Top 100 San Diego Bands of all time (a list thread: in no order)

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1. heavy vegetable

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 6 September 2004 15:39 (twenty-one years ago)

2. Antioch Arrow

― MATH BLASTER MYSTERY! (ex machina), Monday, 6 September 2004 16:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Clikitat Ikatowi

isn't there really just one San Diego band that keeps reforming under different names to give the illusion of scene fertility?

that's my theory, and I'm sticking to it.

top ten San Diego foods of all time:
1. fish tacos

― mayo apetrain (mayoape), Monday, 6 September 2004 16:19 (twenty-one years ago)

4. three mile pilot

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 6 September 2004 16:28 (twenty-one years ago)

5 Drive Like Jehu

― MATH BLASTER MYSTERY! (ex machina), Monday, 6 September 2004 16:32 (twenty-one years ago)

6. Powerdresser

― jack cole (jackcole), Monday, 6 September 2004 16:49 (twenty-one years ago)

7. Heroin

― jack cole (jackcole), Monday, 6 September 2004 16:51 (twenty-one years ago)

8. The Nephews

― jack cole (jackcole), Monday, 6 September 2004 16:57 (twenty-one years ago)

9. Fossil

― jack cole (jackcole), Monday, 6 September 2004 17:03 (twenty-one years ago)

10. Lesser

― jack cole (jackcole), Monday, 6 September 2004 17:04 (twenty-one years ago)

11. Truman's Water

― jack cole (jackcole), Monday, 6 September 2004 17:05 (twenty-one years ago)

12. Soul Junk

― jack cole (jackcole), Monday, 6 September 2004 17:05 (twenty-one years ago)

13. Thingy

― jack cole (jackcole), Monday, 6 September 2004 17:06 (twenty-one years ago)

14. struggle

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 6 September 2004 17:09 (twenty-one years ago)

tell me about struggle.

― jack cole (jackcole), Monday, 6 September 2004 17:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Testament?

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 6 September 2004 18:04 (twenty-one years ago)

15. Earthless
16. Crash Worship
17. Night Soil Man
18. Elvis Christ

― chëshy (chëshy f cat), Monday, 6 September 2004 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)

19. Jose Sinatra and the Troy Dante Inferno

― chëshy (chëshy f cat), Monday, 6 September 2004 18:29 (twenty-one years ago)

20. physics
21. crossed out
22. gogogo airheart

struggle were this hardcore band from downtown SD during the very early 90s who kinda offered an antithesis to the suburban rich kid (gravity records) north county scene. they were very young and very abrasive. this was pre-swing kids... justin pearson, dylan from tarantula hawk, jose from crash worship and they had toby from black heart procession when they started playing a lot but then they broke up i think in 92.

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 6 September 2004 18:49 (twenty-one years ago)

23. tarantula hawk
24. camera obscura

― msp (msp), Monday, 6 September 2004 19:07 (twenty-one years ago)

22. gogogo airheart

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― adam. (nordicskilla), Monday, 6 September 2004 21:54 (twenty-one years ago)

25. hot snakes!

― Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 6 September 2004 21:55 (twenty-one years ago)

27 pitchfork

― MATH BLASTER MYSTERY! (ex machina), Monday, 6 September 2004 23:01 (twenty-one years ago)

28-69 BLINK ONE EIGHTY TWO

― ddb (ddb), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 01:17 (twenty-one years ago)

wofl eeyes

― MATH BLASTER MYSTERY! (ex machina), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 01:19 (twenty-one years ago)

JON I PRIECITED ZYOU ARE FUCKED UP!

http://usuarios.lycos.es/semanapasion/Anagrama%20-%20Modelo%2004.jpg

― Ian c=====8 (orion), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 01:42 (twenty-one years ago)

haha just look at his post ratio so far tonight

― brock (brock), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 01:43 (twenty-one years ago)

29. The Lyrics (Back from the Grave Vol. 2)
30. Brain Police
31. Iron Butterfly
32. Injections
33. Battalion of Saints
34. Crawdaddys
35. Manual Scan
36. Tell-Tale Hearts
37. Morlocks
38. Hair Theater
39. The Wallflowers (not that Wallflowers)
40. The Rockin' Dogs (my brother's band)
41. Three Guys Called Jesus
42. Soul Brothers
43. The Slurps
44. Motherhood
45. Olivelawn

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Tuesday, 7 September 2004 02:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Gygax!, did you forget to mention Helicopter or were you not into them? - T.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 06:17 (twenty-one years ago)

I've only heard the song on Head Start To Purgatory... :-\

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 06:32 (twenty-one years ago)

46. Rocket From teh Crypt...CIRCA, Circa Now

― ddb (ddb), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 15:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Olivelawn were gr8

― ddb (ddb), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 15:07 (twenty-one years ago)

ddb OTM, as well as Rocket From The Crypts first few singles (collected on that All Systems Go! comp) and about half of their first record Paint As A Fragrance are great! After that, uh...

O took a picture of me skating in Del Mar that was never published. :-(

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 15:12 (twenty-one years ago)

47. Pinback
48. Black Heart Procession
49. The North Atlantic

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 17:15 (twenty-one years ago)

maybe it's just me....but i think Black Heart Procession are just the worst.

― ddb (ddb), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 17:18 (twenty-one years ago)

their first album is great, especially the last song.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 17:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, they're my least favorite of the three that I named, but I figured they deserved a mention on this list. They had one good song on that tropical murder mystery album from a couple years back, too.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 17:24 (twenty-one years ago)

gygax otm

the new hot snakes is fantastic, btw!!

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Wednesday, 8 September 2004 17:31 (twenty-one years ago)

They had one good song on that tropical murder mystery album from a couple years back, too.

It's called "Sympathy Crime": it sounds like G-funk!!

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 16 September 2004 05:21 (twenty-one years ago)

four months pass...

SHOULD I GO SEE TRISTEZA TONITE

DO THEY SUCK

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Sunday, 30 January 2005 22:15 (twenty years ago)

I had (have?) a Tristeza EP that fuckin' blows. Totally boring boring boring Tortoise-aping shit.

― Ian John50n (orion), Sunday, 30 January 2005 22:31 (twenty years ago)

-- gygax! (gygax0...), September 6th, 2004 12:49 PM

I'm pretty sure Jose is teaching music at Mills College this semester.

― gygax! (gygax!), Sunday, 30 January 2005 23:07 (twenty years ago)

1. Stone Temple Pilots
2. P.O.D.

― imnotfunny (latebloomer), Monday, 31 January 2005 02:39 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

50. Silver Sunshine - UK freakbeat inspired group with some real ramalama heavyosity going on, too. Wow -- REALLY great, at least live. Opened for Jennifer Gentle the other night.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 18 April 2005 18:38 (twenty years ago)

Sorry for the criticopoeticism "ramalama heavyosity." I'm referring to the MC5.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 18 April 2005 19:09 (twenty years ago)

51. Tanner, great story about these guys. You know it, don'tcha Tim?

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 18 April 2005 22:43 (twenty years ago)

could we have a new three mile pilot album, pleeeeze?

― cutty (mcutt), Monday, 18 April 2005 22:59 (twenty years ago)

No, what is the Tanner story?

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 18 April 2005 23:03 (twenty years ago)

THREE MILE PILOT REUNION TOUR 2008.

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 18 April 2005 23:13 (twenty years ago)

Tell me if this Fishwife/Tanner story towards the end of this thread rings a bell, I was trying to remember all the details but this is about as the best I could do:

Does anyone remember a live band where the lead singer popped out his glass eye, put it in his mouth, cornea side out, and crawled around on stage?

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 18 April 2005 23:15 (twenty years ago)

Wow, I didn't know about that. I didn't really know those guys. Saw Fishwife once, at least.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Monday, 18 April 2005 23:29 (twenty years ago)

are there any US cities with a strike rate as low as san diego?

― charltonlido (gareth), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 05:11 (twenty years ago)

perhaps i should rephrase that,

are there anyus cities of a comparable size, that have fewer good bands?

― charltonlido (gareth), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 05:12 (twenty years ago)

cincinatti's way worse.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 05:38 (twenty years ago)

london's worse than cincinatti.

― jack cole (jackcole), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 05:45 (twenty years ago)

Is Houston worse?

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 05:48 (twenty years ago)

No city that produced both Charalambides or Rusted Shut could be worse.

― jack cole (jackcole), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 05:52 (twenty years ago)

not to mention zz motherfucking top.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 06:21 (twenty years ago)

HOTELS IN SANDIEGO?

― charleston charge (chaki), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 07:17 (twenty years ago)

New York and Los Angeles are probably the worst per capita.

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 15:37 (twenty years ago)

LA has NYC beat by a mile for crap per capita.

― jack cole (jackcole), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 15:38 (twenty years ago)

gygax just put on his cincinatti uniform, over there, and broke san diegos hearts

― charltonlido (gareth), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 16:54 (twenty years ago)

gygax just put on his cincinnati uniform, came off the bench, and broke san diegos hearts

― charltonlido (gareth), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 16:56 (twenty years ago)

he even did it twice, thats how good he is

― charltonlido (gareth), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 16:57 (twenty years ago)

chinchilla

― vahid (vahid), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 20:57 (twenty years ago)

I walked by my neighborhood club last night where The Album Leaf was playing, it sounded pretty sterile.

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 21:18 (twenty years ago)

upsilon acrux

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 28 April 2005 04:27 (twenty years ago)

UUM

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 28 April 2005 04:30 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

Earthless (Isaiah Mitchell, Mike Eginton, Mario Rubalcaba) finally have an album out. It's on Gravity. And it's good. Kinda like Ash Ra Tempel's first + lots more gtr wank (that's kinda their thing).

― the cheshire fucking cat (chëshy f cat), Monday, 16 May 2005 01:28 (twenty years ago)

hmmm, looks like the gravity site has a sample.

― chëshy (chëshy f cat), Monday, 16 May 2005 02:05 (twenty years ago)

i don't hear the Ash Ra Tempel in that at all

― Amon (eman), Monday, 16 May 2005 02:58 (twenty years ago)

ha ha. I KNEW someone was going to say that. If you listened to the whole album you might, but fuck it, draw your own comparisons.

― cfc (chëshy f cat), Monday, 16 May 2005 03:40 (twenty years ago)

thanks Cheshy.

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 16 May 2005 04:54 (twenty years ago)

also out Spacehorse with ex clikitat and heroin folk.

― jack cole (jackcole), Monday, 16 May 2005 23:22 (twenty years ago)

Mix Mob

― ath (ath), Tuesday, 17 May 2005 00:56 (twenty years ago)

five years pass...

mix mob lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvRSME3z_0M

― del griffith, Sunday, 27 June 2010 23:20 (fifteen years ago)

sometime around 2003 there was a padres tv commercial advertising preseason ticket sales and it featured "pushed" by rocket from the crypt. always thought that was real cool. if tivo had existed then i would have tivoed it and put it on the you tubes.

let me add death crisis and the mexico city rollers to this list. i'm drinking arrogant bastard and listening to hot charity and really missing me some summertime san diego right about now.

― del griffith, Sunday, 27 June 2010 23:31 (fifteen years ago)

my brother-in-law went to high school with slater

― del griffith, Monday, 28 June 2010 02:54 (fifteen years ago)

Kill Me Tomorrow
Bunky

― kkvgz, Wednesday, 30 June 2010 11:17 (fifteen years ago)

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