the Japanese one with the wigs and guitar solos
― punksishippies, Monday, 19 September 2016 12:44 (seven years ago) link
Dream machine,John and Exene,Smear campaign,And a SWAT team!
― flappy bird, Monday, 19 September 2016 18:12 (seven years ago) link
Oh, you guys.
― augh (Control Z), Monday, 19 September 2016 21:49 (seven years ago) link
The LA band has a deeper, longer catalog but the Aussies "Aspirations" is possibly better than "Los Angeles".
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 02:01 (seven years ago) link
Precisely.
― augh (Control Z), Tuesday, 20 September 2016 06:15 (seven years ago) link
Control Pee
― hunangarage, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 06:23 (seven years ago) link
Same old ILM.
― augh (Control Z), Tuesday, 20 September 2016 06:26 (seven years ago) link
i had never heard the aussie x until i saw this thread. thx
― dynamicinterface, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 22:13 (seven years ago) link
Only song I've heard by the Aussie band is this one...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYeDY6YkzIg
...but its a good one.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 20 September 2016 22:23 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3gnJuhlrJY
― augh (Control Z), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 01:28 (seven years ago) link
The story goes that X-Aspirations, one of the most important and underrated albums of the punk era in Australia, was recorded in a mere five hours. The scoop, published almost 30 years later on the eve of its reissue, was that it actually took just four
― augh (Control Z), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 01:33 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzsE2fsOtOU
Is the correct title of the album "Aspirations" or "X-Aspirations"?
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 15:20 (seven years ago) link
X-Aspirations. I took it as a play on "exasperations."
― augh (Control Z), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 16:43 (seven years ago) link
present is the track that got me the most hype but the whole first album is so good. can't believe i had never even heard of these guys before.
― dynamicinterface, Thursday, 22 September 2016 00:10 (seven years ago) link
I only discovered them a few weeks ago myself, though I had heard of them distantly before. (I could be imagining this, but there might even have been a joke about "hipster music nerds" involving them -- something like "X? I assume you mean the band from Sydney. They were much better than the American X," sniffily.) "Present" stuck in my head instantly and has returned intermittently ever since. "GOT A PRESENT IT'S A PRESENT FOR YOU! IT'S IN A GARBAGE BAG!," etc. And I like the mid-'80s stuff too, particularly the track I posted, "Halfway Round the World," though it's not nearly as rough.
― augh (Control Z), Thursday, 22 September 2016 02:03 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 30 December 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link
Voted X.
― shackling the masses with plastic-wrapped snack picks (sic), Saturday, 30 December 2017 01:09 (six years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 31 December 2017 00:01 (six years ago) link