So no one else submitted anything eh? lol Sat. Grungecall...RIP

Argent Rocks.
//This sounds like a garage band.

I still don't get why I like MLB so much. I just know I do. Don't think they'd fit in the grunge category as they were as much cock rock as anything else.

Madbassist1: Grungecall...RIP

Looks that way. While MLB was pretty sweet, this song blows small reptiles repeatedly.

I just realized I had this on a Pearl Jam bootleg cassette that my friend dubbed for me in junior high. And I just checked, and it turns out I still have it.

/I realize how much this dates me....

Martstar: I just realized I had this on a Pearl Jam bootleg cassette that my friend dubbed for me in junior high. And I just checked, and it turns out I still have it.

/I realize how much this dates me....

About as much as this thread is dating the rest of us, i'm guessing.

Wow, that was a terrible cover.

I could never really get into MLB. Only liked Stardog Champion and CD/CoT. Maybe I'd have a better appreciation for it were I 5-6 years older; MLB's style might be more "normal" to me.

Maybe Grungecall needed a short shelf life. It wasn't a very long lasting or deep genre.

Coverday would be better. Any and all cover songs though the more different or bizarre would be nice. I used to love a show on Special X on XM that was all cover songs Dr Demento would love.

Like Mrs. Miller singing Monday Monday

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Luther Wright and the Wrongs
Richard Cheese
Frank Bennet
Moog Cookbook

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Tap your toes to Frank Bennett's version of Radiohead's Creep

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Freakin' awesome song. weiner dog: I could never really get into MLB. Only liked Stardog Champion and CD/CoT. Maybe I'd have a better appreciation for it were I 5-6 years older; MLB's style might be more "normal" to me.

A fair point. I came of age when Apple was released, so it is a legendary album for me. Sort-of like the "roots of Ten."

//Love rock awaits

So how long until there's a 'House Call' for every day of the week? 'Monday Polka House Call'.

Here's a good idea! Have a 'Tuesday Grindcorecall' so the Grindcore bands stay out of Metal threads.

/Really wouldn't mind a 'Call' per day though. Sharing music is always good, even if it's music I don't care for

MLB wasn't grunge.

/Lucy, I'm home from the club...

/RIP L'Andrew

Huh. I was actually trying to think of whose song that was the other day for no reason whatsoever. Thanks for reminding me and answering my totally unnecessary mental question, subby.

Whatthefark: Wow, that was a terrible cover.

Actually, it was a cover in Demo form - meant to display potential more than studio ability - not to be confused with album versions of covers you've heard over the years. Yea, I prefer the original too. Still, it was probably recorded on a cheap 2 or 4 track - possibly cassette - without an engineer, without a computer, without plugins, and likely, without a budget.

They probably had to walk 10 miles bare foot uphill in the snow to record it too. Yea, the good ole days.

/feel free to correct me if you know the history of the demo recording as I'm only speculating.

Worst... Cover.... Ever.

I never understood all the grunge peoples fascination with Mother Love Bone, everything I have heard by them and that singer just plain sucked.

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holy crap, i never thought i'd ever see anything MLB related greenlit on fark. Admittingly Andy's singing style isn't for everyone. Grunge wasn't quite around yet. Everyone was still transitioning from glam. Yeah, take a look at Alice in Chains in those days. This was more "love rock" that being said, I loved motherlovebone, I just wish I had discovered them when he was still around. I picked up the double album right when it first came out, because I had just discovered Pearl Jam, AIC, Nirvana, and all the rest and started doing kind of a backwards discovery, tracing all their routes and branches.Soundgarden, Mudhoney, green river, love battery, I could go on and on. I discovered a lot of great music that way. Pretty much became a subpop fanboy. Even listening to bands that the bands were into, like The Vasalines because of Kurt Cobain. Some bands you don't want to go too far back though, Malfunkshun was decent, but not quite my cup of tea.
Feel free to skip over this huge ass non formated post, but I love talking music, especially shiat from the old days of grunge. I've kind of moved on a bit from all of it. But my love for these guys never wanes.

really though. some of their songs were just haunting. Chloe dancer/crown of thorns. awesome. the piano intro sends chills down my spine.

Sleep well, Man of Golden Words.

Sorry haters, Love Bone was bad-ass.

Madbassist1 2009-03-07 11:41:40 AM
So no one else submitted anything eh? lol Sat. Grungecall...RIP

Argent Rocks.
//This sounds like a garage band.

More like a garage band practicing.

And yes, Argent does rocks.

I miss the '90s.

Listening to the song and watching the video makes me wish I was older when all of these bands were playing around town, and it also makes me wish that this town still had all those venues from back then.

Just by going from the video:
The Melody Ballroom - in Portland.
The Vogue - closed.
Ditto Tavern - still around (barely), but hasn't had anything good in ages.
UCT Hall - gone.
OK Hotel - now affordable housing with an art gallery in the lobby.
The Moore - still around (barely), but hasn't had anything good in ages.
Off Ramp (which became Graceland, then El Corazon) - still around, but rarely has anything good.
The Central - still around, but hasn't had anything good in ages.

Okay, so some are still around, but shells of what they used to be. Actually, a lot of Seattle seems to be like that - a shell of what it used to be. Yay for tech booms and real culture torn down for "organic" culture & excessive condos.

/lifer so far here
//too old and crusty sounding for my age
///I was 10 when Andy Wood died

El Corazon has tons of good shows. I saw They Might Be Giants at the Moore 12 or so years ago.

MLB was arena rock, that's what L'Andrew wanted to be, and he did a good job. God bless Captain Hi Top. First saw Malkfunkshun in '85. The flyer is still on my office wall. I'd brag about all the other shows I went to, but I'm way too cool for that.

/I have this on vinyl
//colored vinyl
///record collectors are pretentious assholes

miltonbabbitt: Whatthefark: Wow, that was a terrible cover.

Actually, it was a cover in Demo form - meant to display potential more than studio ability

It basically showed that the band had potential if they got rid of the craptastic singer - or if he got rid of himself.

thermo: MLB was arena rock, that's what L'Andrew wanted to be, and he did a good job. God bless Captain Hi Top. First saw Malkfunkshun in '85. The flyer is still on my office wall. I'd brag about all the other shows I went to, but I'm way too cool for that.

/I have this on vinyl
//colored vinyl
///record collectors are pretentious assholes

Your gloating poisons the idea of old Seattle music for me. I have a second skin to hold me up.
/Glad I misspent my pre-teen years sneaking into shows in the city.