| Author | Message | ||
     spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 522 Registered: 05-2005 |
My favourite shamblers from that period 20 years ago, that in retrospect did influence many generations later... McCarthy Close Lobsters Mighty Mighty Wolfhounds Surf Drums Primal Scream v.early Pop will eat itself Soup Dragons Felt Weather Prophets Biff Banf Pow Hose of Love | ||
| TROU Member Username: Trou Post Number: 39 Registered: 05-2005 |
Mmmh the McCarthy, what a great band ! You've forgotten the Wedding Present, and Stump! Noisy, but chic ! | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 550 Registered: 05-2005 |
McCarthy morphed in to Stereolab who used to be good, but are now churning out at least 1 turgid samey album each year. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 389 Registered: 04-2005 |
Ain't that the truth, Kevin? I finally learned to stop buying their latest albums out of habit and my life has been much better since. Some bands can't figure out when to break up. Not to be crass, but they had a member die, so they should have stopped then. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 526 Registered: 05-2005 |
yeah must say stereolab, the minimalism, jesus man i am asleep!!! Forgot - The June Brides Treebound Story Wedding Present were ok but I got bored!! Josef K did the fast guitar thing (without the distortion), their sacred ground if you like... | ||
| Eke Member Username: Ekewebb Post Number: 85 Registered: 05-2005 |
"Hose of Love" spence? Freudian slip or what?!! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 135 Registered: 01-2005 |
Kevin and Kurt, what Stereolab album was the last one for you that mattered? I would say Dots and Loops for me. They sure had a nice run though. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 393 Registered: 04-2005 |
Michael, for me "Emperor Tomato Ketchup" was the last one where they were experimenting in interesting ways--"Dots and Loops" left me cold for whatever reason. After my earlier dismissal of Stereolab, I have to be fair and say that some of "Margarine Eclipse" (2003?) is more lively than the other post-"Emperor" albums, but it's not that they were doing anything new, they just upped the energy level a tiny bit and Tim Gane plugged his guitar back in on a couple of songs. They've mostly been on cruise control for a decade. | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 111 Registered: 04-2006 |
out of spence's list i would choose felt, but they weren't a c86 band, so i choose primal scream. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 554 Registered: 05-2005 |
Michael, for me Mars Audiac Quintet was the last good one. Although the compilation box set(3 CD, 1 DVD), Oscillons from the Anti-Sun that came out last year is essential and a great entry point for anybody who is curious about this once truly innovative band. I'm sure its dirt cheap too, I got it when it came out for something ridiculous like £8.99 | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 114 Registered: 04-2006 |
stereolab is a strange band. i am always torn between fascination and boredom. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 396 Registered: 04-2005 |
Best summary of Stereolab ever, Andreas! | ||
| allan kingdom Member Username: Allan_kingdom Post Number: 4 Registered: 04-2006 |
A lot of the C86 bands were great: 1000 Violins were good, The Servants of course, Jesse garron & the desperados, Hurrah, and the June Brides. I saw the June Brides support the Go-Betweens once, amazing. Anyone remember the marine Girls? | ||
| jerry hann Member Username: Jerry_h Post Number: 183 Registered: 07-2005 |
Marine Girls great Allan ( by the way welcome on board) the wife has just down loaded all their songs from Itunes great stuff | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 550 Registered: 05-2005 |
mmm. I think I have opened up a can of worms like Andreas says about Felt, although they were most popular from 85-89 they were not really C86, the Marine Girls were '82 were they not? Mind you it opens up the field a bit, other 'REAL' Indie groups that I loved that were not C86 were The Farmers Boys Daintees Metropak (Kev did you know them?) the Happy Family C86 period too in Brum there were some intersting bands like Pig Bros The Noseflutes The Capitols I had a C86 shambling band actually at the time I was 17, we sounded like Josef K and we suported another great C86 group called The Raw Herbs, the singer was a dead ringer for Edwyn. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 575 Registered: 05-2005 |
Spence - Metropkak, never heard of them. Scottish? | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 367 Registered: 10-2004 |
I have a Brilliant Corners record - "Somebody Up There Likes Me" - which isn't bad. I like the June Brides, though mainly the "This Town" ep. I guess the Servants were c86, in which case, they are a c86 band that I like. Still digging that CD compilation that came out last spring. McCarthy, of course. I have some St. Christopher songs on a mix tape that I think are pretty good. I need to dig that up. Hurrah had a handful of good tunes, I think. I like a few Biff Bang Pow albums, like "Oblivion." Jasmine Minks were good for a song or two or three. As may be apparent by my list, I've always been very picky about c86 bands. Many of them, to me, didn't sound very distinctive or creative as far as the songwriting went. But if you had the patience to wade through it all, you could find some real gems in there. | ||
| kevin Member Username: Kevin Post Number: 580 Registered: 05-2005 |
Were Hurrah and The Daintees officially C86? Or were they just around in that year? The reason i ask is because I have (very) vague recollections of them being in a more accoustic vein, where for me C86 was more electric guitar based. I'm probably splitting hairs. | ||
| allan kingdom Member Username: Allan_kingdom Post Number: 6 Registered: 04-2006 |
Technically, the C86 bands should be limited to those featured on the NME compilation as follows: Side one Primal Scream - Velocity Girl The Mighty Lemon Drops - Happy Head The Soup Dragons - Pleasantly Surprised The Wolfhounds - Feeling So Strange Again The Bodines - Therese Mighty Mighty - Law Stump - Buffalo Bogshed - Run To The Temple A Witness - Sharpened Sticks The Pastels - Breaking Lines The Age of Chance - From Now On, This Will Be Your God Side two The Shop Assistants - It's Up To You Close Lobsters - Firestation Towers Miaow - Sport Most Royal Half Man Half Biscuit - I Hate Nerys Hughes ( From The Heart ) The Servants - Transparent The MacKenzies - Big Jim (There's no pubs in Heaven) bIG fLAME - New Way (Quick Wash And Brush Up With Liberation Theology) Fuzzbox - Console Me McCarthy - Celestial City The Shrubs - Bullfighter's Bones The Wedding Present - This Boy Can Wait many bands which are today regarded as C86 bands were excluded from the tape. The June Brides, for example. This article was very interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C86_(music) | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 557 Registered: 05-2005 |
Ah, funny thing happened last week, Pete Geoghegan and Russell Burton guitar and bass from Mighty Mighty play with me in Rockingham, and we thought about doing a 2006 version of Law, as Russell plays a nice bass line, but hence it turned out shit  Allan, nice one, Pop will eat itself being one of those excluded, they were brilliant at the time, like a dirty Buzzcocks. | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 370 Registered: 10-2004 |
The Pastels, they're another one. Sacreligious, I know, but I never got too into them. I quite like that song "Coming Through," though. |