97 (admittedly late), it was precisely because they sounded nothing like anything else that was being shoved down my throat by that scene. I don't hear anything cliche on that record. Perhaps my points of reference are limited.

Bernardo wrote:I've been giving their first and last albums some attention lately, Well, that's your problem right there.