The Top Ten Favorite Bands of My 20’s (late eighties to late nineties), in more-or-less chronological order of my liking them (allowing for discontinuities and overlaps):
Love and Rockets
Camper Van Beethoven
The Fall
Pixies
The Birthday Party
Sonic Youth
Butthole Surfers
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Pavement
Grifters
Alternative, post-punk, no wave, lo-fi, indie, eclectic, psychedelic/experimental/acid, underground/garage, soul/folk/blues/punk, art/noise rock with cryptic, expressionist, surreal lyrics, screeching, off-beat melodies and thumping repetitive rhythms. Abrasive, misanthropic, religiously tormented, sinister and brooding, comically absurd, aggressively innovative, eccentrics…wide range of styles…cult following…taking over…extremely…percussive influence…key in the emergence of later…chaotic and disturbing…loose concept…inspired by…changed dramatically…returning to second guitar…references to mental instability…ironic…tension…handful of minor…in disgust of…vital part of…disliked the purism…during rehearsals…darkest work…moved away…continued…dense…treated…sense…headed…rawest…hardcore…problems…drugs…changed…ousted…strong…affiliated…
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