[Bubba]

It was great to hear from him, he seemed compus mentus.

Good news indeed

[al]

agreed bubba

he had some ideas about making cash out of tourists

that entrepreneurial streak ran deep 

[Fiend]

Hi. Anyone got a MP3 link to Mudhoney's Suck You Dry? I remember really liking that.

P.S. Not really grunge but around at the same time, no-one (not even Andy F) has mentioned The God Machine yet???? Shocking.

[Dr T]

P.S. Not really grunge but around at the same time, no-one (not even Andy F) has mentioned The God Machine yet???? Shocking.

in the same vein -Sugar -Copper blue .... classic

[Andy F]

Hi. Anyone got a MP3 link to Mudhoney's Suck You Dry? I remember really liking that.

P.S. Not really grunge but around at the same time, no-one (not even Andy F) has mentioned The God Machine yet???? Shocking.

Ah, The God Machine, possibly the best of the lot. Scenes from the Second Story is indeed a piece of fractured beauty. Goes for a few quid on Ebay nowadays, if you've got a copy then keep hold, same with One Last Laugh in a Place of Dying (for our friend Jimmy Fernandes).

[GCW]

Hi. Anyone got a MP3 link to Mudhoney's Suck You Dry? I remember really liking that.

Sorry Fiend, missed that.  Good tune, not their best in my opinion, but still good.
PM me if you haven't got it......

Forgot to mention Fudge Tunnel.

[Andy F]

P.S. Not really grunge but around at the same time, no-one (not even Andy F) has mentioned The God Machine yet???? Shocking.

in the same vein -Sugar -Copper blue .... classic

Copper Blue, indeed a brilliant album. Shame FUEL wasn't anywhere near as good

[Andy F]

L7 in full glory...

man I still love Placebo

then


now

I had the rather distinict pleasure of getting royally hammered with both Bush and Placebo after their gig at the Krazy House in Liverpool in late '94. Placebo came on stage and my girlfriend of the time (now wife) watched them thinking "is it a boy, is it a girl?" for the whole set, but the truely rocked. Bush were great as well, I've still got a signed set list from that gig in the attic somewhere..

[Andy F]

Can we throw Tool into the mix? Undertow was '94 IIRC, as was Paw's most excellent 'Dragline', both worth searching out.

[Pantontino]

I only ever liked one song by Placebo: Come home:



Top song, but watching the film that goes with it reminds me why I dislike this band.

His stage persona is so laboured it's funny.

Tool are obviously gods. I also really rate the offshoot (and probably listen to them more): A Perfect Circle:





I played Copper Blue to death at the time. Great album for sure.

[andy popp]

Sugar were OK but as nothing compared to the mighty Husker Du, who, like most of the bands mentioned in this thread, were nothing to do with grunge.. Saw Husker Du several times, the best being at the Bierkeller in Bristol just after the release of New Day Rising; they were ferocious.

[Dr T]

Can we throw Tool into the mix?

without a doubt - effing blinding live but no where near being grunge...
as for a perfect circle imho started brilliantly - saw them support the deftones at wembly a few years back - but then disappeared up their own backsides....

[Houdini]

Ah, The God Machine, possibly the best of the lot. Scenes from the Second Story is indeed a piece of fractured beauty.

Just gonna raise the dead thread to say LO!  Andy F, at last we speak the same language, breathe of the same air, and eat of the most holiest of sacred cows!  The God Machine were so damn good it's a fucking lie!  Unleash the wild rock waddage. 

[underground]

Sugar were shit when I saw them live, the worst 8 quid I ever spent on a gig.

The God Machine, fucking brilliant, Gil Norton knew how to produce a record.

Girls Against Boys were pretty damned impressive around the same time, saw them play at The Leadmill in the back bar and nearly fell off it  when the full power of the noise was unleashed...

[Pantontino]

I loved Girls against Boys - saw them live quite a few times. Also saw Soulside (the lead singer's old post-hardcore band) play at the Duchess of York in Leeds once. Great bands.

To Andy Popp: obviously Sugar never matched Husker Du's high points (how could he/they?), but they still put out at least one very fine record. In fact that Beaster thing is pretty good too.

Not grunge at all really, but definitely an influence on the main grunge bands, and certainly one of the most important American bands in the 80s. Check out: Let it Be by The Replacements

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Let-Be-Remastered-Replacements/dp/B00006FR75

Paul Westerburg (the singer) continues to make fine music. I can bore people about how good his solo albums are too, just give me the nod and I'll make some recommendations.

[andy popp]

Forget grunge