POX Great forgotten american indie albums of the 90s list.

What "RIYL" type bands would you say they remind you of?

The Summer Hits - Beaches And Canyons
Cherubs - Heroin Man
Pitchblende Quartet - Gygax!
Further - Sometimes Chimes

Couch Flambeau "Ghostride"
Electric Eels "Having a Philosophical Investigation with..."
Ass Ponys "Mr. Superlove"
Fish & Roses "Dear John"
Shrimp Boat "Duende" and "Cavale"
Schramms "Rock, Paper, Scissors, Dynamite"
Pell Mell "Flow"
Velvet Crush "In the Presence of Greatness"
Unrest "Imperial f.f.r.r."
Love Child "Witchcraft"
Frank Allison & the Odd Sox "Hokey Smoke"
Raymond & Peter "Shut Up Little Man"
DQE "But Me, I Fell Down"
Supreme Dicks "The Unexamined Life"
Tarnation "I'll Give You Something to Cry About"
Cardinal s/t

I'm not sure that Unrest is as forgotten as many of these others are (wasn't it Spin's album of the year in 1991?).

The Mountain Goats - Sweden
Peach Cobbler - Georgia Peach
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - The Funeral Pudding
Seam - Headsparks

Thumbs up on the TFUL pick!

Tarnation and DQE OTM!

Pell Mell -- that reminds me, god, I used to love that Geffen record they did. Is that Flow? We used to play it in the store all the time. I bet THAT's one that you can find on Amazon for a penny. wait, let me check... Ha! OK, Flow was SST; Interstate was the major label one and, yes, Amazon has it for $0.95!! A bargain.

Ok I got one for you:

Babylon Dance Band - Four on One. this is really good!! I just listened to it like two weeks ago. Worst selling Matador release ever? did that Toys Went Berserk record ever come out?

Also, sorry, scratch Bailter Space (not American) and substitute:
3. Walt Mink - Miss Happiness

Tim, Ed's Redeeming Qualities were very much in late-'70s Jonathan Richman mode, except with more bite & somewhat less charisma. They led with goofy lyrics ("Lawn Dart" was the irritating novelty hit), followed through with really strong melodies. The two 7"s (and Tim Alborn's proto-Harriet Records _Harmony In Your Head_ cassette) had a lot of my favorite songs of theirs.

Neil & Electric Sound, Karla Schickele of Beekeeper has indeed been in Ida for the last few years, and also records as K.

I really really miss Unrest. Although I would happily accept Flin Flon as a substitute if they made more records. I might even like Flin Flon more.

and the spinanes' "strand"...

I'd like to add Scarce's 'Deadsexy' to the list, though.

others :

cold water flat
crown heights
flick - the perfect kellulight
superdrag - various
grand mal
lotion
tripping daisy
wool

I don't know about forgotten, but perhaps still undersung:

Codeine Frigid Stars LP
Freakwater Feels Like the Third Time
Scud Mountain Boys Massachusetts
Come 11:11

Also, though they are perhaps not forgotten either, the Grifters' recordings, pre-Sub Pop.

I mentioned him offhand upthread ("One of the guys in Ed's Redeeming Qualities writes the "Cheap Eats" food column in the San Francisco Bay Guardian.") If you like cheap food in SF, the weekly column's pretty funny (although occasionally too hokey).

The Dambuilders 7" - "Shrine" b/w "Candyguts" OTM

I am very happy that someone mentioned Walt Mink.

I remember a lot of Nick Drake samples in late 80s sebadoh/sentridoh.

Scrawl, Velvet Hammer

Timco, Gentleman Jim

this thread makes me want to run home and listen to nothing but '90s Amer-Indie all weekend.

Thumbs and pinkies up for Chavez though!

Oh yes. Crappin You Negative and Eureka by The Grifters are both records that I really love. They had a really diverse sound and very good songs.

Engine Kid -- Angel Wings
I got this off the band after seeing them play a full on, go ape set live to ten people in Louisville. Engine Kid generally got slagged off as a Slint or Melvins rip, which is somewhat accurate considering their sound but doensn't give credit that they were pretty good at what they were trying to do. How many punk/indie bands would even attempt to do a roll through Coltrane's "Ole"? Their mashed up sound probably would make much more headway today.

That is a *really* random list on account of not being in the presence of my rekkids right now

Sleepyhead - Starduster
Number One Cup - Possum Trot Plan
Lotion - The Full Issac
Six Finger Satellite - The Pigeon is the Most Popular Bird
Pond - The Practice of Joy Before Death
Scarce - Red
Heartworms - Space Escapade
Archers of Loaf - All the Nations Airports
Butterglory - Crumble
Hazel - Toreader of Love
February - Tomorrow is Today
Mazarin - Watch it Happen
Spent - A Seat Beneath the Chairs
Pop Defect - Don't Be Hateful

Poole - the Late Engagement

(just heard one of their songs on a Spin Art comp)

Baked Bean Teeth would be bananas for not nominating that.

Any news on the Philistines? Didn't the Zambonis 'success'alter their radar somewhat.

The only 'twee indie' band that didn't want to make me throw up, those Philistines Jr folk.

The Tarquin Records website doesn't seem to have been updated in years, but there are some good MP3's by the Philistines, Happiest Guys in the World and the Zamboni's. And the Tarquin Records Christmas record is worth tracking down, especially for the cover of "Do They Know It's Christmas".

http://www.tarquinrecords.com/home.html

Also, Beatnik Filmstars - Inhospitalable

Beatnik Filmstars were British.

I'd never heard of the Philistines when I first clocked eyes on the cover of their first (?) vinyl, in Hull, England's only 'indie' shop 'Offbeat' . I just had to buy it. Fuck the content.

'Let it Be' rooftop shot, blatantly ripped, with a smiling skin (Tarquin) daubed all over the craniums of the 'Mats. The added bonus to me was that I thought (wrongly?) they were taking the piss out of Dinosaur, with the Jr. bit added.

It was one of those rare purchase gambles that paid off.

I never heard the Peel Session ( can't even start on what he (Peel ) meant/will mean to me). Maybe it was another bad dream but seem to recall that the Philistines supported the Family Cat in the UK.

Something else i missed

This is one hell of a rock and roll record. My vote for best rock record of the 90s.

I'd like to second Number One Cup, but substitute either Sleepyhead's first or third LP for "Starduster."

Also: Pest 5000, "Interabang"

Been lucky enough to travel round the USA now and again ( thanks credit cards). Last time I was over, dragged the poor ex girlfriend from Austin to lawrence , Kansas in a one day haul. I wanted to see where the Embarrassment where from. I've since learnt that they were from Wichita?
But that night we visited, is it The Replay Lounge?, to discover that I'd missed Bachman's Crooked Fingers by one night.
I suppose this was evened out by chatting in the lovely Beer Garden to someone who knew the sound man for the Get Up Kids.

Oh yeaH, in austin I met King Coffey and the ex drummer from Shattered Faith who was going to take me out into the wilds to meet Biscuit from Big Boys .

Did I mention that she is my ex?

this thread makes me want to run home and listen to nothing but '90s Amer-Indie all weekend.

-- echoinggrove (echoinggrov...), October 29th, 2004

seriously. I'm gonna have to break out a lot of this stuff this weekend.

I'm glad to see all the Come mentions on this thread, too; they were awesome, great band.

HOLY SHIT YES!

Shudder To Think - Pony Express Record
Smart Went Crazy - Con Art
Chavez - Ride the Fader
Thin White Rope - The Ruby Sea (or was that 80s?)
Lotion - Nobody's Cool
Circle X - Celestial
Tsunami - A Brilliant Mistake
Loud Family - Interbabe Concern
Small Factory - I Do Not Love You
US Maple - Long Hair in Three Stages
UK BONUS: Marine Research - Sounds From the Gulf Stream

This is in addition to the shout-outs to Run On, the Philistines Jr., the Dog-Faced Hermans, Beekeeper, TFUL282, Unrest, Scrawl, 6FS, and, oh, every other band on this list.

I actually talked to one of the Katis Bros. on the phone once - I sent a goofy gushing e-mail re: the Philistines Jr. (possibly also re: my abortive attempt to be a show-booker), and he e-mailed me back w/ his phone number. So, what the hell, I called him & we chatted for about 10 minutes about stuff & other stuff - when I asked him about the Philistines playing out more often than once every 10 years, he mentioned many mitigating factors, one of which was trying to actually reproduce their studio shenanigans live.

If you find any Tarquin Records releases on eBay, it's probably one of the (the only?) non-Katis Zambonis selling it - this was true two years ago, anyway.

xpsot - WICKED FARLEYS!!!! I always meant to get Make It It, but never did - I'm guessing it's OOP?

Yes, the Papas Fritas s/t is the one with TV Movies and Lame to Be. It's a gorgeously dinky-sounding pop album.

so like Zoom's s/t CD on Lotuspool Records from Lawrence Kansas for example. and Kill Creek had some good records. things like that. wicked farleys, too. they have a new band called certainly, sir that's like a kompaktian/indiedance outfit in Boston.

so... locally-released forgotten and/or OOP and/or defunct labels is kinda where this thread should be going methinks...

seltzer OTM, this record was great, totally forgotten. Also ditto to This White Rope's The Ruby Sea which, along with Sackful of Silver were the only TWR records I really liked.

The first Loud Family album (plants and birds and rocks and things) was really good too, though I got increasingly less interested in them with each release.

very embarrassing moment(the morning after) 2/3 years ago when we rolled in from pub and were blasting 'Sci-fi song' to our neighbours, when we clocked the tel. no on the rear of cover.Obviously,they wanted us to call?

I would like to apologiise now to the Katis family and all those who may have been affected by our loving message

If we're gonna get picky-nicky, then feel free to sub something from my list w/:

Damn Near Red - the record referred to as their "Swedish B-side" compilation (and I believed it @ first!)

Kyle, do not deny the power of "Sodium Laureth Sulfate" & "Don't Respond, She Can Tell"!

Dittos to the Mazarin, Atavistic-era Eleventh Dream Day and World of Pooh releases. (Did that World of Pooh compilation CD ever see the light of day, btw?)

x-post Ditch Croaker, LMFAO.

Fucking awesome.

Epitome of Rawk

Jean jackets flailing into the heavens

Maaaan, back in the day...let the good times feed us.

Respect.

What happened to Weird Paul;?

Prisonshake "I'm Really Fucked Now"
Men & Volts "Cheer Up"
Curlew "Bee"
Trunk "La-Ugh"
Datura Seeds "Who Do You Want It to Be"
Fire in the Kitchen "Theory of Everything"
King Kong "The Old Man and the Bridge"
Nothing Painted Blue "A Baby, a Blanket, a Packet of Seeds"
Tube Bar Deluxe
Shrimp Boat "Volume 1"
Treepeople "Guilt Regret Embarrassment"
Vomit Launch "Dogeared"
Luxurious Bags "Voluntary Lifelong Quarantine"
Grifters "So Happy Together"
God Is My Co-Pilot "I Am Not This Body"
Fly Ashtray "Clumps Takes a Ride"
Sun City Girls "Live from Planet Boomerang"
Styrenes "It's Artastic!"
Karl Hendricks Trio "Buick Electra"

Modern Vending and the Datura Seeds were both cool bands. Vess also had some good songs in the United States 3.

The 90s Indiana bands that fell through the cracks that make me sad are Speed Luxury and the Steve Kowalski Army. I'd love to get a copy of the Speed Luxury demos and the SK 7"s and the orange tape. I keep hoping someone will eventually put some of that kind of stuff together. It bums me out that those two bands never even got to put out a proper CD/LP. They were both so good live.

You rang?

And, I was *this* close to releasing a 7" by Steve Kowalski Army..."Can't Find London" woulda been the A side. I backed out when I realized it probably wouldn't have sold.

That photo above, btw, is "Weird" Paul Petroskey. I still remember putting up him and Manny Theiner when Weird Paul played a show at the Lounge Ax in 1991 or so. As I remember it, he played with plastic Army men on the edge of the stage as part of his set.

Speed Luxury (aka Joyride aka Trailside Killers) were bad ass. They were my favorite of the B-ton, Indy, Muncie band brigade of that time period. Their EP they recorded with John Strom was OK, but they held back their best tunes for an album which was promised by a label and never happened.

All of The Grifter's side projects definitely underscore that they were more than the sum of their parts when together. They were great the two times I saw them live.

morbid, lost-love songs. perfect if you're in the right mood.

Also Drop Acid were fun.

Oh my, American 90's Indie was so great.

Hey does anybody interested in this stuff want to go to a really great shop in northern NJ for really obscure 90s vinyl that has been sitting there since it was released... with me? I'm probably going back this coming Saturday, and I want to keep it a secret and tell everyone at the same time. Luckily, not many people care about this kind of stuff, which is why its been sitting in this store for so long. Yesterday I purchased from here:

Boyracer - Racer 100 EP one sided 12" (label says super limited and I believe it)
Eggs - Exploder 2xLP
Rollerball - Apples/Le Galaxy 7" (really charming 90s indie-pop band, not much info about them out there)

Is that the Rollerball from Portland? If so, they are still active and better than ever.

Oh probably! Thats good to hear.

i just remembered the band dis-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGPkO4dAXxM

They had the best song titles.

also from the OP: Beekeeper 'Ostrich' (how could something so awesome just dissappear?) <- this is a really good album

Not really forgotten, because not many heard them to start with, but Boise, Idaho's Dirt Fishermen put out a record on C/Z that I still like a lot, Vena Cava. Duelling female vocals would certainly appeal to fans of The Breeders or Veruca Salt, with a bit lower-fi production, like maybe Salem 66. Very 4AD-ish song titles: "Caracul," "Ingridory," "Wrath of Rabbit."