the albums everybody had

[Elvis_Christ]

Yeh the Elevators would've been real fucking cool to see! I used to have a compilation LP called "Texas Punk Bands From The Sixities" it had a bunch of really cool garage bands on it like Mouse and the Traps and a whole bunch of other real cool shit. It even had Them on it (strangley enough..... Them from Texas?! apparentley the ended up there after Van Morrision left the band) with out Van Morrision which fuckin' ripped. Are you in a band yourself at the moment?

[knife_fight]

sort of. I was in a band that was "professional" for awhile, but about 6 months ago I quit to go work for the railroad. I'm still doing music stuff, but it's mainly for my own amusement.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Elvis_Christ
Yeh definatley check out Dead Moon and let me know what you think (If your a Neil Young or AC/DC fan you'll love that shit! + all their stuff is available on vinyl which is a bonus). Its a pity Neil Young's sick :( hopefully he'll pull thru ok. I was bummed out enough about Johhny Cash passing away let alone my favorite singer songwriter Neil biting the bullet. I didn't know his father was an author, what kinda stuff does he write? He seemed pretty cool on the Jim Jarmuch documentry Year of the Horse (I really dug how he thought the band was getting better and better cause not many people agree with me on that). Yeh I was reading an article somewhere that those Soul Asylum albums were kick ass I'll have to give them a day in court, its a pity when bands start off amazing and turn into a dull, run of mill, mainstream piece of shit. Speaking of old indie bands did you ever get into any of the old New Zealand bands like The Clean, Tall Dwarves, 3Ds and HDU (Basically what is known as the "Flying Nun" sound), ect? There from my hometown of Dunedin and have seemed to be quite influentual on the overseas indie scene. Pavement and Sebadoh in particular were really into them and sometimes cover their songs. Steve Albini (Big Black, Shellac, producer of Nirvana's In Utero) has taken HDU under his wing in New York. I think that's the loudest gig I've ever been to ear shattering turn your body to jelly kinda shit! It's strange a band this good is barley recognised in their own country and gets more accailm overseas :confused: you'd think it'd be the opposite. But I'll keep an eye out for some of it on LP and maybe we can do a trade or something because I imagine a lot of that stuff would be hard to find on vinyl over there. I never used to like Husker Du till I got a SST compilation called The Blasting Concept which had a song off their Metal Circus EP..... the song kicked my ass and I've been a die hard fan since.

a huge bummer about neil .. i hope he pulls through.
His dad wrote a lot of sports related stuff .. including hocky stories for kids ..

i dont know the NZ indie bands you mentioned but i do have 3 pavement CDs. on one of them i heard something that reminded me of old Van De Graff Generator so i always wondered if they were an influence.too.

soul asylum seemed to take a turn for the worse when the lead singer hooked up with winona ryder .. mind you - there are still a few good tracks on The Horses They Road In On ... even Grave Diggers Union ... not all of it is mainstream ...thank god

[Elvis_Christ]

What sort of stuff did you guys play? We're starting to sort our shit out in my band and we've had a bunch of gigs latley and more on the horizion but we're still getting our shit down.... but its been fun because I hadn't played any music seriously bandwise since I was about 16 or 17.

[Elvis_Christ]

Originally posted by urgeok
a huge bummer about neil .. i hope he pulls through.
His dad wrote a lot of sports related stuff .. including hocky stories for kids ..

i dont know the NZ indie bands you mentioned but i do have 3 pavement CDs. on one of them i heard something that reminded me of old Van De Graff Generator so i always wondered if they were an influence.too.

soul asylum seemed to take a turn for the worse when the lead singer hooked up with winona ryder .. mind you - there are still a few good tracks on The Horses They Road In On ... even Grave Diggers Union ... not all of it is mainstream ...thank god

Yeh it is a bummer :( about Neil. Yeh I guess if you've been a fan for awhile you always find a few songs that have some of the old spark that got you into them in the first place. I should sort out some copies of some of those NZ bands and get them out to you cause it just might be your cup of tea if you like stuff like Pavement. I think Slanted and Enchanted and Wowee Zowee are my favorite albums of theirs. Haven't heard of Van De Graff Generator. Do you get into Pere Ubu? I really like their albums The Modern Dance and Dub Housing.

[bwind22]

I havent read this whole thread, so forgive me if these have already been mentioned...

Now that we are in the CD age and no one has vinyl anymore, here are some more current ones from the past decade...

Everybody and there mother seems to have these 3 albums...

Green Day - Dookie
Weezer - The Blue Album
Nirvana - Nevermind

[knife_fight]

Originally posted by Elvis_Christ
What sort of stuff did you guys play? We're starting to sort our shit out in my band and we've had a bunch of gigs latley and more on the horizion but we're still getting our shit down.... but its been fun because I hadn't played any music seriously bandwise since I was about 16 or 17.

well, I quit the last two bands I was about 6 months ago. One was sorta AC/DC, Stooges-influenced trash rock that had lyrics about horror movies (!). the other was kinda classic country, honky tonk, irish, rockabilly something or other. besides those two bands I've been in countless punk, hardcore, indie, garage, and whatever else bands.

[Elvis_Christ]

Originally posted by knife_fight
well, I quit the last two bands I was about 6 months ago. One was sorta AC/DC, Stooges-influenced trash rock that had lyrics about horror movies (!). the other was kinda classic country, honky tonk, irish, rockabilly something or other. besides those two bands I've been in countless punk, hardcore, indie, garage, and whatever else bands.

Hahaa! I like the sound of the AC/DC, Stooges horror lyrics one! That sounded awesome. We basically do Amebix style punk metal with a dose of rock n roll and a lot of influence from the Melvins.

no one has vinyl anymore

Whatever.......

[knife_fight]

Originally posted by Elvis_Christ
We basically do Amebix style punk metal with a dose of rock n roll and a lot of influence from the Melvins.

nothin' wrong with that! I saw the Melvins not too long ago with Tomahawk, that was a good one.

and yeah, I listen to more vinyl than cd and it's not just old stuff, either. in fact, most people I hang out with listen to more vinyl than cd.

[Elvis_Christ]

Originally posted by knife_fight
nothin' wrong with that! I saw the Melvins not too long ago with Tomahawk, that was a good one.

and yeah, I listen to more vinyl than cd and it's not just old stuff, either. in fact, most people I hang out with listen to more vinyl than cd.

Lucky!!! I missed them last time they were here because I couldn't be fucked seeing Tool. I heard they were going to do some other shows without Tool but it didn't happen. Next time I'll be there for sure. I was all excited about Guitar Wolf comming here but there bassist died :eek: so its all over.....
Yeh I'd listen to more vinyl than CD aswell it just has a nicer sound to it and when you find something you like its more of a buzz than just ordering in a CD.... its like "Holy shit that's on vinyl??!!!" the artwork is usually better and you get something more unique.