If I had to name one, it would be.... the Ex.

Skronk wrote:This thread smacks of childish, high school mentality

victims family.

Today : Yo la tengo

other days might be guided by voices, or joy division, or several others.

Cheap Trick.

Skronk, you made a great post on this thread.

Tommydski, when opening this thread, I knew you would have a snotty, ironic post.

Salut both of you! Childish and snotty. So good.

JC23by5 wrote:Just kidding. They look so hip...and they could probably kick my ass.


On second thought...no they couldn't.

You'd get your arse kicked by all of these bands, based only on where they come from. The Cocteaus are from Grangemouth, The Mary Chain are from Glasgow (via East Kilbride) and the Bunnymen are from Liverpool. Tough towns.

In the UK being hip and being hard are not mutually exclusive.

Robin Guthrie is a big guy.

Usually it's Brubeck Quartet (Eugene Write era), but from day to day I'll latch onto something and it'll be my new favorite band for as long as it takes me to memorize the record/s. Recent New Favorite Bands are; LB, US Maple, Berholt Brecht, Edith Piaf, and John Zorn (Klezmer peroid). Some aren't bands per se. US Maple is really fucking with my brain - so fucking good.

Impossible to choose, but here's the finalists:

The Birthday Party
Merle Haggard & The Strangers
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Rolling Stones
The Stooges

Girls Against Boys

or

Shudder to Think

or

June of 44

One of those 3. I've tried but I can't decide.

Crabby Appleton