i don't even like any bands on stomp records. i mean, i'm aware of the existence of stomp records. but it's really not my thing. well, i used to like rocket from the crypt back in the 90s, but they weren't on stomp records. nor could i see them being interested in what i'm doing.
strange. wonder if it's somebody i used to know.
*ducks*
wait. did jessica just post a pop reference?
is she alright?
like most 90s kids i had my share of exposure to sublime, and enjoyed rocking out to a few songs at parties, but i can't claim i was much of a fan. in fact, all the hendrix rips sort of bothered me.
and, like most 90s kids, i had a couple of chili peppers discs. but i liked the one with dave navarro the best. and thought they were better when they were being weird than when they were being funk.
jim thirlwell is something i was seriously into, but he falls more into the swing category.
and i guess i've spent some time exploring the ol' reverend, and greatly enjoyed his guitar playing, but he's also definitely before my time. passive fan at most.
generally, i prefer surf punk (think man or astroman?) over punkabilly or ska.
this is a thirlwell project that is often described as "industrial swing".
see, the chilli peppers were better as a psych act. sorry...this seriously blew my mind at the time....
this is also the song that the mars volta basically modeled their entire career on.
ok. i posted the album version because the cut on the video has always bothered me. cuts the song up. hate it when they do that. well, i guess they don't do that anymore..
but the homoerotic images in this video were totally risque in the mid 90s. caused a big kerfuffle with the censors.
the hendrix rip is shameless.
^ it's really practically a hendrix/marley mashup.
also popular, and a progressive track overall, but maybe a little offensive by current standards.
and i don't know how well known these guys are nowadays, but they were basically drive like jehu's arty side project, drive like jehu being the band that hot snakes was formed out of.
actually, this is something else that's relevant, although they were in some ways a foetus knock-off.
