Red Mosquito

Peeps wrote:sponge has some great songs (rotting pinata and new pop sunday are criminally under rated)

in concert they are nice but you only need to see them once as i am pretty sure 98% of their play list is embedded in stone

I really liked that Wax Ecstatic song when I was in sixth grade, taped it off the radio but never got around to grabbing the entire album.

In college, I discovered the Didjits and their album Hornet Pinata. It had the song Killboy Powerhead that the Offspring covered on Smash. This was the original and it blew my mind. So much so I ended up going though a bit of rabbit hole of midwestern punk. Anway, just listen to the Didjits.

Pretty big fan of Juliana Hatfield's first few records.
Also, Shudder to Think was great. Saw them open for Fugazi and Smashing Pumpkins.

I wanted to post this somewhere and this thread seems like a good place. Paul Rodgers' '97 album Now is a tour de force in terrible, terrible lyrics but excellent musicianship. The drums!

Gin Blossoms are coming to my Houston suburb in a few months. 15 year old me is pretty pumped in a shoe-gazing, angst-y kind of way.

I saw Sponge in '98 as part of some tour that included Iggy Pop as the headliner, and a 90s band I would come to enjoy as years went on - the Reverend Horton Heat. Fun day.

One of my stronger memories of getting 90s albums was the holidays in 1994 when I got both Vitalogy (on vinyl) and Weezer's first self titled album. Chanukah came early so the CD version of the former had not been released yet. I made a cassette tape from the vinyl and felt like the coolest kid in school for about 2 weeks.

Sponge's first 3 records are pretty good. Then they fell off a cliff.

stip wrote:Sponge's first 3 records are pretty good. Then they fell off a cliff.

One might even say that their talent dried out.

stip wrote:Sponge's first 3 records are pretty good. Then they fell off a cliff.

What is "Things people also say about Pearl Jam"?

stip wrote:Sponge's first 3 records are pretty good. Then they fell off a cliff.

i have their 4th also, and while not as strong as rotting or new pop sunday it still has some good catchy tunes on it. suicide away, dandelions roar and treat me wrong still get a listen from me from time to time on the random playlist

I used to be way in to Helmet. I forgot all about them.

The only Sponge CD that survived my journey into adulthood is "Wax Ecstatic." The title track, "Have You Seen Mary," and "My Baby Said" are all great tunes. I really liked "New Pop Sunday" in high school but I haven't heard it in probably 11-12 years.

I may have already posted this here. Don't care. I love this song.

theplatypus wrote:I may have already posted this here. Don't care. I love this song.

Most Jorge post of all time.

bada wrote:I used to be way in to Helmet. I forgot all about them.

you and me both. i lost all their albums over the years, and this thread got me thinking about how i listened to them nonstop.

Kevin Davis wrote:The only Sponge CD that survived my journey into adulthood is "Wax Ecstatic." The title track, "Have You Seen Mary," and "My Baby Said" are all great tunes. I really liked "New Pop Sunday" in high school but I haven't heard it in probably 11-12 years.

go back and re-listen to Rotting Piñata. it really is one of the most badass debut big label CDs out there

Chris_H_2 wrote:

Hello, My So-Called Life soundtrack!

Helmet is maybe the greatest band of all time.