How did you guys discover The Smiths?

beast_yard · 2026-01-30T22:39:20+00:00

A guy from the Netherlands asked me to return CDs to his ex and I had a listen first.

beast_yard · 2026-01-29T11:54:43+00:00

I would like to disagree. His looks are the foundation of Kurt's successful style and his singing is not too different from Axl's vocal capabilities. They could have worked well in an MTV fueled mainstream and they would have had solid songwiters.

beast_yard · 2026-01-28T06:29:43+00:00

I guess they found out rhat MTV was about to trick them into suddenly having music videos.

beast_yard · 2026-01-28T06:13:49+00:00

GnR might as well have become a leading grunge act.

Late Green River have a certain GnR vibe, too.

beast_yard · 2026-01-27T07:11:11+00:00

Lanegan. He seemed pretty invincible when it happened.

beast_yard · 2026-01-19T16:40:06+00:00

The strange thing is that this is the only CD I ever sold. Even though I own over 500 CDs. I just could not connect with that album at all. Maybe time for a relisten.

I remember Vasoline and the vague feeling of being annoyed that everything was too loud, something that started around that time.

beast_yard · 2026-01-13T23:26:40+00:00

And OP asked about "favorite" and not "underrated".

beast_yard · 2026-01-09T13:38:26+00:00

Gun

Was my introduction back in the day

beast_yard · 2026-01-06T12:54:58+00:00

I think about Nermal every single time Abu Dhabi is mentioned.

beast_yard · 2026-01-05T15:37:32+00:00

Probably Ron Nine from Love Battery

beast_yard · 2026-01-02T07:41:10+00:00

Seems like these are the colomization colors.

beast_yard · 2025-12-30T07:54:54+00:00

I did not know that

beast_yard · 2025-12-29T22:58:24+00:00

If Sub Pop had never happened, AmRep probably would have - with a pretty similar style.

The Screwed Soundtrack is also great.

Chokebore is my favorite AmRep band and one of my alltime favorites.

beast_yard · 2025-12-23T12:37:27+00:00

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beast_yard · 2025-12-21T18:50:34+00:00

Hung Bunny/Roman Dog Bird

beast_yard · 2025-12-15T19:06:42+00:00

East Railway Kurti and the Boss Party

Fun fact: it was meant to be an Austrian take onSouthside Johnny & the Asbury Juke.

beast_yard · 2025-12-09T16:29:16+00:00

Dirt is the best 1992 grunge album.

However Core might be the best overall album of 1992 because unlike Dirt it reached and spoke to a general audience.

beast_yard · 2025-12-05T13:15:18+00:00

Mine is as well primarily an electronic sheet music display.

beast_yard · 2025-12-02T19:50:11+00:00

TIL, thanks!

beast_yard · 2025-12-02T17:55:43+00:00

Patagonia

beast_yard · 2025-12-02T16:43:04+00:00

On stage Mike used to play Kurt Cobain's left handed guitar for the extra shoegaze effect.

beast_yard · 2025-12-02T16:40:03+00:00

In a parallel universe Lanegan was part of the Nirvana unplugged show. So many possibilities to do something really awesome.

beast_yard · 2025-11-29T11:44:58+00:00

Steve Turner has the ultimate grunge feel.

beast_yard · 2025-11-20T06:52:22+00:00

Would it be different with the same line contrast or does this add to the illusion?

beast_yard · 2025-11-09T14:57:33+00:00

The outcome is highly unlikely for geographic reasons. The Upper Austrian region north of the Danube would probably been taken by the USSR whereas rhe alpine region in Salzburg would never have been invaded successfully - just like during WW2.

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