Early Alternative Rock/College Rock?

[antony]

I've always liked mid-80's early 90's english (sorry british peeps here, lack of description on this side of the pond) rock, new wave, alternative, neo-psycedilia? types of music. The Church, Echo and the Bunnymen seem to be the most famous.

the question I have, is Im trying to find some other of these types of bands, and being that is no real "record store" anymore, it's hard to find someone that sells CDs that knows anything about music that is 5 years old or more.

I've also checked out mighty lemon drops, Electronic. I have somemore, but I haven't filed them yet, so they're buried in I-Tunes.

anyone else that knows what I'm speaking about/listening to?

[Opiyum]

I've always liked mid-80's early 90's english (sorry british peeps here, lack of description on this side of the pond) rock, new wave, alternative, neo-psycedilia? types of music. The Church, Echo and the Bunnymen seem to be the most famous.

the question I have, is Im trying to find some other of these types of bands, and being that is no real "record store" anymore, it's hard to find someone that sells CDs that knows anything about music that is 5 years old or more.

I've also checked out mighty lemon drops, Electronic. I have somemore, but I haven't filed them yet, so they're buried in I-Tunes.

anyone else that knows what I'm speaking about/listening to?

If only there were two Echo and the bunnyman....cant think of anything right off the top of my head and I think I know what your talking about...Ill get back to ya.

[skeletontea]

Some similar bands would be the Psychedelic Furs, The Chameleons UK, Icicle Works, The Teardrop Explodes, and The Legendary Pink Dots (though Edward Ka-spel's Voice is an acquired taste).

You may also like Love & Rockets, who spawned from the classic Gothic Rock band Bauhaus.

[poonwhalla]

the only one I can think of is modern english eventhough I can't think of a single song

[antony]

thanks for the correction opi. when chicagos alternative station (Q101) first started they played all this music during the "retro lunch" but then clear channel bought them and they started with the nu-metal shit, and fred durst protege bands. anyone from chicago know XRT is the best station and they do play Love & Rockets, but I cant remember a song of theirs. but keep um coming, i need this shit, its my new kick in muzac right now.

on XM, Lucy is the station for more of this music.

[katomic]

Hears some very random links that might help wikipedia is a great place to lern about new bands and the history of music
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Peel_Sessions_artists john peel :hangloose

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_rock

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A3898326

http://www.nme.com/

Total guess don’t laugh

The smiths
The cranberries

I may be getting a bit new and Indie hear but The Stone Roses and Suede ?

Hope this helps

[Opiyum]

Oh I didnt even realize i did that...I just meant that I liked them so much that I wish there were two of them...like imagine two tweedys..

[antony]

Oh I didnt even realize i did that...I just meant that I liked them so much that I wish there were two of them...like imagine two tweedys..

god broke the mold after they made Jeff Tweedy, Thom Yorke, John Lennon, and thankfully Yoko Ono.

edit: i think it is "men"

[antony]

Hears some very random links that might help wikipedia is a great place to lern about new bands and the history of music
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Peel_Sessions_artists john peel :hangloose

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_rock

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A3898326

http://www.nme.com/

Total guess don’t laugh

The smiths
The cranberries

I may be getting a bit new and Indie hear but The Stone Roses and Suede ?

Hope this helps
The Stone Roses are one of my favs. and i know suede somewhere. on to downloading and Mr. Barnes and Noble!

[insanesteveo]

thanks for the correction opi. when chicagos alternative station (Q101) first started they played all this music during the "retro lunch" but then clear channel bought them and they started with the nu-metal shit, and fred durst protege bands. anyone from chicago know XRT is the best station and they do play Love & Rockets, but I cant remember a song of theirs. but keep um coming, i need this shit, its my new kick in muzac right now.

on XM, Lucy is the station for more of this music.

I HATE CLEAR CHANNEL!

also, try www.homersmusic.com. its a local music store, looks like they have all their stuff online too. the employees are VERY knowledgeable(in case you are in town). the questionnaire to get hired there is very long and very music oriented.

[ZodiacKiller]

I dunno if this fits in the category, but I fuckin love Missing Persons.

I'm sure you're a fan Opiyum, I mean, c'mon, Terry Bozzio has got to be one of the best drummers on the planet.

Actually, now that i think about it, how 'bout another bunch of ex- Zappa alumni: Duran Duran, and The Power Station. (RIP Robert Palmer).

ZK

[HistoryofMadness]

Would you consider Brian Eno, David Bowie, and Robert Fripp (and the collaberations of these guys) in this genre? They've done some pretty cool shit.

-H

[antony]

Would you consider Brian Eno, David Bowie, and Robert Fripp (and the collaberations of these guys) in this genre? They've done some pretty cool shit.

-H
Im massive fan of Brian Eno. True story: my friends parents bought his beach house on lake michigan, they didn't care, but i thought it was cool that maybe he got some ideas of new music there, he must of, it was beautiful.

have you listened to the reissues of "Ambient 1 Music for Airports? or Apollo Atmospheres?" or you into his earlier stuff like "Needle's in the Camels Eye?"

i like this thread. Anyone pick up Aphex Twin's "Drukqs"? bit of weird, even for him, but tracks like Avril 14th make it worth a buy.

[skeletontea]

I dunno if this fits in the category, but I fuckin love Missing Persons.
ZK
I love em' too! I have some of their stuff on vinyl, as well as some Icicle Works, some other new wave bands, and a bunch of gothic rock. Too bad my Mom accidentally broke both of my phonographs (one 4 years ago, the other 3.)

P.S. Ant, Brian Eno is great, and Roxy Music went downhill after he left. I'd recommend checking out their self-titled debut, but I can't personally recomend anything after that.

[katomic]

Phonograph LOL funny word its a deck dude 2 = decks add a mixer an amp and you got yourself a party

:party:

An M&M Party

[ZodiacKiller]

I forgot, and how could I, two of my ultimate faves:

Skinny Puppy

Joy Division

ZK

[antony]

who's song is this?

it goes something like

guns, guns, guns, guns,

fire,fire, fire, fire,

ya know what im singing?

it's industrial. for some reason i thinks its skinny puppy

[skeletontea]

That would be "Join the Chant", by Nitzer Ebb. I'm listening to it right now actually. And I love Skinny Puppy.

[Phluck]

A bit before that era, but the Talking Heads are, of course, awesome.

[antony]

A bit before that era, but the Talking Heads are, of course, awesome.

wake up phluck, thats at LEAST five years earlier than what im talking about. come on man.








j/k, this thread has progressed a bit in both directions and different genres, than what the title suggests. youre right tho, they were awsome;)

and thanks skeletontea, thats the song, i don't think ive heard it in 10 years.

[zombiewoof23]

A bit before that era, but the Talking Heads are, of course, awesome.

Talking Heads are prlly my favorite. The movie "Stop Making Sense," directed by John Demme, is one of my all time favorite movies. I've turned on so many people to that particular movie. I never could figure out what "label" to put on Talking Heads music.

[Cornburglar]

I've always liked mid-80's early 90's english (sorry british peeps here, lack of description on this side of the pond) rock, new wave, alternative, neo-psycedilia? types of music. The Church, Echo and the Bunnymen seem to be the most famous.

the question I have, is Im trying to find some other of these types of bands, and being that is no real "record store" anymore, it's hard to find someone that sells CDs that knows anything about music that is 5 years old or more.

I've also checked out mighty lemon drops, Electronic. I have somemore, but I haven't filed them yet, so they're buried in I-Tunes.

anyone else that knows what I'm speaking about/listening to?

Hey... I used to love Adam and the Ants. Not the Adam Ant stuff from the late 80's/early 90's so much but when Adam was with the Ants!

That was some good new wave shit!

[ZodiacKiller]

Hey... I used to love Adam and the Ants. Not the Adam Ant stuff from the late 80's/early 90's so much but when Adam was with the Ants!

That was some good new wave shit!

Hell yeah, it was!! Thanks for reminding me about that, now I must hunt some down.

Oh, how 'bout early Gary Numan, wasn't it called Tubeway Army?

[Cornburglar]

Hell yeah, it was!! Thanks for reminding me about that, now I must hunt some down.

Oh, how 'bout early Gary Numan, wasn't it called Tubeway Army?

Try to find the Adam and the Ants Peele sessions. I used to have that CD, it was awesome.

[antony]

Hey... I used to love Adam and the Ants. Not the Adam Ant stuff from the late 80's/early 90's so much but when Adam was with the Ants!

That was some good new wave shit!

dead on, but didn't he recently (5-6 years) go bizerk? i think so, too bad.

[devilsdrug]

brian eno man your seriously close to negative pts there buddy but really i dont know about these days but i use to be able to go to used book slash used music store NEAR a large college for picking up out of date stuff try it they also usually have underpaid knowlageable staff. (wow check sp on that one)

[skeletontea]

Oh, how 'bout early Gary Numan, wasn't it called Tubeway Army?
Surprisingly I haven't heard them, and I'm a Numan fan. Have you heard the stuff he's been working on since the late 90's? He began adding elements of industrial, and darkwave. Now each album he's released since this period began has been darker, heavier, and more electronic then the last as the industrial elements become more prominent. He just came out with a new album "Jagged", I hope it's good.

Edit: And Yes, I am of course a fan of his 80's solo work as well. Hmm, Just downloaded "Haunted" from http://www.jagged-album.com. He's now damn near industrial metal, with traditional Numan elements.

[HistoryofMadness]

Hey I almost forgot to mention a band I don't really know much about, but they do have a retro-electro sound... the band is called "IMA ROBOT" and they have a pretty unique sound. I think most people would either love it or hate it.

brian eno man your seriously close to negative pts there buddy to each his own I guess

[chemboy7]

god broke the mold after they made Jeff Tweedy, Thom Yorke, John Lennon, and thankfully Yoko Ono.

edit: i think it is "men"

Thom York? Hell yeah man, Radiohead kick's ass. Anyone know what's up with his funky crooked, off center, twitching eye though? Whenever I see Thom York, I can't help just focusing in on it and wondering what's goin' on with it. Was he just born like that or is he like always tweaking so bad that his eye flutters like that... of course that doesn't answer the off center question. Hmm, maybe he got a batch of some of that MPTP shit and it's like a parkinsons type thing and paralyzed (sp) in a twitching state like that. I don't know, can't explain it... the Thom York eye quagmire mystifies me. I can't be the only one whose wondered WTF is up with it.

[chemboy7]

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/9517/seye3zt.png (http://imageshack.us)

There he is in all his glory, the picture does little justice to the twitching though... kinda gotta see him in action. His eye intriges me because I don't understand the meaning behind it... like the Mona Lisa's smile.

[Brap]

Some similar bands would be the Psychedelic Furs, The Chameleons UK, Icicle Works, The Teardrop Explodes, and The Legendary Pink Dots (though Edward Ka-spel's Voice is an acquired taste).

You may also like Love & Rockets, who spawned from the classic Gothic Rock band Bauhaus.
they are good

[Brap]

That would be "Join the Chant", by Nitzer Ebb. I'm listening to it right now actually. And I love Skinny Puppy.
yeah man, if anyone wants to see a nitzer ebb music vid just drop by youtube. sorry for posting twice, im a newbie here :) and didnt realize i did it til to late.

[antony]

Thom York? Hell yeah man, Radiohead kick's ass. Anyone know what's up with his funky crooked, off center, twitching eye though? Whenever I see Thom York, I can't help just focusing in on it and wondering what's goin' on with it. Was he just born like that or is he like always tweaking so bad that his eye flutters like that... of course that doesn't answer the off center question. Hmm, maybe he got a batch of some of that MPTP shit and it's like a parkinsons type thing and paralyzed (sp) in a twitching state like that. I don't know, can't explain it... the Thom York eye quagmire mystifies me. I can't be the only one whose wondered WTF is up with it.

good question chem! the story, or the one that is listed, is actually a fix of a problem. when he was a kid, he was blind in that eye, and the surgery to repair it, made it, i believe, paralized.

we tried buying tix for the concert here in chicago, at a small venue, to preview their upcoming cd. before the tix were even sold out, the fucking scalpers had the tix on ebay, at starting bid of 300 bux a ticket!!! and the face value is 40 dollars. fucking pissed:mad: i hate ticket master

check the link in my sig for deadairspace for their blog

[skeletontea]

Hey ant, and chemboy. Have either of you ever seen the Radiohead documentary Meeting People is Easy? If not, I'd definitely recommend at least renting it.

[antony]

Hey ant, and chemboy. Have either of you ever seen the Radiohead documentary Meeting People is Easy? If not, I'd definitely recommend at least renting it.
yea, i've had it on constant repeat on my dvd player for the past 5 years. great flick, but at least on my copy, they only have 2 chapters, so, going to a favorite part, is invovling playing with the fast forward,and reverse buttons for like 10 mins.

i got a couple months ago, their live dvd, taped in london, asbury?, from 94. awsome.

[Opiyum]

From what I get of your taste I would suggest you check out The Mountain Goats. They have an insane amount of recording but get a little collection of assorted shit a check it out. I think you'll like it.
Sunset Tree
Nine Black Poppies
Ghanna
We Shall All Be Healed

Some good albums of theirs especially the last one. Their song titles are the wierdest ever.ummm