[KJ] OT: Shriekback vs. Minutemen?

[Graeme Rowland]

But doesn't
NEMESIS
sound more like
I EAT CANNIBALS
that daft novelty hit
than
L DOPA
does
THE WAIT
????????

Hey, Red/Blue/Yellow
This GREEN just scored
a DEMOCRACY CD single for £1

 --- Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net> wrote: 
> 
> Oh please, that's like saying: "Filet Mignon sucks,
> try New Tide with 
> Bleach!"  Shriekback and the Minutemen couldn't
> possibly have less in 
> common and served entirely different ends. Moreover,
> Shriekback didn't 
> start to "suck" until their last couple of albums.
> Their peak pedigree 
> -- Barry from XTC, Lu from the Damned and Dave from
> Gang of Four -- was 
> a force to be reckoned with. If you can listen to,
> say, "Malaria" off 
> OIL & GOLD and maintain that they suck, then you and
> I will have to 
> strenuously agree to disagree.
> 
> The Minutemen were fine, but I always found them a
> bit too earnest for 
> my taste. That said, I still love BUZZ & HOWL...,
> particularly "Little 
> Man with a Gun in His Hand".
> 
> 
> Alex in NYC
> 
> 
> 
> On Thursday, November 11, 2004, at 10:29 PM,
> GregSlawson at aol.com wrote:
> 
> > If you want to hear real music, skip Shriekback
> and listen to 
> > everything by THE MINUTEMEN.
> >
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