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04-15-2003, 11:49 AM
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Anyone listen to Sleater-Kinney? Need some advice please!
Does anyone listen to them here on the forum? I heard them for the first time Sunday night when they opened for Pearl Jam, and was blown away. Those three girls really rock. I didn't know any of the songs unfortunately, but the did do a cover of CCR's Fortunate Son that was really good. I would like to go get one of their albums, any suggestions as to which one to start with? Thanks in advance!
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04-15-2003, 12:20 PM
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Excellent band. I didn't like them much when I first heard them (the screaching vocal might have overpowered any other aspect), but they grew on me in a very good way. One Beat is their latest and imo their best release. It's the most advanced musically with no less energy than what they displayed on the earlier recordings. Check out Bikini Kill's Pussywhipped also.
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04-15-2003, 12:31 PM
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All of their records are great. My favorite is Dig Me Out, probably followed by One Beat, All Hands on the Bad One, The Hot Rock and then the 1st two.
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04-15-2003, 12:39 PM
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Cool, thanks guys! I have to go buy circuit city today, so I will try to pick up the newest one.
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04-15-2003, 03:00 PM
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Yeah, One Beat is good. I think ALL HANDS ON THE BAD ONE is slightly better. Just do yourself a favor and avoid THE HOT ROCK, I think it's the weakest of their albums since they got Janet as the drummer.
And if you're not adventurous, you might skip their first 2 all together (CALL THE DOCTOR and SLEATER KINNEY). Call the Doctor is considered a milestone in the Punk rock world, but I would think if you discovered them via a Pearl Jam concert- then the material before DIG ME OUT might be a wee bit too much for ya.
I would say, if I were you, pick up both ONE BEAT and ALL HANDS ON THE BAD ONE...
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04-15-2003, 05:50 PM
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Call the Doctor is considered a milestone in the Punk rock world, but I would think if you discovered them via a Pearl Jam concert- then the material before DIG ME OUT might be a wee bit too much for ya.
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What is that supposed to mean? Some sort of unilateral judgment about the capacities of PJ fans?
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04-15-2003, 08:25 PM
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Picked up One Beat this afternoon, but haven't listened to it yet.
Vince, what would you say their early sound is like? Mudhoney-ish maybe (since I believe you said it was more punk-garage sounding)?
As I said, I am not sure what songs they did play, so it is possible they played some stuff off their first albums.
I do understand what you said about possibly not liking their early stuff if introduced to them via another band, if their new stuff sounds drastically different than their old.
It would be like someone who was into electronica type music being introduced to the later less-rock Radiohead and digging it, but not like liking Radiohead's old stuff.
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04-15-2003, 11:21 PM
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I don't think it's unfair to suggest that chances are good that someone who was unaware of S-K and discovered them via the PJ route would prefer their more recent "rock" albums, rather than the raw, fast and sometimes coarse garage-recorded earliest work.
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Well... I was tempted to suggest the billing should have been reversed for that concert, so I almost made what could have been misinterpreted as an insult myself. But consider that I was a second generation punker (if you consider garage bands to be the first) who never cared much for most third generation bands but has records as fast and harsh as you might imagine. As much as I like the earlier S-K releases, I was thoroughly impressed with One Beat and agree with the previous poster that it was a tremendously successful push forward for the band. I've listened to it many times more than any of the others so far. I'd even say that in significant ways it's more, not less challenging.
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