underrated? ok.

the truth is that his discography is very spotty. if he released less material - just the really good stuff - he'd probably not be so underrated.

but he's not actually underrated...

(original post lost, but it was no doubt a comparison of screaming females to some other band)

she sounds more than a little bit like billy corgan, both vocally and guitar-wise.

yeah, i think you’re looking for sonic youth.

this is great in small doses, but it really only works as proof of concept performance art; after you’ve been shocked, or had your eyes opened, or whatever, it just collapses into a meaningless racket. it’s a shame it never got orchestrated, because it’s downright fucking fierce....but *all* it is is fierce, and the effect *does* wear off....

u2's fake disco phase was far more creative and convincing.

hallowe'en playlist

this is still the best thing i know of to blast from your windows tonight as kids walk by. it will get a pretty horrified reaction; i did this a few times in the late 90s.

(original post lost)

well, that's over the top.

the offspring seem to have been initially modeled mostly after the damned, although the dk influence was always very strong. i think anybody arguing that the offspring were never hardcore would be correct. they had more of a thrash influence. but, in truth they're one of the most "british sounding" punk bands to come out of the entire socal 80s scene.

jello also did a spoken word intro on their fourth record, which was '96 or '97.

the more things change, the more they stay the same

i find if you talk to youngish hippies/folkies, they tend to inevitably out themselves as small-c conservatives. i wasn't alive in the 60s, but i get the feeling that it was probably the case then, too.

too idiotic to be real...