02-14-2025, 03:06 PM
Mostly a typical band history. The part about the scene is Athens was the best part I thought. And rather like their albums, it declines toward the end. Since the band members didn't participate, and rarely gave much personal information, he could'nt get at from that angle, but he did talk to many other people. His major failing to me was saying that the lyrics of some song were about certain things and then not quoting them to back that up. Since they are generally difficult to make out on the earlier albums, I was usually surprised by what he said, but unable to decide whether or not the interpretation was reasonable. There were a couple of ommissions that made me wonder what else he might have missed: He did not mention that Cuyahoga was partly inspired by the fires that had burned on the polluted river. He also made a big deal out of their SNL appearance for Monster in 1994, but they had already been on in 1991 for Out of Time, and nary a peep for that. Also he says little about recording the albums, usually only a page or so.
TG - I remember you telling me that Peter Buck had only been playing the guitar for three years when they got together. It turns out that was a lie he told because the Athens bands took an anti-commercial stance and were often deliberately amateurish. He had actually been playing for over ten years.
Recommended if you're into the band, but it's a bit long at over 400 pages.
TG - I remember you telling me that Peter Buck had only been playing the guitar for three years when they got together. It turns out that was a lie he told because the Athens bands took an anti-commercial stance and were often deliberately amateurish. He had actually been playing for over ten years.
Recommended if you're into the band, but it's a bit long at over 400 pages.
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