Sure, Band of Susans were never going
to be the next Pearl Jam or Nirvana or whatnot, but damn they kicked up some dust. Getting lumped in w/ the No Wave shit coming
out of NYC at the time didn’t help. They
were way too tuneful for that crowd, but critics love pigeon-holing, and I
guess that was the best they could do to try and fit them in somewhere.
I think BOS would have had a little more
success if they had started a few years later, or maybe been from the west
coast. Unlike Sonic Youth or Swans, they
kicked ass right from the get-go. Unlike
the grunge crowd, they seemed to lack a sense of lyrical irony and eye-rolling
(which, I have to d=say, is a very good thing – irony and sarcasm in music is
highly overrated). The Wired for Sound comp was a
nice gesture, but I’d love to see a box set for these folks.
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