Any idea why SP weren't mentioned in Dave Grohls' Sonic Highways documentary?

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by Mals Marola

i don't know depends on what you'd rather hear: a pearl jam knock-off or a skrillex knock-off (not really, but damn those guitars are mixed stupidly low on that nixons song)

seriously though there is obv some rose-tinted goggle stuff goin on with the 90s because i'm always surprised when i re-discover some of the stuff that actually is "90s" i.e. started by at least 2014 (korn, marilyn manson, limp bizkit - i consider most of this kind of stuff "turn of the century" but yep it was right there with mellon collie and the bends etc.)

I was there it was like they were killing rock thats why i hate bithkit so much stopped listening to modern rock radio at that point got my education in the classics like zep and bowie. I thought rock was dead had no idea sleater-kinney existed at the same time as bizkit. They are the diametric opposite

[slunken]

COS I'M ALL LIT UP AGAIN

[slunken]

how is that song still being played on the radio?

[fuzzyroes]

Buckcherrys god awful. I remember when that buttrock crazy-bitch song was huge and played at any club/bar every night. It's funny how that songs been basically swept under the rug in Tonic-like fashion. You never hear it played anywhere anymore.

[fuzzyroes]

Originally Posted by slunken

they were part of that weird 3rd generation grunge movement when everyone else started moving toward electronics you started seeing bands like tonic and fastball and lit

haha yeah and bands like Fuel and that Hanging by a moment band.

I actually really liked the Lit CD at the time. Me and my buds would just be listening to that shit playing games like NHL Faceoff and Roadrash 3D for the Playstation. I Haven't heard it in probably 15 years though so I bet its aged just terribly

[fuzzyroes]

PJ's great but my god, they sure inspired the worst possible knock-off bands imaginable.

It's quite fascinating really. Usually knock-offs are decent enough for what they are but man....

[reprise85]

1. i like the first fuel album. still listen to it now and then.

2. i only remember that one tonic song, if you could only see or w/e

3. buckcherry probably is the worst out of all the bands mentioned so far. somewhere along the line i had one of their albums and man it was offensively bad.

4. bush has some OK singles and i havent listened to any albums besides their first one, but many that one was awful. not as bad as buckcherry though.

5. lit can suck it

[dodoz]

Originally Posted by fuzzyroes

PJ's great but my god, they sure inspired the worst possible knock-off bands imaginable.

It's quite fascinating really. Usually knock-offs are decent enough for what they are but man....

Fascinating indeed.
The earliest knock-off band would be Candlebox, right? Or early STP, before they got more personal.Even Hootie & the Blowfish was a PJ knockoff in its own way, wasn't it? At least vocally.

As for 3rd generation bands, I thought Fuel was alright. Very generic but fine.I would have to listen again though. On the other hand, i might have a different perspective : I've never heard one of their songs on the radio over and over and over as I'm sure it was the case in the US.

[reprise85]

u make me come (cum?)
u make me complete

u make me completely miserable

[Order 66]

i saw buckcherry at a music festival in their heyday. the singer guy kept talking about how he needed to take a shit

[slunken]

uh does anybody remember that episode of "intervention" featuring the lead guy of "days of the new"?

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by slunken

how is that song still being played on the radio?

Because rock radio has decided to give up updating playlists since the internet took over

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by fuzzyroes

Buckcherrys god awful. I remember when that buttrock crazy-bitch song was huge and played at any club/bar every night. It's funny how that songs been basically swept under the rug in Tonic-like fashion. You never hear it played anywhere anymore.

Still played in san antonio texas usa

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by reprise85

u make me come (cum?)
u make me complete

u make me completely miserable

The fucking worst

I feel like this shit blew up because of pam anderson video

[dodoz]

Originally Posted by Dade

does anyone remember failure? i was listening to a google play music radio thing for 'crosses' and this track called 'another space song' came on by failure and i instantly loved it.. somehow i've never heard of these guys or the album 'fantastic planet' from '96... the whole album is great from beginning to end, which often cues me in to search for it on vinyl, but it's a hefty $350-400 on amazon.. don't love it that much

Failure is a fantastic band, with a real vision. Three albums, three awesome albums from 92 to 96. Ken Andrews sort of reminds me of Billy in that Failure is HIS project. Failure has nothing to do in the contrived third rate third generation commercial alternative pseudo grunge bandwagon. lol

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by slunken

uh does anybody remember that episode of "intervention" featuring the lead guy of "days of the new"?

i remember seeing it i think. meth?

[Zerospaced]

Seven Mary Three is probably in my top 10 of favorite bands... Cumbersome is lame, they hate playing it live too. But they have about 5 albums of great material. Underrated imo, I've seen them live probably close to 25 times. Sadly they are no longer playing music. The drummer is a financial advisor for other rich people. The vocalist/guitarist is a producer, the bass player is in another band called NerVer. I'm not sure what the other guitarist is doing these days. I also enjoy Fuel (first album at least), the Nixons and some of the other bands mentioned on here. I just listen to what I like and don't really care about who they are ripping off or sounding like.

Do you guys remember

The Verve Pipe
Stabbing Westward
Gravity Kills....

[Trotskilicious]

i just don't understand why anyone would listen to glorified cover bands like gravity kills. you must be able to tell they are inferior to the band that they literally imitate on behalf of the major label

the verve pipe had freshmen, one of my most hated goddamn songs ever

[Dogfighter28]

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[Trotskilicious]

oh one of my favorite things

was cancelled btw

[Funbags]

Originally Posted by slunken

they were part of that weird 3rd generation grunge movement when everyone else started moving toward electronics you started seeing bands like tonic and fastball and lit

So on point with this comment.

I'll suggest that 3rd wave grunge is what spawned Nickelback.

[fuzzyroes]

Heres another 3rd wave grunge band that I haven't seen mentioned yet



I actually kind of dig this song. I picked up their cd for next to nothing ages ago and still haven't felt compelled enough to actually listen to it lol

[fuzzyroes]

Heres another kind of 3rd wave grunge band. Only know this one song by them. It was a hit for awhile in the late 90's.



Pretty catchy little ditty despite the stupid lyrics

[Trotskilicious]

stop posting canadian music unless it's japandroids or fucked up or something

[fuzzyroes]

pretty sure those bands are American man

[Trotskilicious]

i have never heard of them not even fucking once

[Trotskilicious]

is this more of your fascination with finding the most obscure reaches of grunge

[Trotskilicious]

oh wait i have heard that fly's song, i never knew what the band is i probably just attributed to some other awful band

[Mals Marola]

Originally Posted by Dade

complete blasphemy, it's not their fault all these other shit one-off bands ripped off their music. pearl jam's music is timeless, every bit if not more relevant than SP i believe.

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[Catherine Wheel]

The first Fuel album is pretty good. Some nice songs on that one. The same with Happiness Is Not A Fish by Our Lady Peace.