Otter Limits

This is a list of the Top 4 bands whose name comes from a geographical location (country, city, etc…)

1. Boston
2. Asia
3. Green River (early grunge band named after a river in the Seattle area)
4. Otisburg (ok, so it’s a fictional city that never existed but I have to plug the band again somehow. LOL!)

Today’s shuffle came up pretty interesting. The iPod (up until the point I stopped it) played only songs that came from self-titled albums.

1. Blister in the Sun – Violent Femmes
2. As We Wept – Demon Hunter
3. Smile – Weezer
4. More Than a Feeling – Boston
5. If We Are the Body – Casting Crowns
6. Like a Stone – Audioslave
7. The Bride – Riot Squad
8. Havana Affair – The Ramones
9. This is a Call – Foo Fighters
10. Blind – Face to Face
11. Jamie – Weezer

This is a list of the top 6 albums that were released the year I graduated high school. I invite everyone else to do the same!

1. Flood – They Might Be Giants
2. Repeater – Fugazi
3. Social Distortion – Social Distortion
4. Empire – Queensryche
5. Against the Grain – Bad Religion
6. Bossanova – Pixies

Dave suggested I do a discography of these guys.

Sonic Youth is a “noise rock” band from New York City that formed in 1981.

Current members include:
Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley and Mark Ibold.

Former members include:
Anne DeMarinis, Richard Edson, Jim Sclavunos, Bob Bert, and Jim O’Rourke.

Sonic Youth
Released in March 1982 by Neutral Records.
Recorded at Radio City Music Hall, NYC.
Produced by Sonic Youth.
Tracks: 5

Confusion is Sex
Released in February 1983 by Neutral.
Recorded in the Chelsea area of NYC in the basement of Wharton Tiers.
Produced by Sonic Youth, Wharton Tiers and John Erskine.
Tracks: 9

Kill Yr Idols
Released in October 1983 by Zensor Records.
Produced by Sonic Youth and Wharton Tiers.
Tracks: 6

Sonic Death
Released in 1984 by Ecstatic Peace! Records.
Produced by Sonic Youth.
No lineup changes.
Tracks: 16

Bad Moon Rising
Released in March 1985 by Homestead Records.
Produced by Sonic Youth and Martin Bisi.
Tracks: 8

EVOL
Released in May 1986 by SST.
Produced by Sonic Youth and Martin Bisi.
Tracks: 9

Sister
Released in June 1987 by SST.
Produced by Sonic Youth.
Tracks: 10

Daydream Nation
Released in October 1988 by Enigma (later re-released in 1993 by DGC)
Produced by Nick Sansano and Sonic Youth.
Tracks: 12 (34 on the deluxe edition)
Singles:
“Teen Age Riot” and “Touch Me I’m Sick/Halloween”

Goo
Released in June 1990 by DGC.
Produced by Sonic Youth, Nick Sansano and Ron Saint Germain.
Tracks: 11
Singles:
“Kool Thing” “Disappear” and “Dirty Boots”

Dirty
Released in July 1992 by DGC.
Produced by Butch Vig and Sonic Youth.
Tracks: 16
Singles:
“100%” “Youth Against Fascism” “Sugar Kane” and “Drunken Butterfly”

TV Shit
Released in 1993 by Ecstatic Peace!
Produced by Sonic Youth.
Tracks: 4

Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star
Released in May 1994 by DGC.
Produced by Butch Vig and Sonic Youth.
Tracks: 14
Singles:
“Bull in the Heather”

Spreading Fields of Sonic Love
Released in April 1995 by DGC.
Produced by Sonic Youth.
Tracks: 17

Washing Machine
Released in September 1995 by DGC.
Produced by Sonic Youth and John Siket.
Tracks: 11
Singles:
“The Diamond Sea” and “Little Trouble Girl”

Made in USA
Released in February 1995 by Rhino.
Produced by Sonic Youth.
Tracks: 23

SYR1: Anagrama
Released in June 1997 by SYR.
Produced by Sonic Youth.
Tracks: 4

SYR2: Slaapkamers Met Slagroom
Released in September 1997 by SYR.
Produced by Sonic Youth.
Tracks: 3

SYR3: Invito Al Cielo
Released in February 1998 by SYR.
Produced by Sonic Youth.
Tracks: 3

A Thousand Leaves
Released in May 1998 by DGC.
Produced by Sonic Youth and Wharton Tiers.
Tracks: 11
Singles:
“Sunday”

Silver Session for Jason Kruth
Released in July 1998 by Sonic Knuth Records.
Produced by Sonic Youth.
Tracks: 8

SYR4: Goodbye 20th Century
Released in November 1999 by SYR.
Produced by Sonic Youth.
Tracks: 13

NYC Ghosts and Flowers
Released in May 2000 by DGC.
Produced by Sonic Youth.
Tracks: 8
Singles:
“Nevermind”

SYR5
Released in August 2000 by SYR.
Produced by Jim O’Rourke.
Tracks: 11

Murray Street
Released in June 2002 by DGC.
Produced by Sonic Youth.
Tracks: 8

In the Fishtank 9
Released in July 2001 by In the Fishtank.
Produced by Dan Hartzman.
Tracks: 8
This is a compilation album featuring songs by Sonic Youth, Instant Composers Pool, and The Ex.

Sonic Nurse
Released in June 2004 by Geffen Records.
Produced by Sonic Youth.
Tracks: 10
Singles:
“Mariah Carey and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream” and “Unmade Bed”

SYR6: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui
Released in December 2005 by SYR.
Produced by Sonic Youth.
Tracks: 3

Rather Ripped
Released in June 2006 by Geffen.
Produced by Sonic Youth and John Agnello.
Tracks: 12 (15 if you count the bonus tracks)
Singles:
“Helen Lundeberg/Eyeliner” and “Incinerate”

The Destroyed Room: B-Sides and Rarities
Compilation album released in December 2006 by DGC.
Produced by Sonic Youth.
Tracks: 11 (13 on the double vinyl version)
Singles:
“Beautiful Plateau”

SYR7: J’Accuse Ted Hughes
Released in April 2008 by SYR.
Produced by Sonic Youth.
Tracks: 2

Hits Are For Squares
Compilation album released in June 2008 by Starbucks Music.
Tracks: 16

SYR8: Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth
Released in July 2008 by SYR.
Produced by Sonic Youth.
Tracks: 1 (57 minutes 32 seconds long)

The Eternal
Released in June 2009 by Matador Records.
Produced by John Agnello.
Tracks: 12

And here is a video for the song “Bull in the Heather” (this video features Kathleen Hannah from Bikini Kill in it btw)

I’m not sure why or how but Scott’s recent post about Records He No Longer Listens To kind of gave me the idea for this post too.

This is a list of bands or artists that I absolutely can’t stand. No particular order; just as I thought of them.

1. No Doubt
Their music quite simply sucks. They have absolutely no talent and the fact that they are basically just around because of Gwen Stefani makes them even more ridiculous. And for the record, Stefani is not that great looking, besides the fact that she above all of the musicians of ND has no talent. She should leave the music business altogether and spare us all the horror of having to listen to her.
A key moment that really made me hate this band was on New Years Eve 1999 where they came out at the stroke of midnight and played REMs “It’s the End of the World As We Know It.” What a terrible thing to do to such a great song!

2. N’Sync (and pretty much any boy band)
You know what type of bands really get to me? Bands that do not play their own instruments and bands/artists that do not write their own music. These boy bands combine both of those into one. I have no respect for anyone that calls themselves a musician and does not play an instrument or even write any music. The boy band crazy should have never happened. It makes me sick.

3. Led Zeppelin
Sorry to all the Zep fans but I really hate them. They are, in my opinion, one of the most over-rated rock bands of our time. They might have a little bit of talent, I will give them that. But quite frankly, I am not impressed with their songwriting and the songs that most define them I can’t stand to listen to.

4. Jackyl
Ugh. Awful music. I remember a conversation I had a long time ago about what hell would be to you. It was a group discussion and the discussion turned to music. As in, what would you have to listen to music-wise if you were in hell? One guy said Michael Jackson. Another said Michael Bolton. I said Jackyl because if was a band that was popular at the time that I really hated. Terrible music.

And speaking of that conversation………

5. Michael Bolton
Terrible artist. I can’t believe he won so many awards and has sold so many albums. There are a lot of screwed up people in the world if he is a multi platinum artist. Awful. Just plain awful. I ears bleed at the sound of his voice.

6. Blind Melon
This band that rode in on the wave of the popularity of alternative rock is a band that thankfully did not last long. Unfortunately it was because their singer died. But sorry, dead or not, he was an awful singer and his band was full of terrible musicians and whoever wrote their songs I hope they don’t anymore. This is one of the few bands that when I heard them play I quite honestly felt like kicking their teeth in.

That is all of this list for now. I might add to it later.

1. Beheaded – Demon Hunter (from Summer of Darkness)
2. I’m the One – Descendents (Everything Sucks)
3. My Will Be a Dead Man – Project 86 (And the Rest Will Follow)
4. Android – Green Day (Kerplunk!)
5. Allison Road – Gin Blossoms (New Miserable Experience)
6. Stupid Girl – Garbage (Garbage)
7. Fractions – Emery (The Weak’s End)
8. Particle Man – They Might Be Giants (Flood)
9. Breathe – U2 (No Line on the Horizon)
10. No One Else – Weezer (Weezer)
11. Renovation – Helmet (Aftertaste)
12. Substance – Haste the Day (That They May Know You)

I got the idea for this post from Scott’s post 5 Albums I don’t still listen to…

This is some various lists of music that was popular in one way or another the year I graduated high school.

Here is a list of the Biggest Hit Singles in 1990:

1. Nothing Compares 2 U – Sinead O’Connor
2. Vogue – Madonna
3. Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice
4. U Can’t Touch This – MC Hammer
5. It Must Have Been Love – Roxette

Grammy’s in 1990:

Record of the Year – “Wind Beneath My Wings” by Bette Midler
Album of the Year – “Nick of Time” by Bonnie Riatt
Song of the Year – “Wind Beneath My Wings” by Bette Midler
Best New Artist – Milli Vanilla
Best Rock Performance, Male – “The End of Innocence” by Don Henley
Best Rock Performance, Female – “Nick of Time” by Bonnie Riatt
Best Hard Rock Performance – “Cult of Personality” by Living Colour
Best Metal Performance – “One” by Metallica

Wow, from the looks of it, for the most part music in 1990 kind of sucked.

However, here is a list of some decent albums that were released that year.

Flood – They Might Be Giants
Beg to Differ – Prong
Violator – Depeche Mode
Social Distortion – Social Distortion
Scumdogs of the Universe – GWAR
All the Stuff and More Vol 1 – Ramones
Bossanova – Pixies
Facelift – Alice in Chains
In Case You Didn’t Feel Like Showing Up – Ministry
Empire – Queensryche
Vision Thing – Sisters of Mercy
Five Man Acoustical Jam – Tesla
Against the Grain – Bad Religion
Repeater – Fugazi
Strap It On – Helmet
GodWeenSatan – Ween

This one I am doing a little differently than I have done in the past. On this one I will pick two songs from each of their releases for this list.

1. It Always Depends (from The Columbus EEP Thee)*
2. Walls (The Weak’s End)
3. Ponytail Parades (The Weak’s End)
4. Studying Politics (The Question)
5. Listening to Freddie Mercury (The Question)
6. Can’t Stop the Killer (I’m Only a Man)
7. World Away (I’m Only a Man)
8. The Smile, The Face (While Broken Hearts Prevail)
9. Edge of the World (While Broken Hearts Prevail)
10. Butchers Mouth (In Shallow Seas We Sail)
11. Dear Death Part 1 (In Shallow Seas We Sail)
12. Holding Out For a Hero (Punk Goes 80s)**

* I have only heard one song from this one, their debut EP and apparently it is a hard CD to track down.
**This was a compilation album and Emery only appeared on it once.

This is an update to the previous post of the same name. I figured instead of just updating the one I had already posted back in March 2008, I would re-post it with the new information instead.

The Columbus EEP Thee
Released independently in October 2002.
Tracks: 7
“It Always Depends” “To Whom It May Concern” “The Walls” “Shift” “When Broken Hearts Prevail” “The Weak’s End” “The Secret”

The Weaks End
Released in January 2004 by Tooth and Nail.
Produced by Ed Rose.
Tracks: 10
“Walls” “The Ponytail Parade” “Disguising Mistakes with Goodbyes” “By All Accounts” “Fractions” “The Note from Which a Chord is Built” “Bloodless” “Under Serious Attack” “As Your Voice Fades” “The Secret”

The Question (Pre-Sale Exclusive)
Limited run ep released in August 2005 by Tooth & Nails.
Tracks: 5
“Ponytail Parade (acoustic)” “Left With Alibis and Lying Eyes (acoustic)” “As Your Voice Fades (acoustic)” “Listening to Freddie Mercury (acoustic)” “Anne Marie”

The Question
Released in August 2005 by Tooth & Nail.
Produced by Brandon Ebel.
Tracks: 12 (*7 more on the Deluxe Edition)
“So Cold I Could See My Breath” “Playing With Fire” “Returning the Smile You Have Had From the Start” “Studying Politics” “Left With Alibis and Lying Eyes” “Listening to Freddie Mercury” “The Weakest” “Miss Behavin” “In Between 4th and 2nd Street” “The Terrible Secret” “In a Lose, Lose Situation” “In a Win, Win Situation”
*”Playing With Fire (acoustic)” “The Ponytail Parades (acoustic)” “Wall (acoustic)” “Fractions (acoustic)” “Studying Politics (acoustic)” “Death to Inconvenience (demo)” “Thoughtlife (demo)”

I’m Only A Man
Released in October 2007 by Tooth and Nail.
Produced by Ryan Boesch.
Tracks: 11 (*5 more on the deluxe edition)
“Rock N Rule” “The Party Song” “World Away” “After the Devil Beats His Wife” “Can’t Stop the Killer” “Story About a Man with a Bad Heart” “Don’t Bore Us, Get to the Chorus” “What Makes a Man a Man” “The Movie Song” “You Think You’re Nickel Slick” “From Crib to Coffin”
*”Don’t Bore Us Get to the Chorus (acoustic/live)” “Listening to Freddie Mercury (acoustic/live)” “The Ponytail Parades (acoustic/live)” “As Your Voice Fades (acoustic/live)” “What Makes a Man a Man (acoustic/live)”

While Broken Hearts Prevail
Released in October 2008 by Tooth and Nail.
Produced by Matt Carter.
Tracks: 7
“The Smile, The Face” “Edge of the World” “Say The Things You Want” “Ten Talents” “It Always Depends” “Thoughtlife” “Do the Things You Want”

In Shallow Seas We Sail
Released in June 2009 by Tooth and Nail.
Produced by Aaron Sprinkle and Matt Carter.
Tracks: 13
“Cutthroat Collapse” “Curbside Goodbye” “Inside Our Skin” “Churches and Serial Killers” “Butchers Mouth” “In shallow Seas We Sail” “The Poor and the Prevalent” “The Smile, The Face” “A Sin to Hold on To” “Piggy Bank Lies” “Edge of the World” “Dear Death Part 1″ “Dear Death Part 2″

1. Harmless – Helmet (from Aftertaste)
2. Where Moth and Rust Destroy – Tourniquet (Where Moth and Rust Destroy)
3. The Perfect Night – Haste the Day (When Everything Falls)
4. Get On Your Boots – U2 (No Line on the Horizon)
5. When I Grow Up – Garbage (Version 2.0)
6. Lifesong – Casting Crowns (Lifesong)
7. Dreams – Descendents (Cool to be You)
8. Drug Train – Social Distortion (Social Distortion)
9. Minority – Green Day (Warning)
10. Peace – Weezer (Make Believe)
11. Mediate – INXS (Kick)
12. Girlfriend – Matthew Sweet (Girlfriend)