this is a baker's dozen list of groups from the past that none of us wise-guys listened to or knew about. i had asked michael a while back about albums that were fundamentally meaningful to him in high school. he & ken & i made our lists which he posted on his site. ken was a year older than mike who's a year older than me. that created an interesting variety, esp when we found out that a lot of what we wanted on our lists didn't fall into the time-frame of high school. what struck me when i was thinking about the lists is how pedestrian they are. 99% of those listed had top10 albums or songs during that period. at the time, i'd also proposed coming up w/a list of music that was now considered "historical" or "epochal" or whatever that we either rejected back then(lynard skynard) or had no clue about(the misunderstood). those lists never got made. here's mine. i'll spend some time w/each one & post my thoughts about them here. it'll keep me off the streets.
the stooges
moby grape
ny dolls
velvet undergroud
roky erikson
lynard skynard
syd barrett's pink floyd
the misunderstood
the jayhawks
uncle tupelo
the connells
squirrel bait
slint
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