Originally posted by ouizy:
Sneaker Pimps are still around, and yes they ditched the "chick." I see them in the Village Voice playing NYC every once in a while. Here are mine:
Bran Van 3000 - Drinking in L.A.
Breeders - Cannonball
Eels - Novacaine for the Soul
EMF - Unbelievable
I Mother Earth - Not Quite Sonic
Jesus Jones - Right Here Right Now
Letters to Cleo - Here and Now
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
Neds Atomic Dustbin - Grey Cell Green
Our Lady Peace - Starseed
Snow - Informer
Soho - Hippie Chick
Soup Dragons - I'm Free
Veruca Salt - Volcano Girls (although I think they had another 'hit')
Anyone agree with these???
I agree absolutely! But I have some thoughts I'd like to elaborate on here just cuz I think there's probably reasons why some of the bands/songs you stated were one-hit wonders...
EMF - that one hit wonder band. I think the reason why they were a one hit wonder band was because they were the bubblegum band of the Manchester scene. Along with the Soup Dragons...
Jesus Jones - a great talent, highly underrated. He got slated as a bubblegum Manchester knockoff unfortunately even though I personally don't think he was.
Soho - the song Hippie Chick bastardized a great riff from the Smiths How Soon is Now, and that pissed a lot of people off. Especially since How Soon Is Now was, for a lot of people in the 80's alternative scene, a definitive song for their day. I love sampling in songs (big electronic music fan here) but I felt the song Hippie Chick relied too heavily on the Smiths' synth riff to reel people into the song. Then as quickly as Soho came, Soho went. A definitive one-hit winder. Good call!
Now Mazzy Star... Truly underrated, with an excellent and unique sound that defined 90's acid rock. It's too bad that Mazzy Star never took off to greater heights although they did have a strong following. Perhaps people at the time who were getting into grunge weren't ready for the reflective mood that Mazzy Star exuded... who knows, but I agree that Fade Into You was a one-hit. I love Mazzy Star and maybe I'm biased, but I hate to pass them off as a one-hit wonder band. They were just too good. They remind me of The Cowboy Junkies in a lot of ways.
Which reminds me... The Cowboy Junkies had that one-hit remake of Lou Reed's Sweet Jane while the rest of the record Trinity Sessions went highly unrecognized...
Ah, the memories!
[This message has been edited by adam's_mistress (edited 01-26-2002).]