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[humble joe]

Hello again,

Erm… SST. Which bands on this label are worth checking out? I was thinking of checking some Minutemen. Yeah?

Are the Replacements on SST?

Any info welcome.

[Robert]

You should definetely get your hand on some Minutemen!! Other SST artists that I’ve heard and liked: Black Flag, Firehose. Their homepage didn’t say anything about The Replacements being on their label though…
On the bright side, they seem to have a lot of Dino on vinyl -not to mention that it’s dead cheap [img]images/smiles/converted/biggrin.gif[/img] http://www.sstsuperstore.com

[SG]

The Replacements were never on SST,they started out on Twin Tone and then signed a major label-Sire.
Other SST bands worth checking out:Meat Puppets-Meat Puppets 2 and Up On The Sun are my favs.
Husker Du-Zen Arcade and New Day Rising are my favs(Beck is NOT better than Husker Du)
Minitemen-Double Nickels On The Dime is my fav.
Black Flag-Damaged And The First Four Years are my favs.

Sorry on the Beck issue,just giving my opinion,we don`t force people here to listen to stuff or tell them what to like,but we do give opinions,if you like Beck,that`s cool with me,I do like some of his songs,just not totally sold on the guy.

[SG]

The Descendents-Milo Goes To College is regarded as their classic(There`s picture of J wearing their t shirt of that album cover)but I have a best of compilation called Somery which is good,and a live album called Liveage which is good also.

[jeremiah]

If you want to get a taste of what they have I suggest checking out sstRadio (at the superstore) while you surf today [img]images/smiles/converted/biggrin.gif[/img]

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Great stuff there!!!

What I have heard so far today –
1 Artist: THE MINUTEMEN
Song: NO ONE
Album: THREE WAY TIE FOR LAST

2 Artist: THE MINUTEMEN
Song: MUTINY IN JONESTOWN
Album: WHAT MAKES MAN START FIRES

3 Artist: THE DESCENDENTS
Song: I LIKE FOOD
Album: BONUS FAT

4 Artist: BIAS
Song: MODEL CITZEN
Album: MODEL CITIZEN

5 Artist: BLACK FLAG
Song: DRINKING AND DRIVING
Album: IN MY HEAD

6 Artist: GONE
Song: WATCH THE TRACTOR
Album: LET’S GET REAL, REAL GONE FOR A CHANGE

7 Artist: FIREHOSE
Song: CHEMICAL WIRE
Album: RAGIN’ FULL ON

8 Artist: HOR
Song: PLAY HURT
Album: A FASTER, MORE AGGRESIVE HOR

9 Artist: SOUNDGARDEN
Song: TOY BOX
Album: FLOWER

10 Artist: HR
Song: LIFE AFTER DEATH
Album: HUMAN RIGHTS

11 Artist: BLACK FLAG
Song: JEALOUS AGAIN
Album: JEALOUS AGAIN

12 Artist: THE LAST
Song: LET THERE BE NAZ
Album: GIN AND INNUENDOES

13 Artist: THE DESCENDENTS
Song: I’M NOT A PUNK
Album: MILO GOES TO COLLEGE

14 Artist: RIG
Song: SYPHILIS DILLER
Album: BELLY TO THE GROUND

15 Artist: THE DESCENDENTS
Song: HOPE
Album: MILO GOES TO COLLEGE

16 Artist: BAZOOKA
Song: SPRUNG FULL BLOWN FROM THE BRAIN OF ZEUS
Album: PERFECTLY SQUARE

17 Artist: BLACK FLAG
Song: I DON’T CARE
Album: EVERYTHING WENT BLACK

18 Artist: GUNS, BOOKS & TOOLS
Song: WORSHIP TEAM
Album: GUNS, BOOKS & TOOLS

19 Artist: THE MINUTEMEN
Song: THE STRUGGLE
Album: THE PUNCH LINE

20 Artist: THE LAST
Song: ITS NOT THAT WAY
Album: GIN AND INNUENDOES

21 Artist: DINOSAUR JR.
Song: THEY ALWAYS COME
Album: BUG

22 Artist: THE DESCENDENTS
Song: STATUE OF LIBERTY
Album: MILO GOES TO COLLEGE

23 Artist: CONFRONT JAMES
Song: SHE HIDES THE RIGHT HAND
Album: ILL GOTTEN HATRED

24 Artist: HOR
Song: QUICK FIX
Album: A FASTER, MORE AGGRESIVE HOR

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[SG]

Tony-Big Drill Car was on Cruz records so your right,it`s not there for some reason,maybe it`s deleted.
Bad Brains-I against I is cool,but my fav Bad Brains album is Black Dots,recorded in 79 it`s their live set cut in a studio in Virginia,you can hear crickets in the background,must have been close to outside.It was`nt released until 96,it`s friggin fast punk that will blow you away.
I forgot that the Meat Puppets catalog was reissued on Rycodisc,check those out,it has bonus tracks and a whole remastering job that is better than the SST issues.

[SG]

That Bad Brains album I mentioned is on Caroline records,not SST.
I against I is on SST.

[humble joe]

Whoa! Sorry guys, I was only asking if the Replacements were on SST, not saying they were! Sorry about the confusion…

Anyway, you’ve proved great as always. I think Double Nickels will be first…
So much stuff!

But on a Replacements tip, are they similar to an SST band? Someone recommended ‘Tim’…

[SG]

The Replacements are not similar to a SST band,they had their own unique sound,like a wilder REM is what I think of them but not as loud as other post punk bands,but rocking nonetheless.Tim is fantastic!check it out.

[SG]

Hey Kurticus7
Thought this would be helpful in learning about the history of punk/indie music in the 80`s,SST was the top indie label in the 80`s(before U2 sued them which put an end to them contuining to put out stuff,they release very little today).

[maxini]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by kerb-dogma:
<STRONG>How does u2 sue a label that they are not even on?</STRONG><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

U2’s label Island Records sued SST over the SST band Negativland plagiarizing ‘I still haven’t found what I’m looking for’ on a single from ’91. Read more about it here.

[bob]

SST had a t-shirt that said "kill Bono" too and another one that says "fuck sony"

[capohedz]

SST also got sued by Casey Kasem for a sample Negetiveland had of him flipping out
or something to that effect.

From what ive heard is that SST went down because Greg Ginn kept fucking over all his bands…I know thats why Sonic Youth Signed
to Geffen…they were at a point where they
could either get dicked around by SST or get
dicked around by a major label but have good
distribution.

[SG]

The Meat Puppets said that Ginn`s attitude towards other SST bands was no band should sell more then Black Flag.
Henry Rollins said in an interview that SST was screwed around by the owners of indie record stores not paying for their SST orders,and SST could`nt sue them because of a lack of money,they made hardly anything off the records they put out.

[humble joe]

I reckon J should chat to SST about putting out the first album. It would be fitting that the first three were all on the same label.

Go on J!

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