Tuesday, December 01, 2015

Completely Conspicuous 400: Reeling in the Years, 1992 (Part 2)

Part 2 of my conversation with guest Brian Salvatore as we look back at the music of 1992. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
 
Show notes:
- Recorded via Skype
- Brian: A friend was at the Eagles of Death Metal show in Paris but escaped unharmed
- Security at club shows is minimal
- Post-9/11 concert experiences
- Bands formed in '92: Brainiac, Bush, Shellac, Sugar, Weezer
- Harvey Danger's "Flagpole Sitta" is a great song
- Bands that broke up in '92: Bullet Lavolta, Europe, Fine Young Cannibals, Feelies
- Albums that didn't make our top 5
- Brian: Nirvana, Late!, GBV, Ween, They Might Be Giants, Beasties, R.E.M.
- Jay: Lemonheads, Rage Against the Machine, Sloan, Neil Young, Mudhoney, Alice in Chains, Sonic Youth, Screaming Trees
- Tom Scharpling does the best version of "Killing in the Name Of"
- Jay: Saw Alice in Chains at a small Boston club in late '92
- Automatic for the People was the last great R.E.M. album
- To be continued

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The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.

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