Core is fun but deserves every criticism thrown at it. Kinda amazing they got away with being so pathetically craven to the emerging market. A more innocent time, I guess.

Purple is pretty great front to back, exceptional inclusion of Zep style country rock techniques to the grunge zeitgeist, 'Big Empty' esp. I think this is their one legit great moment.

...Vatican Gift Shop does a patchy dunderheaded Bowie vibe in an almost visionary way but is merely satisfactory when the music's over. Cool move in '96, though, you have to admit.

The rest are pretty meh aside from the singles.

I say crap; very high WF for the good stuff given their rep as a dogshit band. But there ain't quite enough good stuff there.

Too many good songs to vote crap.

jfv wrote: Fri Apr 21, 2023 9:45 am Why the fuck would I do this?

Because the original thread has some hilarious banter in it: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5510

that thread has everything we loved back in the day.
- perfect target for group hate
- "at least they're not live/cocorosie/nickelback."
- "well you like pearl jam!"
- completely unnecessary racial slur
- kerble watching it all in disbelief

watching their vh1 storytellers and it's pretty bad.
this however was fine, h/t to brett ralph

Absolutely mediocre band with a weirdly great bassist, who I assume really likes Mike Watt.

Execrable.

The "grunge" Mr Mister? What would that make them? Mr Mesa, maybe.

the letter o wrote: Fri Apr 21, 2023 6:07 pm Execrable.

The "grunge" Mr Mister? What would that make them? Mr Mesa, maybe.

I was just singing Broken Wings while cooking dinner. What synchronicity!

The "alternative" Guns N' Roses

boilermaker wrote: Fri Apr 21, 2023 7:06 pm The "alternative" Guns N' Roses

Fan of those harmonic fills on the guitar. Well at least it isn't Pear Jam.

My god this band is terrible. 17yo me got exposed to them at great length - Guantanamo style - in the early 90s. Christ on a stick they blow goats people.