Oct 27, 2022·edited Oct 27, 2022Liked by Bryan Padrick
Saw them play the District last week. The show was hard and featured a near death metal cover of the Talking Heads' Once in a Lifetime. Cherub Rock was another blistering standout. Jane's Addiction opened if you can believe it--with Whores--and Farrel's clarion call to lawless excess as clean and electrifying as ever. They even trotted out old Daniel Ash (of Love & Rockets) for an ill-fitting number from his Bauhaus days. Hey, but it's the thought that counts, right? Kids loved it. Still & all, I can't shake that antique road show hangover. Rock & Roll is dead, even when its last & loudest practitioners are fkn killing it.
I'd love to see them play - I've not yet had the chance, fortune be damned, and - ironically - not long after I relocated to the UK they had a nine (that's right - NINE) night residency at the Orange Peel in Asheville, NC. As for the death of Rock & Roll ... yes, I think I've got to agree with you there. While there is excellent music being released today, it's not really rock per se - I wouldn't put Tame Impala (for instance) - a generally solid band - in the rock category .... and no one else at this very moment comes to mind. However, maybe this was the feeling in the late 80s/early 90s when the hair bands had taken over and this resulted in the birth of 'grunge'? After all, if a death leads to a birth ... what might the death of R&R lead to? It might be interesting - as long as there's no autotune involved.
Really glad you like it! It's a great album I recently rediscovered after a long fallow period - which is odd to even write, considering how central it was to my life for a few months back in 95/96 ...
It's been 20 years, but I've finally sorted the 1000+ discs (only the discs - not the cases!) I'd brought over from the States and have allowed to languish in attics and garages. When I found this album and put it on - it was early 1996 all over again.
Hadn’t realised my son was born on this album’s 21st anniversary. Makes it all the more amazing. One of the albums that inspired me to teach myself the guitar.
It's brilliant. Hands down. When it came out I was listening deeply to albums - listening to them with the attentiveness I'd give a good novel - and it was endlessly rewarding. Other Pumpkins albums were good/very good (I'm talking Gish, Pisces Iscariot and Siamese Dream - I'm an early-90s fan) - but Mellon Collie. Damn.
Saw them play the District last week. The show was hard and featured a near death metal cover of the Talking Heads' Once in a Lifetime. Cherub Rock was another blistering standout. Jane's Addiction opened if you can believe it--with Whores--and Farrel's clarion call to lawless excess as clean and electrifying as ever. They even trotted out old Daniel Ash (of Love & Rockets) for an ill-fitting number from his Bauhaus days. Hey, but it's the thought that counts, right? Kids loved it. Still & all, I can't shake that antique road show hangover. Rock & Roll is dead, even when its last & loudest practitioners are fkn killing it.
I'd love to see them play - I've not yet had the chance, fortune be damned, and - ironically - not long after I relocated to the UK they had a nine (that's right - NINE) night residency at the Orange Peel in Asheville, NC. As for the death of Rock & Roll ... yes, I think I've got to agree with you there. While there is excellent music being released today, it's not really rock per se - I wouldn't put Tame Impala (for instance) - a generally solid band - in the rock category .... and no one else at this very moment comes to mind. However, maybe this was the feeling in the late 80s/early 90s when the hair bands had taken over and this resulted in the birth of 'grunge'? After all, if a death leads to a birth ... what might the death of R&R lead to? It might be interesting - as long as there's no autotune involved.
True! And once Lockdown 2020 began, it was the first film I thought of!
It's funny, I never cared much for the Smashing Pumpkins, but I sure am enjoying this album today ...
Really glad you like it! It's a great album I recently rediscovered after a long fallow period - which is odd to even write, considering how central it was to my life for a few months back in 95/96 ...
Brings back a few memories. I used to have the CDs but apparently I don't any longer.
It's been 20 years, but I've finally sorted the 1000+ discs (only the discs - not the cases!) I'd brought over from the States and have allowed to languish in attics and garages. When I found this album and put it on - it was early 1996 all over again.
Are you saying that today was the greatest day you've ever known?
What. An. Album.
Hadn’t realised my son was born on this album’s 21st anniversary. Makes it all the more amazing. One of the albums that inspired me to teach myself the guitar.
It's brilliant. Hands down. When it came out I was listening deeply to albums - listening to them with the attentiveness I'd give a good novel - and it was endlessly rewarding. Other Pumpkins albums were good/very good (I'm talking Gish, Pisces Iscariot and Siamese Dream - I'm an early-90s fan) - but Mellon Collie. Damn.