American 90's College Rock appreciation thread

strumjoughlamps

dtr said:

How about Pavement, Mercury Rev, Dinosaur Jr, Califone/Red Red Meat, Sonic Youth, Beck. John Spencer Blues Explosion...  or are they something else?

Red Red Meat are still in my top 5 fave bands of all time..

others to consider are POND

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J4TIk-C-GhA

and Eric’s Trip


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UvzwfQoo5zM

MagicPigDetective

 Belly:
https://youtu.be/LTtdtURXKqc

Paw: 
https://youtu.be/lzJz9TIbjv8

MagicPigDetective

Sugar 
https://youtu.be/aHnFIaLp_ys

lasermonkey

strumjoughlamps said:

others to consider are POND

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J4TIk-C-GhA

I really liked Pond. I saw them supporting Throwing Muses at the Junction, Cambridge ages ago. Bought the Young Splendor single on green vinyl and a couple of albums. I think you must be the only other person I've encountered who has heard of them!

matdotcodot

Madder Rose were real John Peel Favourites atthe time.

strumjoughlamps said:

dtr said:

How about Pavement, Mercury Rev, Dinosaur Jr, Califone/Red Red Meat, Sonic Youth, Beck. John Spencer Blues Explosion...  or are they something else?

Red Red Meat are still in my top 5 fave bands of all time..

others to consider are POND

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J4TIk-C-GhA

and Eric’s Trip


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UvzwfQoo5zM

Brain dead Red Red Meat .

joneve

Just resurrecting this, as I've created a collaborative playlist (that has nothing in it yet!) for these bands. 

I'll add some songs later today hopefully but feel free to add your own;

https://open.spotify.com/user/joneve/playlist/2aKwdaH510Qe8nSpquQzlV?si=JDlbPGyzS7ebcZKVz2APlg

thermionic

Madder Rose were great, got a few of their records. Some other stuff I have of that era - Tsunami, Velocity Girl, Sebadoh, the excellent Fuzzy, Luna, Chuck Prophet...

SimonC

My 2p worth

Anastasia Screamed

SimonC

And of course, The Pursuit of Happiness 

matdotcodot

thermionic said:

Madder Rose were great, got a few of their records. Some other stuff I have of that era - Tsunami, Velocity Girl, Sebadoh, the excellent Fuzzy, Luna, Chuck Prophet...

Excellent, I regularly have Sebadoh binge listens along with Buffalo Tom and the wonderful Madder Rose....the 90's were pretty cool really.

MagicPigDetective

Yes indeed, Madder Rose were a great band, I need to hear their first album again, it's been years. Beautiful John is a classic.

robwright

Resurrecting an old thread! Saw Hootie and the Blowfish in Bristol last night. They’re not fashionable, never were, but an amazing live band putting 110% into the show. Definitely on the ‘top ten live bands’ list for me! And they did a cover of Losing My Religion with Peter Holsapple on keys (he played acoustic on the original version). Finished with a version of Champagne Supernova that showed how good that song could be .....

.... the audience was full of fat bald blokes like me! And we were all as happy as the proverbial pigs! 

’While we were getting high’! 

not_the_dj

robwright said:

Resurrecting an old thread! Saw Hootie and the Blowfish in Bristol last night. They’re not fashionable, never were, but an amazing live band putting 110% into the show. Definitely on the ‘top ten live bands’ list for me! And they did a cover of Losing My Religion with Peter Holsapple on keys (he played acoustic on the original version). Finished with a version of Champagne Supernova that showed how good that song could be .....

.... the audience was full of fat bald blokes like me! And we were all as happy as the proverbial pigs! 

’While we were getting high’! 

Nice one. Saw them back in the day on the Fairweather Johnson tour (Wolverhampton Civic). Didn't realise they'd reformed and were touring.

joneve

robwright said:

Resurrecting an old thread! Saw Hootie and the Blowfish in Bristol last night. They’re not fashionable, never were, but an amazing live band putting 110% into the show. Definitely on the ‘top ten live bands’ list for me! And they did a cover of Losing My Religion with Peter Holsapple on keys (he played acoustic on the original version). Finished with a version of Champagne Supernova that showed how good that song could be .....

.... the audience was full of fat bald blokes like me! And we were all as happy as the proverbial pigs! 

’While we were getting high’! 

I'm absolutely gutted I missed this. My best friend and I have wanted to see them since Musical Chairs was released (which is when we became aware of them)...And couldn't make it work. Hopefully they re-tour soon, with another album coming out soon. 

joneve

not_the_dj said:

robwright said:

Resurrecting an old thread! Saw Hootie and the Blowfish in Bristol last night. They’re not fashionable, never were, but an amazing live band putting 110% into the show. Definitely on the ‘top ten live bands’ list for me! And they did a cover of Losing My Religion with Peter Holsapple on keys (he played acoustic on the original version). Finished with a version of Champagne Supernova that showed how good that song could be .....

.... the audience was full of fat bald blokes like me! And we were all as happy as the proverbial pigs! 

’While we were getting high’! 

Nice one. Saw them back in the day on the Fairweather Johnson tour (Wolverhampton Civic). Didn't realise they'd reformed and were touring.

They never officially split up, but Darius does his own stuff and they've all done other projects over the years so took a not-really-planned hiatus. they've always done a few shows a year, i.e. for their Monday after the Masters charity golf event. But they're just about to release their first album in over a decade. 

Ddigger

The Pixies, Throwing Muses and The Pursuit of Happiness were out late 80s,  no?

How about The Rembrandts, Sophie B Hawkins...