yeahspuddy
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Post by yeahspuddy on Jun 20, 2024 6:07:55 GMT 1
I think the genre was called "country alt", mid to late 90s if not mistaken. I liked all of the bands in title of topic for two maybe three releases.
Wilco "Being There" was great! These days don't ever have a desire to listen to any of them. Maybe that music filled a hole or space
because the 80s scene was dead, and everybody in the grunge era were either od'ing or committing suicide. I don't know.
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Post by heenansnuka on Jun 20, 2024 7:04:54 GMT 1
Wilco played here a couple weeks ago. Seems like borin' music.
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Post by Lord Spooge on Jun 20, 2024 10:17:35 GMT 1
Genre also called Americana and No Depression.
I recall opining definitively, and deletedly, on Spooge, on this very topic.
I consider the 90s alt-country genre to be a watered-down, dull, devolution of the superior 80s genre of "country punk".
Green On Red, Divine Horsemen, some Gun Club, some Dream Syndicate; those were great bands.
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Post by *ech* on Jun 20, 2024 11:25:33 GMT 1
Loved, and still love, all those bands. Wilco obviously transcended and outgrew the genre, while the Jayhawks lost (then regained then re-lost half of) their most important members but those albums from the nadir of the era (around 1993-1996) are fantastic. Add Whiskeytown to the list.
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cowpins
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Post by cowpins on Jun 20, 2024 12:32:15 GMT 1
Yes, love those bands, especially Wilco's earlier stuff w/ Jay and Whiskeytown's earlier stuff. Also check out Lucero. The Supersuckers also have a good Americana album. And here's some Speed Americana for you.
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Post by suckit on Jun 20, 2024 13:39:13 GMT 1
Son Volts 1st album was great. The 2nd, not so much.
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Rob1979
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Post by Rob1979 on Jun 21, 2024 0:20:39 GMT 1
Seldomly.
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yeahspuddy
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Post by yeahspuddy on Jun 21, 2024 4:44:58 GMT 1
Genre also called Americana and No Depression. I recall opining definitively, and deletedly, on Spooge, on this very topic. I consider the 90s alt-country genre to be a watered-down, dull, devolution of the superior 80s genre of "country punk". Green On Red, Divine Horsemen, some Gun Club, some Dream Syndicate; those were great bands. Americana. Yes, that was the genre. The Jayhawks were probably my fav. After creating this topic, I went back & revisited. Forgot how much I liked The Jayhawks & Son Volt. Some else mentioned Whiskeytown. Yeah, they were good. I remember seeing them on Austin City Limits show, and became a fan. And of course, Ryan Adams went on to do his own thing. Liked his first 3 or 4 releases. Lost interest after that. |
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holdenssv
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Post by holdenssv on Jun 21, 2024 18:51:10 GMT 1
No. I never understood the appeal of that stuff - it did nothing for me.
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