Strypey
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to What's The Frequency, Kenneth?

youtube.com/watch?v=2ZMUNyLmar

The big single off the 1994 R.E.M album Monster. I still don't really understand what this song is about, but it has a great use of delay on the fuzz guitar, and some great lyrics;

"You wore our expectations like an armored suit"

"A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth
You said that irony was the shackles of youth"
Strypey
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In a weird way, What's The Frequency reminds me of Panic in the Shade by Hunters & Collectors. Which came out the same year and also has some great lyrics;

"You been livin' in a golden age
It was the last thing you expected
Ya took ya sanity for granted
Now it lies tragically neglected"

"Trying to erase the silence
Ever since your rhythm got blown away
Crawlin' through the wreckage of your rendering room
To meet your hidden-half way"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43bGGI9hvwg

#music #rock#HuntersAndCollectors
Strypey
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to What's The Frequency, Kenneth?

youtube.com/watch?v=2ZMUNyLmar

The big single off the 1994 R.E.M album Monster. I still don't really understand what this song is about, but it has a great use of delay on the fuzz guitar, and some great lyrics;

"You wore our expectations like an armored suit"

"A smile like the cartoon, tooth for a tooth
You said that irony was the shackles of youth"
Strypey
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Another band that listening to Pumpkinhead reminds me of, from the same era, is the Dead Flowers;

https://www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/dead-flowers

I bought their 1993 album Skin of a Stone on tape and later, the 1994 follow-up Sweetfish.

This was a weird, experimental time in Aotearoa music. Heavy guitar bands were pulling from a wide range of influences. Shihad, Head Like a Hole, The Bilge Festival, The 3Ds, Runt, Chug, and more, were making great hybrid albums and touring relentlessly.

#music #rock#DeadFkowers
Strypey
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#Listening to the classic Pumpkinhead single Nark (Rat on your neighbour). Here's a recording of the music video broadcast on music TV;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOjtpyFV0SE

Like Hallelujah Picassos, these guys are mostly unsung but were a big presence in the Aotearoa music picture of the late 1980s and early 90s;

https://www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/pumpkinhead

#music #rock #grunge#PumpkinHead