Neal said: >What an interesting list of examples. Might I ask, Steve, since you have >included Snuff and Jerry Holland among UT, Varnaline, And GW, that you tell me >who the hell they are? I wanna know more. Snuff is one of my favorite hardcore bands. They basically write pop songs, but play them really fast and really loud. My favorite album of their is their debut "Snuffsaid...." which if I remember correctly was on Rough Trade. That one is from 1989 or 90. I saw them in London around that time and they did 4 songs, three of which were covers (I Think We're Alone Now, Purple Haze and...and...another one). The "show" was about 10 minutes long, but it was great. They have TONS of energy. Last year they came out with a record called "Tweet Tweet My Lovely" on Fat WreckChords which is great...except for one song that has horns in it that I'm not too hot on. Jerry Holland is my favorite fiddle player from Cape Breton Island in Eastern Canada. He has a CD out on Green Linnet called "The Fiddlesticks Collection" which is amazing. Cape Breton fiddling sounds like Scottish fiddling mixed with the rawer jagged sounds of oldtime. Cape Breton was settled by Scots a long time ago and since it is a small island off the beaten path many of the traditions there have remained. Stepdancing, fiddling and piano are the biggies. I'm don't claim to be an expert on the region or anything, but I am going there on vacation in May and am really looking forward to it. Rock Critics: The main time I hate them is when they are just lazy and/or stupid. This doesn't have much to do with musical taste, but rather when they just say dumb stuff...such as in the recent CMJ three sentence review of the new Del McCoury album where it says Del is joined by his sons Robbie and DON. I mean, how hard is it to read the fucking liner notes? (If Ronnie has been replaced by Don Yates on Mandolin I take it all back.) That is an example of being lazy *and* dumb. See ya. Steve
