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i just listened to _The Blue Record_ today for the 1st time. yeah, good guitar-fueled rock...if you like Lizzy or Priest, dig in.

since we are expanding to include Australia, is anyone familiar w/ The Sunnyboys? great power pop/rock band, sorta similar to Radio Birdman.

Lemmy is a badass.

i could do w/ an education program solely dedicated to New Zealand artists... The Bats Verlaines The Chills The Clean Goblin Mix Bird Nest Roys Able Tasmans Straitjacket Fits Split Enz Peter Jefferies Graeme Jefferies Alastair Galbraith Terminals Roy Montgomery Gordons Bailter Space King Loser Sneaky Feelings so many amazingly good bands that came out of that tiny island nation in the years '81 to '91

their biggest/most wellknown songs are Academy Fight Song and That's When I Reach For My Revolver some other songs worth checking out 2wice spider's web trem 2 peking spring all world cowboy romance that's how i escaped my certain fate mica

they are too uneven for me, though _Cats and Dogs_ is a great record.

if you don't have either _Supersonic Storybook_ or _Stull_, definitely get those too. i just noticed that they all begin w/ 'S'. wonder if that was intentional. of course, 'enter the dragon' and 'americruiser' don't follow that trend. i see a ton of Pearl Jam mentions, and I've actually never listened to a full record of theirs.

so far I've gotten all on LP but AM and Being There, and i will get them at some point. the records sound really really good. well done.

another great artist of the '90s (but sadly overlooked for the most part...his biggest hit was when Mary Lou Lord covered 'Lights are Changing') The Bevis Frond

glad you didn't take my jab @ Sublime personally.

i tend to disagree http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_six

never expected to see not only a Dogbowl mention but two Shrimp Boat records! i have _Duende_ but haven't listened to it in years. off the top of my head: jon spencer blues explosion - orange thinking fellers union local 282 - mother of all saints come - don't ask, don't tell tar - over and out the jesus lizard - goat guided by voices - alien lanes sebadoh - bakesale mogwai - young team stereolab - dots and loops yo la tengo - electr-o-pura barbara manning - 12:12 hood - Rustic Houses, Forlorn Valleys sun city girls - 330,003 Crossdressers from Beyond the Rig Veda giant sand - chore of

the '90s were also when some of my favorite record labels were putting out amazing records on a consistent basis: touch and go amphetamine reptile matador sub pop siltbreeze merge drag city flying nun (at least the front half of the decade) if i went through my music collection and just pulled items from those eight labels, i'd probably have a few hundred records and cds laying about.

Jimmy Mac was a great drummer. i saw him play w/ GBV a couple of times.

I saw the Breeders play this summer and was a bit bummed i didn't get to hear 'hellbound' or 'metal man.'

yes. i tracked down _Eleven Eleven_ and _Don't Ask, Don't Tell_ on vinyl a couple of weeks ago...what fantastic music, straight up total blues-influenced ROCK that sounds fantastic. i don't know who recorded those records they did a great job.

Swervedriver. Raise Mezcal Head Ejection Seat Reservation 99th Dream all great records, and they show a natural progression that was thwarted by record business bullshit. they shoulda been huge. of the other Creation Records bands, I'd toss Slowdive out there too...not seriously as the greatest band of the decade, but they were a significant one nonetheless. Hitchcock's '90s material was ok but certainly not up to his '80s work. Another fantastic band that totally deserves consideration is Thinking Fellers Union Local 282...they are not a band w/ a lot of overlap for typical Wilco

ok, commence fisticuffs. sublime is awful. really, really bad.

it's certainly not MBV..._loveless_ came out in '90 i believe, and while it's a great record you've got to have more than one to be considered the best band. some others I would consider: Melvins Guided By Voices Sonic Youth (though i do love their SST recordings) Yo La Tengo Hood Nick Cave The Jesus Lizard Tar Sebadoh Grifters Sun City Girls

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this show is coming to Boston in 10 days' time...i guess i should check it out! i saw Califone once, when they opened for Wilco. i think i've got a Red Red Meat 7" somewhere.

back before i started shooting shows seriously, i almost never took a camera to a gig...i can only recall bringing my wife's cheap film camera to a couple (Zeni Geva, Gas Huffer, maybe one or two other ones). the first time i saw Wilco we scalped front row seats @ Boston's Orpheum Theatre, and i was gonna bring my little film canon elph. security found it in my pocket during a frisk, and wouldn't let me in with it. this was 2002. i had to tell the guy i was gonna hide the battery outside, since i took public transit and had no place to stash the camera in a safe place. he let me in. o

it's a good thing you aren't a Dylan or Tool fan.

maybe he'll adopt Hope Sandoval's policy: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/10/hope_sandoval_t_1.html