"But Anyway", the first track on Blues Traveler's début, changed everything. Run DMC first said a DJ could be a band, and the Travelers took that to heart. Instead of a DJ, though, they had harmonica solos. "Dropping Some NYC" was galvanizing: "I've got a little something that I don't think you've tried", sang John Popper, and he meant a harmonica solo. Nothing was ever the same.
― L'assie (Euler), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 15:53 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q__91ggHuf4Their first single, started a genre that's still going on 30+ years later.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 15:57 (five years ago) link
Pistols Spunk demos
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 16:00 (five years ago) link
crossposting with the Low thread, but arguably their bedroom demo recording did something pretty close to inventing a style.
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 16:02 (five years ago) link
"Losing My Edge" seems like a pretty obvious pick here
― frogbs, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 16:05 (five years ago) link