[Khcyhshq]

I think I've heard of them.

They had that one song that time. Right?

[SashaLionx]

For the underground crowd I'll throw in Neptune. My best friend's uncle used to be their singer and they were the first underground (note: not indie) band I ever saw in high school. Ahh memories.

[SashaLionx]

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[gundas]

Entrain isn't really Boston (Martha's Vineyard), but they're decent for a summer day being mellow. Ska is still Mighty, Mighty cool. Dickie Barrett is the man. Dropkick's are okay, but they aren't the future of Boston music, rather, they're the remnants of the past. I think the future of Boston's music is going to be more like KZ's Gentleman Hall, sort of hip, modern alternative dance-rock. A Boston band doesn't have to have it's members born here or taught here, it just needs to get it's start here and keep coming back.

You'd hope that Boston could pull ahead in the music industry, with small bands that rock (rather than suck, or scream about how life sucks and their girlfriend left them). I mean, we've got some nice sound companies here (Bose, Cambridge Sound, Boston Acoustics (are they still around?), and so on...).

[gluckmeea]

You wanna check out Boston in its heyday? My era, obviously.

YouTube search the following bands and listen up!
(This should keep some of you busy and enlightened for a bit. )




The Nervous Eaters
The Neighborhoods
Human Sexual Response
Lyres
Robin Lane and the Chartbusters
La Peste
The Real Kids
Jon Butcher Axis
Willie Loco Alexander
The Stompers
Duke and the Drivers
The Fools

(I know I am forgetting one important one ... Oh, well. Perpetual jet lag and age. Gimme a break.)

And, of course, some already mentioned by other posters above.

You'll discover where some of the present-day influences you attribute to the Pixies came from.

Would Luna be considered Boston-based? Galaxie500 was good. Luna was (is) great!

Treat Her Right. Mark Sandman. Damn. *sniffles* Still hurts.

And a few more from a bit after 'my era':
Tribe
Cavedogs
Scruffy the Cat

Oh, and don't forget Aimee Mann. She counts.

All of the above, I still listen to, regularly.

Used to have some amazing bootlegs, right from the soundboards, of many of the above bands' live perfs, as well as bands who were from out of town, or from overseas and playing their first gigs in the states, starting their US tours in Boston. Alas, most of those tapes have been damaged and destroyed over the years from 4-track reels. Have a few remaining ... somewhere.

I left Boston and the scene in the late 80s for NYC, so most music that happened locally after that time, I am woefully ignorant about.

I will be checking out the new-to-me bands you all put on here.

Oh, and the long, late, lamented One-Up Club in Providence. One of my hangs for live gigs. Saw some great bands there, not really Boston-based, but part of the entire New England orbit, eh?

[SpeavaJap]

HOW COULD I FORGET MODERN LOVERS? They helped get me through high school (which was roughly 20-30 years after their emergence). Nothing I should brag about concerning most of their musics subject matter was about awkward teens, specifically in Massachusetts, but they are Boston music in my mind.

And I found out (and was subsequently chewed out for asking) about Vampire Weekend and their roots at Columbia from an Emerson kid (me being one myself, sorry about not sharing the sidewalk on cigarette breaks everybody!) the other day. Most of their songs paint a picture of college/city kids that I thought was pretty "Boston," but I guess its just how kids are everywhere these days. Oh well!

I don't know much about the immediate Boston-area scene, but I know that most of my freinds in the southern suburbs who consider themselves active in that "scene" get a healthy dose of hardcore from an array of scummy clubs from Brockton to Providence. I've learned from these sources also that ska is still quite mighty indeed.

[Khcyhshq]

Somehow the Dresden Dolls got left out of this discussion.

This neo-cabaret thing will probably go the same way as the neo-swing movement of the late nineties, but there is no denying that the Dolls are at the forefront. For better or worse.

[BronUVT]

AWESOME! Greg Noll is one of my heroes too!

[RIjdrVs3]

And now for something completely different.

[Khcyhshq]

Recalling primal scream of hardcore


Crippled Youth at the Rathskeller in Boston, 1986.
(JJ Gonson/"Radio Silence")

[gluckmeea]

Ha! When somebody told me he had died, I immediately thought to come here and say something, too, even though the Cramps weren't Boston-based.

I got to see them play a few times back in the day.

Speaking of seeing now-deceased people back in the day, I'm feeling the same way I felt when members of the Ramones started dying. Also saw them live back in the day, frequently, especially in RI. Made them seem as New England-based as any Boston band because they played there/here so much. (Oy! Old peeps reminiscing. Disgusting! )

Thanks for making me overly nostalgic. As a result, I have been digging through dust-covered tapes all week, pulling out things I haven't listened to in decades (and never will again after too many of the brittle tapes snapped ).

Also went to YouTube looking for a lost gem or two.



Referenced this band earlier, concerning one band member who became more prominent in another venture years later. He's even from the Boston burbs, though none of his bands were considered Boston-based, including the one posted above.


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[Khcyhshq]

I will own this shirt some day.

Available here.