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Conference marvin::uk_music

Title:	The UK Music Conference
Notice:	Welcome (back) to UK_MUSIC on node MARVIN.
Moderator:	RDGENG::CROOK

Created:	Mon Mar 28 1988
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1381
Total number of notes:	39269

653.0. "Sound Garden" by CHEFS::DALLISON (The return of the bald avenger) Tue Apr 17 1990 19:11

        
    Anybody heard anything from these guys ?
                       
    They're American, and I believe have recently released their second
    album titled "Louder than Love". They have a single out at the moment
    called "Loud Love".                                   
                                                           
    They are HEAVY !! Now, I don't mean heavy as in 'metal' (they ain't
    your typical mainstream Bon Jovi (or should I say Bon Voyage as
    they've now split up) rock, and they ain't thrash metal like Metallica
    or Testament or Anthrax), but heavy as in 'DRAMATIC'.
                                                       
    They have many different influences in there, from Faith No More,
    The Cult and some punk stuff to goth and indie bands, with a hint 
    of psychedelic Beatles thrown in.
                  
    I saw some of their stuff on MTV, and my initial thought was "What
    a load of crap", but they're starting to grow on me so I'm gonna
    invest in the CD.
    
    Give them a listen, they're great.
         
    Cheers,
    -Tony

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
653.1	Total f***ing godhead	PRSIS7::BERNARD	Please don't sandblast my house	`Tue Apr 17 1990 19:26`	5
	Also try and get their T-shirt, it has a lovely inscription on it (see title). They should have been more famous than the Carpets then. Christophe.
653.2	Louder than Live	USCTR2::ZAPPIA	Just say cheese	`Thu Apr 19 1990 18:52`	6
	I don't mean this sarcastically, I like them, but I wonder if it's a coincidence that the recent title and cover resemble Blue Cheers' Louder than Live or whatever it was called? - Jim
653.3		CHEFS::DALLISON	The return of the bald avenger	`Fri Apr 20 1990 13:01`	2
	Sorry, never heard of Blue Cheer so I can't comment.
653.4	I was confusing the album with Thee Hypnotics	USCTR2::ZAPPIA	Just say cheese	`Fri Apr 20 1990 17:44`	6
	For anyone that was curious as to what I was talking about, I was thinking of Thee Hypnotics cover and title and it was them that I meant to say. - Jim
653.5	just to blow this dust off this old note ....	MOVIES::VERBIST		`Thu Mar 10 1994 18:10`	19
	Today I purchased "Superunknown" - the new soundgarden album. It sounds like nothing so much as old (first 4/5 albums) Sabbath - lots of way loud guitars. There's also a good helping of vaguely Led Zep zitar style guitar twanging - you know the sort of thing, used in "Kashmir" et al, borrowed to it's full extent by The Mission. Now I like all this a lot, but then I'm just a knackered old hippy at heart, so it might not appeal to one and all. cheers guy p.s. I like the cover, very groovy p.s. it may just be that I have abused my brain so much in the past that everything sounds like Black Sabbath these days ...