A band that could only come from the country they dis.

demonrail666 · 04.11.2007, 06:02 PM

Been thinking about this, from a British context anyway. So far think the most quintessentially British brands are:

If we leave stuff like The Beatles to one side for a moment:

The Fall, The Smiths, Happy Mondays and Throbbing Gristle.

What are those bands that seem so ineluctably tied to the countries that spawned them?

SynthethicalY · 04.11.2007, 06:09 PM

Nirvana, NIN, VU.

Washing Machine · 04.11.2007, 06:15 PM

but The Kinks were incredable. Waterloo Sunset still remains to this day one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard

Cardinal Rob · 04.11.2007, 06:28 PM

Big Black had their odd pokes against America. They only did it in every song of theirs.

Danny Himself · 04.11.2007, 06:30 PM

Pavement have funny little jabs at places and little cultures in a few of their songs, so accurate that I doubt an English person or anyone else could have got onto it.

Pookie · 04.11.2007, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by SynthethicalY

Nirvana, NIN, VU.

Definitely NOT Velvet Underground. They had too many European influences.

MellySingsDoom · 04.11.2007, 06:49 PM

Crass. There's nowhere else on Earth they could have come from, and right from the start, they had multiple beefs with their home country.

Danny Himself · 04.11.2007, 06:49 PM

Mainly NYC drug-related Warhol stuff.

Or race relationsssss, in 'Waiting for the man'..

Danny Himself · 04.11.2007, 06:54 PM

You can delete posts, you know, e-n.

Washing Machine · 04.11.2007, 07:08 PM

Sonic Youth's music in the early days certainly couldn't have come out of anywhere other than the states. Theres an acute sense of americana that runs all through their albums from Bad Moon Rising to Dirty.

Cardinal Rob · 04.11.2007, 07:09 PM

As with pretty much all the music there is.

Sonic Youth 37 · 04.11.2007, 07:09 PM

Sex Pistols

Savage Clone · 04.11.2007, 07:17 PM

k-krack · 04.11.2007, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

Been thinking about this, from a British context anyway. So far think the most quintessentially British brands are:

If we leave stuff like The Beatles to one side for a moment:

The Fall, The Smiths, Happy Mondays and Throbbing Gristle.

What are those bands that seem so ineluctably tied to the countries that spawned them?

Silly thing. The Who, The Kinks... they both are inseperable from Brit-land.

Lots of Canadian "indie-rock" bands are pretty tied to Canada... at least in my head.

I barely even realize the VU are american... they seem really European.

Hmm... most Three One G bands seems really...American.

OH! All of Dischord Records' roster.

Danny Himself · 04.11.2007, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Savage Clone

Ahh! Exactly!

Everyneurotic · 04.11.2007, 07:46 PM

happy now, danny?

atari teenage riot, "deutschland (has got to die!)" anyone?

Danny Himself · 04.11.2007, 08:05 PM

I am happy, yes, thanks. :]

Toilet & Bowels · 04.11.2007, 08:43 PM

there are a zillion bands that could only come from america, and also the same for japan.

the shadow ring could only have come from england, likewise grime and dubstep, they sound very english to me.

i don't agree about big black, they have some quite strong european influences

demonrail666 · 04.11.2007, 10:59 PM

The velvets are quintessentially NY, but not American.

terminal pharmacy · 04.11.2007, 11:02 PM

The Dirty Three - Australia
Einsturzende Neubauten - Germany
The Saints, the scientists - Aus

and to a point the bad seeds, depending on the album - driving through the aust outback you understand that they really get the space of the place which very few countries are lucky to have

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demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,509	Been thinking about this, from a British context anyway. So far think the most quintessentially British brands are: If we leave stuff like The Beatles to one side for a moment: The Fall, The Smiths, Happy Mondays and Throbbing Gristle. What are those bands that seem so ineluctably tied to the countries that spawned them?
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Washing Machine expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Cardiff, Spiderland Posts: 1,465	but The Kinks were incredable. Waterloo Sunset still remains to this day one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard __________________ ....Of Course its some kinda cosmic payback for being too ironic!
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Cardinal Rob the destroyed room Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: In the O.. O.. Organ Loft, West Yorkshire, UK Posts: 553	Big Black had their odd pokes against America. They only did it in every song of theirs. __________________ lastFM \| RYM \| MySpace
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Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	Pavement have funny little jabs at places and little cultures in a few of their songs, so accurate that I doubt an English person or anyone else could have got onto it.
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MellySingsDoom invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,662	Crass. There's nowhere else on Earth they could have come from, and right from the start, they had multiple beefs with their home country. __________________ Snow on Easter Sunday - Jesus Christ in reverse.
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Washing Machine expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Cardiff, Spiderland Posts: 1,465	Sonic Youth's music in the early days certainly couldn't have come out of anywhere other than the states. Theres an acute sense of americana that runs all through their albums from Bad Moon Rising to Dirty. __________________ ....Of Course its some kinda cosmic payback for being too ironic!
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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,214	there are a zillion bands that could only come from america, and also the same for japan. the shadow ring could only have come from england, likewise grime and dubstep, they sound very english to me. i don't agree about big black, they have some quite strong european influences
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demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,509	The velvets are quintessentially NY, but not American.
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terminal pharmacy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,358	The Dirty Three - Australia Einsturzende Neubauten - Germany The Saints, the scientists - Aus and to a point the bad seeds, depending on the album - driving through the aust outback you understand that they really get the space of the place which very few countries are lucky to have
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