I bought a copy of the Lemonheads "Its a shame about Ray" last weekend and I absolutely love it. I vaguely remember them at the time but never saw them or bought any of their material
So please remind me folks what else I should I be investigating listening to from that 1992-1994 era.
House of Love comes to mind but there must be a lot of others.
My listening back then was probably more centered around the MADchester scene Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Charlatans, Inspiral Carpets etc. So whilst I was listening to all this what was I missing out on.
Ta
Gary
Juliana Hatfield
Belly
Throwing Muses
Saw all of them around that time, still got a Lemonheads tee that I wear occasionally.
CountZero - Member
Juliana Hatfield
Belly
Throwing Muses
This.
Plus maybe -
Teenage Fanclub
The Dylans
slainte 8) rob
CZ thanks for those - I noticed Belly appeared on the "Best Covers Thread". Shame Amazon are not flogging them off on the cheap 🙁
...err The Lemonheads!
They're touring It's a Shame about Ray (again) at the moment.
Definitely buy Come on Feel The Lemonheads too, arguably, it's even better.
Car Button Cloth is good too as was the eponymous album they released a few years ago.
I wouldn't bother with Lick, Creator or Hate Your Friends unless you have completionist tendencies. Lovey is pretty decent too.
Not really a Lemonheads afficionado, but "I Lied about Being The Outdoor Type" remains one of my favourite songs. And I think it could apply to legions of STWers. 😀
EDIT: And now listening on YouTube, slightly drunk, and feeling guilty that I haven't checked out this bankd more.
I love Belly's stuff, and Tanya Donelly, who was in Throwing Muses, with Kristin Hersh, (her half-sister, IIRC). Tanya's solo stuff is excellent, Kristin's can be... challenging.
Juliana was associated with The Lemonheads and Evon Dando, and The Juliana Hatfield Three were gigging around the time 'It's A Shame About Ray' came out. All part of a larger Boston/Massachusetts music scene.
It all seems such a long time ago, now. Saw Tori Amos at the Royal Albert Hall on wednesday, and she said it was thirteen years since she last played there. I was in the front row for that gig; thirteen years ago? Bloody hell, where's the time gone?
Saw Evan dando playing with the Shout Brothers in the Sando in Newtown sydney in 92. It was funny all the teeny bop girls trying to get to him at the gigs when they could have just gone down The Bank and bought him a beer.."as the cars glide up kings street".
It might mean something to someone.
If you like the Lemonheads then deff try the teenies and belly as stated and remember the Gin Blossoms anybody?
And if Teenage Fanclub floats your boat, consider listening to the Yuck album released earlier this year. Sounds a fair bit like early Fanclub
Not really a Lemonheads afficionado, but "I Lied about Being The Outdoor Type" remains one of my favourite songs. And I think it could apply to legions of STWers.
Strictly not a lemonheads song, it was written by Alison from an Australian band called smudge that dando befriended when in Australia touring
She is also the alison from 'Alison's starting to happen'
Check out their albums Manilow and 'tea toast and turmoil'
Very shame about ray ish in fact Tom and Alison from Smudge influenced or cowrote alot of Ray
Manilow was recently rereleased and the band reformed
Also check nic daltons band 'godstar' or anything on his half a cow record label if you can track it down on eBay (much is Australia only release)
Not really a Lemonheads afficionado, but "I Lied about Being The Outdoor Type" remains one of my favourite songs. And I think it could apply to legions of STWers.
Strictly not a lemonheads song, it was written by Tom Morgan from an Australian band called smudge that dando befriended when in Australia touring
The bands drummer is also the alison from 'Alison's starting to happen'
She had a 'divan'
Check out their albums Manilow and 'tea toast and turmoil' 'wrong sinatra' and 'mike love not war'
Very shame about ray ish in fact Tom and Alison from Smudge influenced or cowrote alot of Ray
Manilow was recently rereleased and the band reformed
Also check nic daltons band 'godstar' 'sneeze' or anything on his half a cow record label if you can track it down on eBay (much is Australia only release)
Outdoor type
their first album , I think it's called "lovey".
Evan Dando does a christmas gig every year at the Cluny in newcastle, in front of about 200 people. His wife is from Hexham. they come back every christmas, and he does a gig in between christmas and the new year. its always brilliant!
Deffo go for older Lemonheads. Harder than the Ray stuff and a lot more rewarding. Agree 'Lovey' (their 4th album is excellent, definitely their apex. 3 song EP 'Favorite Spanish Dishes' from same period is also very special.
I wouldn't bother with Lick, Creator or Hate Your Friends
I love these albums, but they are a fair bit more punky yes.
Second Teenage Fanclub - also try Felt and The Pastels...
Thanks everyone. I will start looking - the names are coming back to me now. I had a couple of Throwing Muses albums, but 20 years on I forgotten all about them and Tanya and Kristen - how is that possible?
Atlaz I bought Yuck earlier this year following their slot on Jools Holland. Good album
duckman - Member
and remember the Gin Blossoms anybody?
Brilliant song, always wondered whatever happened to them?
Bob Mould is well worth trying too. I didn't get on with Husker Du, but the stuff he did with Sugar and then solo is absolutely fantastic. Massively underrated artist, IMHO.
What about naked raygun, leatherface, senseless things, Venus beads, shudder to think, mega city four, dag nasty wig out at Denkos period.
Lemonjelly
Lemonade
Lemon tea
Lemon cake
and Keith Lemon
Oh, and you might also want to check out Big Star...
When I listen to "it's a shame about ray" I'm seventeen again, always
Pavement would be an obvious suggestion. The first mercury rev album is also great. I'm a big fan of Sebadoh/Lou Barlow stuff, but inbetween the stoner folk rock songs theres some shouty punk stuff. Come to think of it, thats often in the same song 🙂
Oh yes, consider Eugenius too.
I would agree with Belly, Throwing Muses. Big fan of Bob Mould and Copper Blue by his band Sugar is tremendous.
Buffalo Tom are definately worth a look, especially Let Me Come Over
Around that time i liked Buffalo Tom, Afghan Whigs, Midway Still.
Some links:
And some Grandaddy, which is later but might also suit your taste:
The first mercury rev album is also great
I love that album, I was going to say it's quite different to the Lemonheads but thinking about it - it's probably just what Evan Dando would have sounded like if he'd had 10 effects pedals and took acid instead of crack.
Copper Blue +1 - still listen to it!
I love that album
Me too. Went to see them on that tour, when I was 12 or 13. It was pretty ****ed up, they had about 40 young kids up on stage just bouncing around going mental 😀
The first thing to ome to my mind was that buffalo Tom album mentioned above. The one with tail lights fade(?).
Hmm, what about that mazzy star album?
And the pixies (:-)) and the vaselines mebbe?
I remember really liking the second belly album a lot (I was a big throwing muses fan bitd). Kristen was challenging because she's bipolar only it took a fair while to work that out iirc.
I have a very large soft spot for my drug buddy, used ti listen to it on repeat.
And on Alison I thought he was singing alisons getting the tit fears... 😳
Mind you what do I know I was probably listening to killdozer...
If you like lemon heads you'll [b]love[/b] a lemon party. It's night where everyone just plays lemon head style music and parties. Google will show you how much fun people have at lemon parties.
[i]TheBrick - Member
If you like lemon heads you'll love a lemon party. It's night where everyone just plays lemon head style music and parties. Google will show you how much fun people have at lemon parties.[/i]
Hmmn..... Not quite my cup of Lemon Tea. Also, they look a bit old to like the Lemonheads or am I just being ageist
Give the Hoodoo Gurus a go, I will be amazed if you are dissapointed.
Also try the Smoking Popes
Me too. Went to see them on that tour, when I was 12 or 13. It was pretty **** up, they had about 40 young kids up on stage just bouncing around going mental
I think I saw them at Norwich Uni on that tour, they were playing in a gym and we spent some time chatting to the singer David Baker. He really was a space cadet.
They were great anyway, and even better the next time we saw them back in London touring Boces. Unlike MBV and some of their psychedelic boundary-pushing contemporaries I think the Rev were even better live than on record.