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Thread: Best Fringe/Alternative Band of All Time

  1. 11-21-2006, 09:17 PM #1
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    Best Fringe/Alternative Band of All Time

    Fuck this pantsying around, let's really get out there:
    Negativeland.
    The Residents.
    The Bush Tetras.
    Flaming Lips.
    Wild Man Fischer.
    The GTOs.
    Henry Cow/Art Bears
    Soft Machine/Gong
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    Flaming Lips I give you.

    How about:
    Pixies
    Replacements
    The Clash
    REM
    Butthole Surfers

    For old school:
    Roxy Music
    VU

    And for a live horse:
    Wilco; the current lineup w Nels Cline on guitar
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  6. 11-21-2006, 11:33 PM #6
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    Joy Division
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  8. 11-22-2006, 12:54 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by bio-smear View Post
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    Wow, I like PWEI, but didn't expect them to come up in a list of the greatest ever!
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  10. 11-22-2006, 12:57 AM #10
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    Cross Canadian Ragweed, end of discussion.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lemon boy View Post
    Cross Canadian Ragweed, end of discussion.
    I like them a lot but they get played on XM 12 about every 15 minutes, how can you consider them "fringe/alternative"?
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    Quote Originally Posted by iceman View Post
    I like them a lot but they get played on XM 12 about every 15 minutes, how can you consider them "fringe/alternative"?
    Ummmm because I don't have XM?
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  17. 11-22-2006, 09:21 AM #17
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    Trust me they get a lot of exposure - "Them boys from Oklahoma roll their joints all wrong, way too skinny and way too long, I ain't no holy roller so I just use a bong, them boys from Oklahoma roll their joints all wrong."
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    Waldo The Dog-Face Boy
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    Quote Originally Posted by The AD View Post
    Wow, I like PWEI, but didn't expect them to come up in a list of the greatest ever!
    It's a stretch, I know, but put on 'This is the Hour...' nowadays and it sounds epic.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steven S. Dallas View Post
    Neutral Milk Hotel.
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    Frank Zappa and the MOI not heading your list? I'm surprised at you, Buster.

    My current indie fave is Yo La Tengo.
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