the best band of the nineties

[Rowdy Yeats]

How about Nirvana - anyone?

Just wondering? That's my vote, though I agree with most of Simply Thrilled's picks

 

[SimplyThrilledHoney]

The Boo Radleys and their offshoots.

> I haven't heard anything at all from the Radleys splinter groups (wasn't
> there one called Egg as well?). What are they like?

Sice released an album as "Egghead" (I think ....) Pretty much The Boos without the tunes. Nice voice, nice sound, but not very memorable. I sold my copy ....

Brave Captain is just Martin Carr. it's good .... he has a nice voice ... not disimilar to Sice's, but not so good a range. Again, quite eclectic ... beatles-esque melodies and weird, grunty aggressive stuff, sometimes in the same song. The first mini-album, "The Fignertip Saint sessions vol. 1" is well worth getting hold of.

Sorry .... I am a slack bastard. I'll send off that Edwyn CD this week. Sorry ...

 

[14g]

Nirvana's best cd

MTV Unplugged

> Just wondering? That's my vote, though I agree with most of Simply
> Thrilled's picks

 

[Billy Budd]

Re: The Boo Radleys and their offshoots.

> Sice released an album as "Egghead" (I think ....) Pretty much
> The Boos without the tunes. Nice voice, nice sound, but not very
> memorable. I sold my copy ....

> Brave Captain is just Martin Carr. it's good .... he has a nice voice ...
> not disimilar to Sice's, but not so good a range. Again, quite eclectic
> ... beatles-esque melodies and weird, grunty aggressive stuff, sometimes
> in the same song. The first mini-album, "The Fignertip Saint sessions
> vol. 1" is well worth getting hold of.

> Sorry .... I am a slack bastard. I'll send off that Edwyn CD this week.
> Sorry ...

With all this talk of The Boo Radley, I'm gonna have to pick up one of their CD's, they are one of the bands I've missed out on. Lazurus is a wonderful track, could never decide weather Wake up, was catchy, fun, or simply annoying, and I could never decide wheather their singers voice was sweet and tuneful, or he'd been listening to too many old songs from The Byrds and Love.

Which is the best one too start of with ?

 

[Ruffian]

Re: The Boo Radleys and their offshoots.

> With all this talk of The Boo Radley, I'm gonna have to pick up one of
> their CD's, they are one of the bands I've missed out on. Lazurus is a
> wonderful track, could never decide weather Wake up, was catchy, fun, or
> simply annoying, and I could never decide wheather their singers voice was
> sweet and tuneful, or he'd been listening to too many old songs from The
> Byrds and Love.

> Which is the best one too start of with ?

Go for GIANT STEPS. It's got so many great songs on it.. Can get 'spiky' sounding in parts but go with the melodies hidden in there.. A classic.

 

[russ t]

It has to be....

...Massive Attack, just for morphing the boundaries of dance/rock/indie in such a clever, stylish, original way. And Blue Lines is one of the finest records ever made, of course. Massive Attack continue to be possibly the most revered and inspired bands ever to come out of Britain. Fantastic. And any band that can persuade Elizabeth Fraser into a recording studio deserves major credit.

Also Portishead (seems Bristol was the only place making decent music in the 90s?).

Other mentions go to:
Depeche Mode (for carrying on despite everything and still releasing great singles - Barrel of a gun, In Your Room, Enjoy the Silence, Only when I lose myself.
New Order - as above.
Suede - for looking and sounding great and for the best record sleeves ever.

Best solo artists? Hmm..... Morrissey for his earliewr output in the 90s, Bjork, Sinead O'Connor, Kirsty MacColl.

> the more i hear smashing pumpkins the more i think it`s the best band of
> the nineties... i just bought siamese dream and it`s a wonderful cd.

> and which is the best band of the nineties for you?

> p.s.: the second best one is massive attack.

> p.p.s.: well, there`s the best singer and composer of the nineties too:
> Morrissey, of course.

 

[Billy Budd]

Re: The Boo Radleys and their offshoots.

> Go for GIANT STEPS. It's got so many great songs on it.. Can get 'spiky'
> sounding in parts but go with the melodies hidden in there.. A classic.

What a coincidence, I've just met my brother for lunch, and he has left that exact tape in my car. I'll give it a listen on the way home.

 

[Billy Budd]

Re: Forget New Order as a 90's band

> ...Massive Attack, just for morphing the boundaries of dance/rock/indie in
> such a clever, stylish, original way. And Blue Lines is one of the finest
> records ever made, of course. Massive Attack continue to be possibly the
> most revered and inspired bands ever to come out of Britain. Fantastic.
> And any band that can persuade Elizabeth Fraser into a recording studio
> deserves major credit.

> Also Portishead (seems Bristol was the only place making decent music in
> the 90s?).

> Other mentions go to:
> Depeche Mode (for carrying on despite everything and still releasing great
> singles - Barrel of a gun, In Your Room, Enjoy the Silence, Only when I
> lose myself.
> New Order - as above.
> Suede - for looking and sounding great and for the best record sleeves
> ever.

> Best solo artists? Hmm..... Morrissey for his earliewr output in the 90s,
> Bjork, Sinead O'Connor, Kirsty MacColl.

I rate all of that you've mentioned there, apart from New Order, they have done nothing significant since Technique in 1988, which was by far and away their best album. After recently giving their new album, the pathetically titled 'Get Ready' a fair listen. I think it's time to leave memories of New Order in the 80's, still one of the best live bands I've seen though.

 

[The Magic Fairy]

Re: The Boo Radleys and their offshoots.

> Go for GIANT STEPS. It's got so many great songs on it.. Can get 'spiky'
> sounding in parts but go with the melodies hidden in there.. A classic.

Yeah, I'd go for that as well as a good introduction (bear in mind that most of the songs are about Martin Carr drinking too much and becoming a paranoid recluse!). It's got a fair set of pop tunes, with a splash of experimental nonsense thrown in, and a couple of those wonderful pocket symphonies which seem to change style at will which they were later to develop further on "C'mon Kids!" (Eg "Leaves & Sand", "Butterfly McQueen".) Maybe that's where Super Furry Animals picked up some tips! They were labelmates after all. Oo! And there's the glorious Brian Wilson splash "Thinking of Ways"! Damn! I'm going to have to play the LP again now! One thing I loved about the Boos is that they knew how to write tunes! Cool.

TMF

 

[SimplyThrilledHoney]

Re: Forget New Order as a 90's band

hmmm ..... New Order only released one album in the 90's, "Republic", which, apart from a couple of excellent singles, is one of thgeir weakest LPs. Great band, but they were at their peak in the 80s

 

[Fabricio]

> Can't let you get away with that, The Smiths are vastly superior to those
> lot.

hehehe... i hate agreeing with you but i can`t be against you now!