THE VINES...no no no no no no no!!!

The Music were the other support band, mind, and were ACE.

They were shit

The Vines were a band with bags of potential and aspiration. Its not finished they were somewhere between Dinsoaur JR and Neul Young

They would have been howled off the stage in that fair city, for being a totally crap and disinterested live band.

destroy: every band that's ever copied oasis search: bands that copy piano magic and make a considerably better job of it than pm themselves

real genius isn't just copying stuff and disguising your influences, it is knowing *what* to copy and knowing what *not* to play

Strider

doesn't really seem to help their songwriting, unfortunately

Please don't let this information out, or our venues will be filled with even more dullards from guitar shops, as opposed to dullards like The Vines and Jon Spencer who wished they worked in guitar shops.

Actually, I have no idea what a chromatic chord is.

Our best local guitar shop also has a guy who looks like Ultra Nate as well. We are trully bless'd.

NOT RECOMMENDED

That made me happy.

On an upnote, I see that the single is now going for £25 on ebay. Better sell it now, because that price sure as hell won't hold.

I like the Nirvana formula- I like the whole fast/slow thang, the screaming, the riffage.

However, Nirvana are so buried by "I wish it was 1992" moping and slightly mysoginistic Courtney-dissin' that I simply cannot enjoy them, and don't think I will be able to until at least ten more years have passed. Most of my generation has been brainwashed by their older silbings into thinking that Grunge circa '92 was the greatest thing EVAH and nothing we'll ever experience could possibly compare. Fuck that!

(And I sure as hell ain't about to become a Pixies fan, either.)

So, The Vines give me the kickass formula, but without all the baggage attached to it. The hype may be annoying, but it exists to a much lesser degree than it does with the other The The bands (everyone seems to agree that The Vines aren't *the greatest band ever*- well, except the NME, but really, does anyone take *those* guys seriously anyway?)

Six years is a mighty long time in rock ‘n’ roll. Though it might only feel like yesterday that Sydney band The Vines ram raided their way into the UK, 2008 finds them releasing a ‘Best Of’ their first three albums after having parted company with their American label Capitol. The Best of The Vines, released in April, is an overview of an accelerated career; six years lived in a whirlwind of legendary gigs, gruelling world tours, breakdowns, break ups and spliff smoke.

Christ ALIVE, people

See, in these days of "Carbon Neut" and "are you sure you need to fly?" air travel, why not have a caveat on all albums:

Is anyone actually going to want this?

they actually had three albums?

Yeah, the "good" one, the "shit" one, and the "soz" one.

The Best of The Vines

Doh, sorry deej. I did have a vaguely amusing press release to share at least

ha no apology needed, just supplemental

<i>Nirvana are so buried by "I wish it was 1992" moping</i>

???

Was Nirvana wishing it was 1992 when it was actually <i>1992?</i>

That might be the most innovative thing I've ever heard from a rock band. No wonder the critics went nuts.

fuck!

I had to buy an issue of The Face for my gf at the time with their singer on the front, topless. The shame of it.

I kinda like "Ride With Me."

I was going to say "Cold Hard Bitch" is ok (if horrifying), but apparently that's another band entirely.

yes, yes it is

i used to fuck poofs like Jet in prison

-- the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 16 April 2004 08:46 (3 years ago) Bookmark Link

lol, don't these doofuses have a new record coming out?

I saw them play on Sunday. Singer dude was wearing a white belt and indulging in some serious self/record company loathing whilst threatening all and sundry the imminent release of new material.

They were quite entertaining though, in-between rants.

Jet or Vines?