I think if not for Sounds, I would never have known who Expando Brain were, so I have them to thank for that alone.
― Enemy Insects (NickB), Wednesday, April 22, 2009 2:25 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Sounds had a hand in releasing http://www.discogs.com/release/748151 which I guess is a pretty good snapshot of a time when hardcore was sort of burned out and US punk was quite non-restrictive. I really like the DJ Lebowitz and Stikky songs on this
― National Lampoon's Minimal House (DJ Mencap), Saturday, 25 April 2009 07:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Any list from 1987 that includes David Sylvian's Secrets Of The Beehive gets my vote.
― Earl of Gothington Manor (Bimble), Saturday, 25 April 2009 09:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Couldn't find any Expando Brain on slsk, though, strangely.
― Earl of Gothington Manor (Bimble), Saturday, 25 April 2009 10:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 27 April 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, I was pretty surprised to see the Dan album on that list too. Mencap's OTM about where they're coming from. Didn't have that particular album, but I got the one after it (Mother With Child And Bunny) which was fairly decent female-fronted grotbag hippy punk stuff, with a mixture of thee olde shouty buzzsaw post-hardcore punk rock and some strummy acoustic songs too. If it helps to give it a bit more context, that one came out on on Workers Playtime records who put out a lot of the Snuff records, and Anhrefn too IIRC.
http://uk82.150m.com/pics/dan.jpg
― Enemy Insects (NickB), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 08:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah Dan were part of that late 80s post-anarcho scene along with Thatcher On Acid and that kind of thing.
* Stupids - Van StupidThe Stupids were a great US-style HC thrash band (who just reformed).
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 08:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Think they're touring with the Hard Ons too, just like in the days of yore.
― Enemy Insects (NickB), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 08:42 (fifteen years ago) link
BTW Expando Brain were a Boston band who sounded like this: http://www.myspace.com/expandobrain
Kind of like the Feelies having a funny turn or something. Steve Smith went on to be in Salem 66 who were a bit hit and miss, but the entire Expando Brain discography (okay, just one album and one 7" that I know of) was 100% genius the whole way through. Maybe they were a bit like a noisier and much more ramshackle Big Dipper?
― Enemy Insects (NickB), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 08:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Terrible innit when you dont even notice results of your own poll years ago
― Cosmic Slop, Friday, 19 August 2016 23:05 (seven years ago) link
All these 2000s polls have ruined my brain. I forgot that NME used to be into good music.
― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 20 August 2016 00:01 (seven years ago) link