What band am I thinking of? (#7)

[Phillycat]

You know how this works. You ask me questions and try to figure it out. Go ahead, I'm ready. :)

Previous answers (I will not repeat answers):

Guns n Roses
The Police
The Temptations
Afghan Whigs
Faces
Live

[Strawman]

1. It's gotta be a female band today...

Right?

[Phillycat]

2. Nope.

Apparently I'm sexist. :D

[speedoo]

3. USA?

[Phillycat]

4. Nope.

[ceile]

5. Decade?

[Phillycat]

6. Most popular in late 80's-early 90's. Formed in 1984.

[ceile]

8. British? Irish?

[Phillycat]

10. Nope.

[ceile]

11. Scots?

[Phillycat]

12. Yep.

Dammit.

[Strawman]

18. The Cult?

[Phillycat]

19. Nope. I loved them, though.

[ceile]

13. Simple Minds?

[Phillycat]

16. Nope.

[speedoo]

7. From where?

[Phillycat]

9. Dude, this is really not the spirit of the game. You have to guess a place!

[speedoo]

15. Really?

see post #5

[Strawman]

14. Australian?

[Phillycat]

17. Nope. Scottish, see above.

[taterguy]

20. Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper?

[Phillycat]

21. Golly, wouldn't that be cool? Nope. :)

[ceile]

22. Primal Scream?

[Phillycat]

24. Nope.

[Strawman]

23. Rock, alt rock, or something else

[Phillycat]

27. I would call them heavy alt rock.

[crispini]

25. Belle and Sebastian?

They're from Scotland. :D

[Phillycat]

28. Nope.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

26. Primal Scream?

[Phillycat]

30. Guessed above. Nope.

[Strawman]

29. Stone Roses?

[Phillycat]

31. Nope. You need to ask more questions!

[Strawman]

43. Are they still together?

[Phillycat]

45. They are not. Answer below. Thanks for playing!

:hi:

[ceile]

32. Teenage Fanclub?

[Phillycat]

35. Nope.

[crispini]

33. Heavy alt-rock... that leaves out the Cocteau Twins....

Hm, I'm all out of Scottish bands... (thinking)

[Phillycat]

36. Nope.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

34. Jesus & Mary Chain?

[Phillycat]

40. DING DING DING DING DING!!

Very good! I was bummed that the band was Scottish, because I figured y'all would just keep guessing Scottish bands until you hit upon it, but they were on my mind, so I went with it anyway. Well done, sir!

Anyway, your prize, the requisite stupid picture of me:



Thanks, all! Play again tomorrow! :hi:

[Tyrone Slothrop]

49. WOOHOO!!!

I am so smart! S-M-R-T!

:party:

I'm gonna have to get out my copy of Honey's Dead when I get home tonight!

[Phillycat]

51. You are S-M-R-T!

Have a donut!

[Tyrone Slothrop]

52. Mmmmmmmm....donut...

[crispini]

37. Ooo, the Proclaimers, they're Scots, right?

Not all that heavy though....

[Phillycat]

41. Answer above, thanks for playing!

:hi:

[Little Wing]

38. Def Leppard

[Phillycat]

42. Answer above, thanks for playing!

:hi:

[SteppingRazor]

39. The Jesus and Mary Chain?

The Vaselines?

[Phillycat]

44. Ooh, just a bit too slow. Thanks for playing!

:hi:

[SteppingRazor]

46. BAH!!! I Hate You All!!!!!

Seriously though, that band rules. Honey's Dead is a masterpiece, and Psychocandy is a very close second. But all the band's albums are good.

[Phillycat]

47. They were great. I saw them at the second Lollapalooza.

Very intense pit. I would use the words "seriously dangerous".

[SteppingRazor]

48. Hmmm.. wouldn't expect that.

The nastiest pits I've ever seen are definitely hardcore shows. A Fugazi concert comes to mind, and a multiple-band lineup that included Sick of it All. But I believe a Bad Religion concert I attended takes the cake for most horrific pit I've seen. It was my first concert, if you don't include concerts attended with parents as a child. Some poor schmuck next to me took a knee to the face and shattered his nose. Terrible, terrible ... I still think about it when I see a good pit.

[Phillycat]

50. Well, they WERE known for causing riots in Scotland.

Most intense pits I've seen:

Ministry
Primus (? Surprised the shit out of me, but I broke a rib in that pit)
Jesus & Mary Chain
Suicidal Tendencies

Fugazi was never too heavy because Ian would stop playing in the middle of a song and yell at people for moshing if there were girls there. Since I am a girl, I'm not sure what it would have been like with an all-guy audience - maybe he wouldn't have cared?

Bad Brains was quite a heavy pit back in the day. Anthrax. White Zombie. Several oi! bands whose names escape me.

[SteppingRazor]

53. Yeah. Ian was always a bit of a stick in the mud.

I saw him stop a show because some kid was talking on a cell phone, pull out $5, hand it to the kid, and tell him to get the fuck out.

Forgot about Primus. They were fucking brutal. Rage Against the Machine could get ugly too ... but not for long. Once the frat boys started actually getting hurt, they'd calm down. Not so for Primus fans.