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Conference napalm::heavy_metal

Title:	HEAVY_METAL - Talent Round-Up DayDay
Notice:	Rules-2.,Directory-7.,Roster-3.,Garbage-99.
Moderator:	BUSY::SLABB

Created:	Thu May 05 1988
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1238
Total number of notes:	65616

843.0. "Love Battery" by MSBCS::WHITWORTH () Fri May 01 1992 14:08

    I just stumbled on this conference.....also used "REPLY/EDIT in 
    818 inadvertantly. I am not an HM"er but my son is....or at least
    the music is classified as "Alternative". I'm wondering if any of you
    HM'ers have heard of his group, or caught them when they came through
    New England last month. The name of the group is:
    
                          "LOVE BATTERY"
    
                           SUBPOP LABEL
    
                 Latest releases: Between the Eyes and DAYGLO
                 Both or on Tape and Disc.
    
    They originate out of Seattle and are associated with Nervana. They
    just completed a 30 city tour and I caught them at CLUB BABYHEAD in
    Providence, RI and the BREWERY in Portsmouth, NH. Not bad at all, I
    enjoyed them thouroughly in spite of not understanding the music. They
    played to soldout crowds. I played their latest release (DAYGLO) on the
    CD last night, the dog left the room, but I found myself entranced with
    the sounds. On the latest tour, they came down the west coast, all
    through the south, up through New England, on up to Montreal, and then
    headed back to Seattle hitting major cities in between. The studio has
    them booked for a tour of Europe in the fall. They must be doing
    something right, ROLLING STONE interviewed them when they were in NYC.
    Catch them if you can and let me know if you do.....I'm looking forward
    to "Road Manager"....maybe Public Relations....even Bus driver if they
    make it....
    
    Proud Dad........dtn 293-5025    MSBCS::WHITWORTH         (Al)

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
843.1		VCSESU::COOK		`Fri May 01 1992 14:09`	2
	Dude, we saw your other two posts. We wish your son luck.
843.8		VCSESU::COOK		`Wed May 06 1992 03:31`	2
	Speak for yourself, I wished him luck too!
843.9		GOES11::G_HOUSE	Under my wheels	`Wed May 06 1992 13:07`	4
	Ok, I'll speak for myself. I am a child, and I'd love to get a life, and I wish Al's son much success with Love Battery! gh
843.10	Right on Al!	COMET::FRISBYA	I was dreaming I was Al Capone	`Wed May 06 1992 14:17`	7
	Me too!!!! I am EVEN younger and have EVEN less of a life. Good luck Love Battery..... I like that name. I don't dig too much Seatle stuff though. AT LEAST THEIR DOING WHAT THE WANT TOO! Frizkid
843.11	Heard and enjoyed!	GOES11::G_HOUSE	Germ Killer, Plaque Slayer	`Sat May 23 1992 01:02`	10
	I found Love Battery on a SubPop compilation tape I have called "The Grunge Years" and listened carefully to their song and have to say that this band rips! Very interesting sound! I'll probably be lookin for the CD, if I ever recover enough financially.... Are they gonna play in CO anytime? gh
843.12		USOPS::ZAPPIA	No sleep at all	`Sun Jun 07 1992 22:59`	7
843.13	Yeah!	GOES11::G_HOUSE	Who do ya love?	`Mon Jun 08 1992 19:02`	4
	That'd be a hot show, I like L7 too! If you hear of any dates around here, let me know! Greg
843.14		KURMA::IGOLDIE	So be it....!	`Wed Jun 10 1992 07:10`	5
	I heard the L7 cd for the first time at the weekend and was most impressed.I really loved the song "shit list" Staynz
843.15	Who is L7	CYNO::FERRIS		`Wed Jun 10 1992 13:07`	5
	I've been hearing alot obout this band L7 alot lately. What kind of stuff to they play? mike
843.16	But Friz won't like 'em 'cause they recorded on SubPop	GOES11::G_HOUSE	Ain't no cure for the Summertime Blues!	`Wed Jun 10 1992 16:38`	5
	It's real raw punk/"heavy alternative" sort of stuff. Not sure who to compare their sound to that you'd know. Maybe Jim could suggest some similar sounding bands. gh
843.17		KURMA::IGOLDIE	So be it....!	`Wed Jun 10 1992 16:46`	6
	......All female grunge metal/punk outfit! damn fine stuff! Staynz
843.18	Hmmmm	CYNO::FERRIS		`Wed Jun 10 1992 17:43`	5
	Sounds intresting to say the least. All female grunge metal/punk! mike
843.19		SUBURB::COOKS	Lust for life	`Thu Jun 11 1992 07:45`	5
	Also,if you ever read an interview with them,90% of it is how they hate to be asked "what is it like to be an all girl band?" Aye,good band though.
843.20	Sweet L7	SOURCE::ZAPPIA	one is too much, ten isn't enough	`Thu Jun 11 1992 18:37`	35
	They're also discussed in their own topics in both RAD and UK_MUSIC. Greg's and the other descriptions are right on, I'd also add that they also have their pop sensibilities well toned, and I'm not pointing this out because of the fact that they're women but as silly as this might sound their lyrics run the gamut between very intelligible, thought provoking to silly but enjoyable. As much as I hate to put them into leagues with other bands...if you like them then you might also like Hole (Courtney Love...), Scrawl, Babes in Toyland.... Also, they say the fact that they're all females wasn't intentional. Babes in Toyland will also be back in town again some time soon, where town is Providence and Boston. Just like an other band I can think of one of L7's earlier releases "Smell the Magic" will most likely get more attention now and as for their earlier self-titled EP I've never seen it anywhere. If you do pick up the above album keep in mind that there's 4 more songs on the CD - I just found this out recently. I hate this crap when you already have format with fewer tracks. They have various covers, one on the Teriyaki Asthma singles thing which has recently been rolled up into an album...Theirs "Sweet Sex" thing on Radio Tokyo might be of interest to anyone who can't get enough of them Sabbath-like melody tunes....(like me) So much for a 3 minute class break, I guess I went over but I needed a break...my eyes are open now! - Jim