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Stroke 9 - Smiths influenced
Posted on Thu, Jan 27 2000 at 9:29 a.m. PST
by David T. <david@morrissey-solo.com>
From Pep:

Luke, the lead singer of Stroke 9, cites The Smiths as one of his early influences on their site:
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Stroke 9 is a San Francisco-based rock band whose career thus far has followed the indie-rock work ethic to the letter. They formed in high school, released two albums themselves, booked their own national tour, and eventually made so much noise that they got signed.

..."The first thing with our music is always the song," Luke says. "In high school I was into a lot of English new wave - The Smiths, Love And Rockets, New Order - and then I had a big classic rock phase. I've just always been attracted to melodic music."


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Well, this is a coincidence! I was just reading a very favourable review on this Marin county band in the SF Chronicle two days ago. I'd never heard of them before, but it seems they are on their way to the big time, or at least according to the journalist. It is nice to see a local band keeping the Smiths flame burning! Has anyone out there been to one of their shows?

J. Razor
San Francisco - Thu, Jan 27, 2000 at 12:06:28 (PST) | #1




I don't know how good of a band they might be , but I for one am so sick of that stupid commercial thats on every two seconds tryng to sell that record. Talk about about lable support. If a Morrissey record got that much attention it would go platinum, anything would. Give it a rest Strokers!

Niko <pangeorg@localnet.com>
Buffalo, New York - Thu, Jan 27, 2000 at 13:33:17 (PST) | #2




Couldn't agree with you more, Niko. Supposedly MTV is considering starting M3 to fulfill its commercial obligation towards stroke 9's record company. Just goes to show that a little bit o' money can make any song a "brand new smash hit."

Jeff <mzthang@bellatlantic.net>
- Fri, Jan 28, 2000 at 07:35:13 (PST) | #3




Not to be critical, but I've heard them and they are bad, bad, bad. They're that bad.

ecce <chaste@iname.com>
NYC - Fri, Jan 28, 2000 at 12:38:47 (PST) | #4




The single is catchy but the rest of the album is your run of the mill Third Eye Blind, Better Than Ezra, Wallflowers alt rock crap.

Seems a Little Strange
- Fri, Jan 28, 2000 at 18:03:55 (PST) | #5




singing about a "little black backpack" is kinda lame.

spunky
- Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 15:24:00 (PST) | #6




Not the same Spunky who keeps e-mailing me through ICQ asking 'Fancy meeting for sex?' I hope.

If it is, stop. You annoy me.

Kate
The North Of you-know-where.... - Sun, Jan 30, 2000 at 10:44:23 (PST) | #7






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