NerblyBear wrote:

zom-zom wrote:

NerblyBear wrote:
They are probably the most influential band of the past thirty years.

Oh, please stop now.

I think that this is a claim which, while debatable, is still a pretty fair one.

Who else merits such an appellation?

how about [humourously crap band mentioned as a joke]?

It's a hard question, but I really doubt Sonic Youth would be one of the answers.

big_dave wrote:
how about [humourously crap band mentioned as a joke]?

I only liked their early stuff.

El Protoolio wrote:

burun wrote:

zom-zom wrote:"Can STP use your gear? It's really hard to live in New York and be in a band, and carry around gear!"

I am totally going to try this next time I play.

As if buying a little rolly cart never occurred to them.

I was at this show. Fuck those guys for walking out on you, Zom-Zom.

I never understand how a band can show up to a gig not knowing the other bands and just assume they can use the other's gear. I mean if I know I don't have gear Ill rent it or borrow it before the night of the show. That's fucked.

We always email ahead of time, the answer is always yes, and then we bring a bottle of nice hootch as a way to say thanks. Plus we help load.

Sharing gear is a great idea, but the borrowers need to remember that they're getting hooked up in a big way.

-A

Skronk wrote:

NerblyBear wrote:Look, I'm not happy about the whole Starbucks thing, but the Sonic Youth bashing needs to stop.

They are probably the most influential band of the past thirty years. Hundreds of bands look up to them. Before they signed to a major, they zig-zagged across the country in a van just like Black Flag did. They have turned me on to dozens of great bands via interviews and such.

People that can't hear the greatness of SISTER and EVOL can basically inhale my weenis.

No one is bashing the good albums, Nerb. We're bashing their business choices.

WE aren't, a lot of YOU are.
I think they can do WTF they want and it ain't gonna bother me that they are aligned with a "decent" corporation like Starbucks.

As stated, Sbux is 10 times as decent as DGC on a good day.

-A

Some of you kids weren't even born yet when Sonic Youth came on the scene, so you really aren't in much of a position to argue about how influential they were or weren't.

Say what you want about them, when they first started getting nationwide attention after Evol, there was no other band that sounded anything like them. I'm not some kind of fanboy or anything. They're not my favorite band by a longshot. But I recognize their influence on all kinds of music I hear today. To say they weren't influential is just kind of misguided.

As for the Starbucks thing, it is prolly just a joke. Even if it were true, I'd say it's a bad marketing or PR move, probably nothing worse.

big_dave wrote:

NerblyBear wrote:

zom-zom wrote:

NerblyBear wrote:
They are probably the most influential band of the past thirty years.

Oh, please stop now.

I think that this is a claim which, while debatable, is still a pretty fair one.

Who else merits such an appellation?

how about [humourously crap band mentioned as a joke]?

Go back and edit in Icicle Works.
Go on...

-A

(btw, I like Icicle Works)

the$inmusicisallmine wrote:And if T&G puts out the shittiest record ever.

They already have... and that record is every sucsessive CocoRosie album.

Starbucks record - whatever. I doubt it's true, but if it is, I give no shits.

zom-zom wrote:"Can STP use your gear? It's really hard to live in New York and be in a band, and carry around gear!"

But this is inexcusable bullshit.

Between that and The Pyramid - zom-zom, on behalf of the City of New York, we are sorry.

I was trying to find information on "STP" and I keep coming across things saying they were a "Supergroup".