It's Alternative Rock week!

Violent & Funky · 12-01-2010, 01:45 PM

Good call on The Breeders! 'Cannonball' is a classic alternative rock song!

bob. · 12-01-2010, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by sidewinder

Me too! It was a sad day when those went away. But I guess the environment is important too.

i know right?...like the earth totally needs to find new ways to create oxygen!

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Originally Posted by dankrsta

I can already see that this week will make me go back to bands I haven't listened in a long time.

this thread is reminds me of the glory days of mix-tapes

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Originally Posted by Violent & Funky

Good call on The Breeders! 'Cannonball' is a classic alternative rock song!

i second this and also a big

on the Violent Femmes

a few more to add to the mix

Lush - Ladykillers....still my favorite song from them...still in absolute love/lust with Miki...it's the hair

Primus - The Toys Go Winding Down....best song song ever from a band that only created great songs....if i ever get sentenced to death this is what i want playing when they kill me

The Sugarcubes - Hit....my other teenage boy crush...

Lemonheads - Into Your Arms.....i swear this thread is becoming a mix tape i made for some beautiful girl....that then turn into a Cure/Joy Division mixtape i made for myself

Swervedriver - Duel....this is nothing short than amazing

dankrsta · 12-02-2010, 01:14 PM

^^I have totally forgotten about Lemonheads...and how beautiful Evan Dando is

Here's more from me. Let's go to Paisley Underground for a moment. I love those bands and their special type of alternative rock mixed with psychedelia and folk.

The Dream Syndicate - 'Halloween' (The Days of Wine and Roses, 1982) This whole album is just perfect!

Thin White Rope - 'Wet Heart' (Moonhead, 1987) This song is killing me, that's all I have to say.

Rain Parade - 'This Can't Be Today' (Emergency Third Rail Power Trip, 1983) Beautiful

Opal - 'Soul Giver' (Happy Nightmare Baby, 1987) This is what Pink Floyd would sound like if they were an 80s alternative rock band. Interesting facts about Opal: the band was born from The Dream Syndicate and Rain Parade and later gave birth to Mazzy Star.

Gavin B. · 12-05-2010, 08:59 AM

Thanks to Burning Down for posting the Pylon song. Hotdamn! I loved that band. I saw them in the 80s and they were a ferocious beast of a live band. Human Body was my favorite song by them & I've embedded it below.

The Bush Tetras were another band I absolutely adored and saw several times in the early 80s.

My favorite band of that era was Mission of Burma who I've seen live at least 150 times because I lived in Boston when they were gigging in local clubs around 5-10 times a month during 1980 & 1983. I saw every local show they ever did including their first & last ones. This video of Trem Two is from their last Boston show at ballroom of the Bradford Hotel in 1983.

Mrd00d · 12-21-2010, 04:37 AM

Little late, but I gotta say for all the enthusiasm of page 1, page 2 was the end? Hahaha. Here's some things that didn't get attention in case more people swing by...

Silversun Pickups

Silversun Pickups - Three Seed <---click here

Highly recommend Three Seed as one of the best off the album, but oft not mentioned.

Ataxia
f. John Frusciante and friends...

Ataxia - Dust<--- click here

Beck

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space ships can't tame the jungle
and I feel like I'm giving in
we've been drivin thru a desert
looking for a life to call our own

I push I pull the days go slow
into a void we filled with death
and noise that laughs falls off their
maps all cured of pain and doubts
in your little brain

something's coming sky is purple
dogs are howling to themselves
days are changing with the weather
like a rip tide could rip us away

I push I pull the days go slow
into a void we filled with death
and noise that laughs falls off their
maps all cured of pain and doubts
in your little brain

Musikwala · 12-21-2010, 06:59 AM

Hell yeah to alternative rock! especially the music from the 90s!

I cannot post youtube videos cos I'm at work but here's a list:

Live - Selling The Drama... or anything from the brilliant Throwing Copper!
The Cranberries - Zombie
Smashing Pumpkins - Hummer / Soma / Mayonaise
Radiohead - Airbag....... anything from Bends or OK
Duncan Sheik - Wishful Thinking from Great Expectations OST (I love this song! Does it qualify?)
Breeders - Cannonball
Weezer - Anything from the blue album
Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Kill Your Television

jackhammer · 12-21-2010, 06:54 PM

Well we could post virtually anything in here with a guitar. Here are a few ditties that I like.

Should have been bigger. They are British but don't sound like it at all.

I like her vocals even though they have been treated and the geek on drums adds minus cool points.

A classic with the lovely Katie Jane Garside (Queen Adreena).

**Janszoon** · 12-21-2010, 08:53 PM

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A classic with the lovely Katie Jane Garside (Queen Adreena).

I think we've talked about this before a while ago but it's great to see I'm not the only Daisy Chainsaw fan on here.

12-01-2010, 01:45 PM	#11 (permalink)
Violent & Funky FUNky Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Midland, MI Posts: 2,482	Good call on The Breeders! 'Cannonball' is a classic alternative rock song! __________________ http://www.last.fm/user/ohio0808 sometimes I don't thrill you sometimes I think I'll kill you just don't let me fuck up will you 'cause when I need a friend it's still you

12-02-2010, 01:14 PM	#13 (permalink)
dankrsta ... Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,776	^^I have totally forgotten about Lemonheads...and how beautiful Evan Dando is Here's more from me. Let's go to Paisley Underground for a moment. I love those bands and their special type of alternative rock mixed with psychedelia and folk. The Dream Syndicate - 'Halloween' (The Days of Wine and Roses, 1982) This whole album is just perfect! Thin White Rope - 'Wet Heart' (Moonhead, 1987) This song is killing me, that's all I have to say. Rain Parade - 'This Can't Be Today' (Emergency Third Rail Power Trip, 1983) Beautiful Opal - 'Soul Giver' (Happy Nightmare Baby, 1987) This is what Pink Floyd would sound like if they were an 80s alternative rock band. Interesting facts about Opal: the band was born from The Dream Syndicate and Rain Parade and later gave birth to Mazzy Star. __________________ Last.fm

12-05-2010, 08:59 AM	#14 (permalink)
Gavin B. Model Worker Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,248	Thanks to Burning Down for posting the Pylon song. Hotdamn! I loved that band. I saw them in the 80s and they were a ferocious beast of a live band. Human Body was my favorite song by them & I've embedded it below. The Bush Tetras were another band I absolutely adored and saw several times in the early 80s. My favorite band of that era was Mission of Burma who I've seen live at least 150 times because I lived in Boston when they were gigging in local clubs around 5-10 times a month during 1980 & 1983. I saw every local show they ever did including their first & last ones. This video of Trem Two is from their last Boston show at ballroom of the Bradford Hotel in 1983. __________________ There are two types of music: the first type is the blues and the second type is all the other stuff. Townes Van Zandt

12-21-2010, 06:54 PM	#17 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Well we could post virtually anything in here with a guitar. Here are a few ditties that I like. Should have been bigger. They are British but don't sound like it at all. I like her vocals even though they have been treated and the geek on drums adds minus cool points. A classic with the lovely Katie Jane Garside (Queen Adreena). __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

12-21-2010, 06:59 AM	#16 (permalink)
Musikwala Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 51	Hell yeah to alternative rock! especially the music from the 90s! I cannot post youtube videos cos I'm at work but here's a list: Live - Selling The Drama... or anything from the brilliant Throwing Copper! The Cranberries - Zombie Smashing Pumpkins - Hummer / Soma / Mayonaise Radiohead - Airbag....... anything from Bends or OK Duncan Sheik - Wishful Thinking from Great Expectations OST (I love this song! Does it qualify?) Breeders - Cannonball Weezer - Anything from the blue album Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Kill Your Television