PaulEdwardWagemann Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 can you believe this list? Nirvana at #7, yo la tengo tied with the Police??? http://blog.myspace.com/paulewagemann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 And where was Cream? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 No Grand Funk? That list is a sham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Yes, where are the BeeGees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Cream is there, #11, but where are die Ärzte? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Peter, Paul and Mary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanAm Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Two power trios I quite like are Budgie (from Wales) and Triumph (from Canada). Budgie churned out some great rockers long before better known hard rock groups like Black Sabbath came along. Like Budgie, Triumph never achieved a lot of commercial or critical success, but they cculd really rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 TRIUMPH!....use to listen to them all the time...I swear I could of been Canadian in another life-time...I seem to love the musicians from there..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEdwardWagemann Posted January 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Budgie did rock, "Breadfan" is an awesome tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayzor Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Triumph!! Fer sure CanAm!! They never got enough credit for their music. :beady: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 I'm impressed at your inclusion of McLuskey (and so high up the list too!), who will undoubtedly remain an obscure reference to most folks. (Maybe that'swhy you included them?) Their fantastic "Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues" gets a frequent airing at Fitter Mansions (even within the kids' earshot ) But don't you find them a bit patchy? When they're good, they're very, very good, but when they're not...they're just average. To me, McLuskey gave the impression of being in thrall to Albini, Nick Cave(Birthday Party-era) and (maybe)The Pixies, rather than forging their own identity. Fair enough, there are far worse artists to be in thrall to...but I can't see how you justify placing them (an average Welsh post-core band) above the unique and legendary Husker Du, for example , (albeit their latter albums failed to live up to the standards set by Zen Arcade and New Day Rising) There have been better UK power-trios in the post-punk/post-core vein. For starters, I can only assume by their omission from your list, that you are unfamiliar with Rudimentary Peni, whose works of demented genius throughout the 80s make McLuskey look like rank amateurs in the "crazed-power-trio" stakes. Next to Peni, McLuskey are virtually Kajagoogoo. Rudimentary Peni sounded like nothing else before or since, and continue to be spoken of in hushed reverential tones in certain circles. Their early EPs are collected on disc (The EPs of RP) whilst their indispensible classic albums "Death Church" and "Cacophany" are also available on CD. Steve Albini was a big fan of Peni. Check them out, Paul: I think you'd like them. Also worthy of mention, Fudge Tunnel (from Nottingham) were a mighty colossus of a beast. Mistakenly tagged as some UK response to the Seattle grunge scene, the Tunnel of Fudge were actually more influenced by the Chicago noise scene of the late 80s, melded to distinctive features of the UK grind-core sound. Nerve Rack were another impressive post-core power-trio from the same era (late 80s/early 90s) influenced equally by elements of US alt-core of Big Black, Sonic Youth, as well as the UK post-punk of The Fall, Gang Of 4, PIL, Killing Joke, etc. Their albums "Gnaw" and "Experiments With Facial Hair" are difficult (but not impossible) to get hold of nowadays, but I suspect they might tickle your fancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 You forgot Violent Femmes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Hey, I used to have a Fudge Tunnel album. They indeed rocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Tell me more, Das. Title, tracklist, that sort of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 "Creep Diets" - the one that had "Tipper Gore" on it. I worked in a record shop, and it came in as a promo (along with the Brujeria album with the actual severed head on the cover). Of course, the name caught my eye, so I checked it out. It seemed to piss off the annoying people (i.e., customers), so we played it a good bit. Then I stole it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 A corking album and no mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 It really gets you where it hurts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 I really think they should feature in Paul's Top 16, y'know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Try as they might they just couldn't squeeze out The Jam, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Fudge Tunnel squeezing out the Jam is imagery I can do without, mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Hey, you started it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 I did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 Corking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 An unusual choice of adjective, I confess, but used with no intentional punnery in mind. The description "a cracking album" might have been yet more apposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daslied Posted January 30, 2007 Report Share Posted January 30, 2007 I think it was the italics more than anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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