Best of the top 10 bands in the 1997 TweeNet poll

lol holiday

kind of an odd list. heavenly were past their prime at this point. the best record any of them put out in '96 was the trembling blue stars one so i'll give it to them

i believe '97 is when i joined indiepop-l

i guess i'd go with stereolab, they seem the odd one on the list (and the only one on that list i listened to then)

The Mountain Goats (2)

twee hero

haha maybe this should be another poll:

this sucked in 1996:

1. The Indiepop List (9)
indie snobbery on the indiepop list
the way the indiepop-list has been taken over by bullies
the mainstreaming (rockification) of the indiepop list
the number of veteran listees who unsubscribed after being
flamed one too many times by the new indie-rock stormtroopers
2. Oasis (7)
Spice Girls (7)
4. Holiday breaking up (5)
Ryan 'i was french in the morning' Stotz (5)

i remember ryan stotz. i wonder whatever happened to that freak.

I like Magnetic Fields and B&S best of these, but Divine Comedy almost as much and they never get their due, so them.

i voted for apples yall

By reasoning similar to Guayaquil's, I too voted for Divine Comedy. (But Stereolab is the band I consider "better" on some level.)

i kinda agree about stereolab, but at the time they really felt like they were on their decline for me.. which seems a little ridiculous in retrospect considering that fluourescences/pinball is one of their best records..

voted for push kings - something i never imagined would be an option anywhere, ever

stereolab

though wow, reading that linked page made me realise that the internet has always kinda sucked. even back in 1996

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i remember ryan stotz. i wonder whatever happened to that freak.

!!!!!!!!! dude lives in my town and I have kinda known him for almost 20 years!

dude *really* dug trolling indie kids. i started a very short-lived mailing list which he immediately joined laying into me for some shit or another

Stereolab is twee? they're by far the best band on here, but still... otherwise my vote would go to B&S, who were great once upon a time

I've only ever heard B&S, who I love, so them. I've heard good things about Stereolab and Trembling Blue Stars, so I'm sure I'll pick up a couple of their albums someday. Never heard of any of the others, so they're obviously crap.

Trembling Blue Stars are one of my most loved bands. When I get in the mood to listen to them, it can last for hours.

holiday *are* crap. push kings i have never heard

didn't rocketship's LP come out in 97?

that should have been #1 by a long shot.

but the stuff being polled is '96

and yes

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