This Heat - Pre-Classic or Post-Dud?

every time i give This Heat (the album, and band) a good listen, i'm so impressed.

is the song "Horizontal Hold", particularly the first minute or two, the foundation of "post-hardcore", whether you hear that in some fugazi, drive like jehu, whatever?

Only recently heard the Peel Sessions. A lot of material form the first album. The version of "Horizontal Hold" is just awesome.

The comparisons to Can and Pere Ubu are not so far fetched, in my opinion. They all share a somewhat "unorthodox" approach, and the loopy & dizzying rhythms.

Hey Mark S, you crazy Brit! Your awesome. Pere Ubu are one of my favorite bands. But my obsession of Can surpasses my love for any other bands combined. Nice to hear someone else likes 'em.

In short, I say Classic! Get them all. The self-titled first record, Deceit, The Peel Sessions, and whatever else you can find. They made music that really sounds like nothing else.

Great band. I wished more bands were so daring and strange. I like those qualities. This is just a fan's perspective.

― Juan (Juan), Saturday, November 23, 2002 7:46 PM (eighteen years ago)

hell yeah