#Paisley Underground

[theunderestimator-2]

Seeing a photo of Susanna Hoffs & Molly Ringwald behind the mic at LA radio station KROQ, as captured back in 1985 by Dianne Carter, makes me wonder about the playlist of that particular show.

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Tracklist:

Manic Monday • In A Different Light • Walking Down Your Street • Walk Like An Egyptian* • Standing In The Hallway • Return Post • If She Knew What She Wants • Let It Go • September Gurls • Angels Don't Fall In Love • Following • Not Like You

*This song was used as the end credits music for the anime adaptation of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders.

Spotify ♪ YouTube

[saisons-en-enfer]

Baby I wish I was dead

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Mazzy Star

"Fade Into You"

Music video, 1993

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

THAT WESTONE THUNDER BASS GUITAR IS BIGGER THAN SHE IS.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on "the uncommonly obscure" COMMONERS, a reported sixties rock revival band (file under "mod revival" & "power pop" as well), playing somewhere in L.A., c. 1983. 📸: unknown.

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3139706065952049435.

[vyva-melinkolya]

when those cellos come in, rapture

[therecordchanger62279]

ALL ABOUT THE PAISLEY UNDERGROUND

This Sound Opinions podcast from 2019 is a good source for learning about my favorite musical movement of the past 40 years, The Paisley Underground. You'll hear some of the history as well as samples of the music, too. It runs about the first 36 minutes, and is well worth a listen - whether you remember the movement, or you've never heard of it before.

[chasgow]

Coming at you, San Francisco, a week early ahead of the holiday weekend.

[twinkandwink]

King of the Paisley Underground Scene in LA and an influence to many bands  I finally got to see The Rain Parade live. I can now tick this off my to do list. 

We were treated to a super long setlist, although the last song got cut to make way for club night!

Pics & vids Tracks - 1 Hour 1/2 Ago (see previous post for full vid of I Look Around)

The Rain Parade -  Strangebrew Bristol 14th June 2024

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3/23/23.

The Dream Syndicate have been a growing favorite over the past decades. My friend Rick was always pushing them, and while I never resisted, I never really embraced the band. However, I can state unequivocally that "That's What You Always Say" was an immediate favorite. "Halloween" soon followed. Then my friend Eric played "The Days of Wine and Roses" at one of our many listening parties.

Then I bought "The Complete Live at Raji's" and got the chance to see the band live. Wow.

I'm probably not telling anyone anything they don't already know. But this reissue of The Day of Wine and Roses by UK-based Fire Records is special. The extras are just incredible. People often list other "Paisley Underground" bands like The Three O'Clock, The Bangles, Green on Red and Rain Parade when discussing The Dream Syndicate. And while I have no doubt those bands were part of a scene, they don't necessarily sound like one another.

To me, The Dream Syndicate recalls the work of True West, The Wipers and Television. Steve Wynn started bands here in Davis, California (with Kendra Smith and later Scott Miller), but he formed The Dream Syndicate in Los Angeles.

[theunderestimator-2]

The Long Ryders in the final moments of their performance at Islington Assembly Hall in 2019, as captured by Tom Gold during their tour to support an album of new material about 30 years after their breakup, getting back in the world they helped create.

Originally associated with the early-’80s Paisley Underground scene, these LA-based punk rock-influenced garage rockers with a Neil Young flavor to their psychedelic roots rock sound reached their high point by the mid-’80s. They embarked on their first international tour to Europe in 1985, where they were greeted with sold out shows, amazing crowd receptions, an NME cover and a dozen record companies at their London hotel door after their second show, then headlined a Barcelona festival in front of 100,000 people in 1986. 

However, back in the US, things had gone from hot to cold in about three weeks, after fans accused them of selling out for doing a beer TV commercial that killed the band stone dead and furthermore, turning down the offer to open for U2 on the North American leg of their Joshua Tree tour was a major opportunity blown that didn’t exactly help. They found themselves broke and facing a dead end after two members left the band, so by late 1987 they eventually called it quits, predating the alt-country movement that would gain in popularity by the mid-'90s by a full decade.

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Tracklist:

In Little Ways • Talking To Myself • Writing The Book Of Last Pages • Last Chance Town • Won't Go Wrong • Badger • Fell • Still Dark Out • Whispered News • Reflecting Pool • Route 67

Submitter's Note: R.E.M. fans may know Mitch Easter, Let's Active's singer and main songwriter, from his co-production of R.E.M.'s first two albums and debut EP.

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[weneverlearn]

The Bangles debut album, All Over the Place, has remained an absolute favorite of mine since it first came out in 1984. Stayed a big fan, though never got to see them live until at City Winery (NYC) in 2014 around when the great early days comp, Ladies and Gentlemen... The Bangles, came out, and they focused on their more garagey early stuff. Great show!

(Though I still wonder how he hell I missed them at Cleveland Music Hall with Hoodoo Gurus opening in like 1986. The Bangles were pals with that great Aussie act, and sang backup on the Gurus' 1987 U.S. hit, "Good Times", and can be seen in the video).

The Bangles, 1984

At the top there is a good new catching up interview with singer/guitarist Susanna Hoffs, who just released her first novel. And in case you missed it, here's an interview I did with Bangles guitarist, Vicki Peterson, back in 2018. She recently played guitar with another early fave, the Dream Syndicate, on a European tour. If that would be a surprise to you, you'll get the connection in the interview.

And keep an eye out for the upcoming biography of the Bangles, on Hozac Books.

[kdo-three]

The Dream Syndicate - Halloween (1982) Karl Precoda from: "The Days of Wine and Roses" (LP)

Paisley Underground | Jangle Pop | Indie Rock | Post-Punk

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Personnel: Steve Wynn: Vocals / Guitar Karl Precoda: Guitar Kendra Smith: Bass Dennis Duck: Drums

Produced by Chris D.

Recorded: @ The Quad Teck Studios in Los Angeles, California USA during September of 1982

Released: 1982 Ruby Records/Slash (Original Release)

Reissues: Rhino Records Rough Trade Records Fire Records

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Obviously Admirers of The Velvet Underground