ins_aset@jhunix.BITNET (Susanne E Trowbridge) (10/17/86)
> What is the best hardcore album (hopefully available)? Well, I don't know if you'd call them HARDCORE, but I was basically introduced to these bands by somebody who listened to a lot of "thrash" stuff as well...Flipper's "Album" is one of my favorite records ever. I don't have a rational reason for this, I just love the thing. It's not really loud and fast enough to be called hardcore, though. There are two very long tracks, one at the end of each side, guaranteed to alarm your neighbors if you crank 'em up loud. And some niftykeen songs that are definitely the catchiest in this genre ("Way of the World," "Life")...Meat Puppets' "II" has a bit of everything, from hardcore to country to pop. Slightly Violent Femmes-like. The only album of theirs I like, by the way. > Any recommendations from the Severed Heads fans >out there as to what else I should hunt down by the band? The "Goodbye Tonsils" EP is worth checking out, as is "City Slab Horror," their second (I think) album. Oh yeah, and "Dead Eyes Opened," an EP on Nettwerk Records. > -Peter >"If the world were a different place, > It'd occupy another space" > -The Woodentops You're a man after my own heart, Peter. By the way, the 'Tops will be coming back to America (swoon) next week!!!!!! They're playing in DC on the 23rd and I can't wait. If they are coming to your town, SEE them. Next to Robyn Hitchcock, they're my fave live band. And they've got a cute singer. Sigh. OK, I'll shut up now. If you've got some extra cash burning a hole in your pocket, I propose you spend it on The Fall's "Bend Sinister" and The Chameleons' "Strange Times." Both LPs have brought me loads of happiness in the past week (and boy, have I needed it). Note to anybody who thinks the Fall is too "weird" or "inaccessible" -- their new album is the most "commercial" thing they've ever done. OK, so they're not going to be signing with CBS anytime soon, but still...they are a BRILLIANT band! Sometimes I think that there is nothing more wonderful than music. -sue