One Base on an Overthrow: Not Only Do I Not Have All The Answers, But The Ones You Want I'm Not Interested In

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Not Only Do I Not Have All The Answers, But The Ones You Want I'm Not Interested In

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Grand Passion were definitely one of the best CT bands of all time if not the best (yeah, I'm saying it) (among the possibilities: Monsterland, Estrogen Highs, Crystalized Movements, October Days, Violent Children, Youth Korps). Their sound carried a total Cle likeness with it, as in Prisonshake/Death of Samantha, even if those might've not been bands that anyone in Grand Passion actually listened to. Everybody in the band was a top player, too, which made them a kick-ass band to see live. This EP originally came out on cassette, most likely for use as a demo until they could swing a CD release, but the mix wasn't all that great, although they fixed (mostly) for the CD. This CD was part of a monster line-up that was released on Serendipity in '98, namely CDs from Atlas, Grand Passion, Farmertan, and Damien Pratt -- all four of them among the best CT indie rock albums ever, with all four coming out in one year on one label. You can still get the files for the superior "Negative Jesus"/"Ass Cat" 7" over here (not sure why those files are still 'live', I must've fucked up), and check out a semi-hilarious Grand Passion interview as well.

Grand Passion -

"Pixies"

"White Man Listen"

"Face Type Deal"

1 comment:

Maik. E. Smith said...: thanks a lot, that's excellent; i'd love to hear more!; June 16, 2013 at 7:44 PM

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This blog was originally intended to be a place for me to write about the records in my collection, regardless of their rarity/collectability-- or, at least, it was when I first started. Lately it's just been an excuse for me to make dumb jokes and spout off about a lot of stupid crap. Sometimes different things will be thrown in along the way just to confuse people and piss them off, which is okay. All screw-ups, wrong dates, and mis-statements will be ignored by me as if they were intentional, except for grammatical errors which will be edited and rewritten at least five or six times if necessary. Facts will often be misrepresented, as a way of mocking those people who think such things are important. Please note: This is just a hobby for me, and bands are written about here either because I own one of their records or because I've seen them play before and like them. Posting press releases for crappy bands that I have no use for is not really how I want to spend my spare time. If you want to know what kind of bands I like, just look at the sidebar to see which bands I've written about already, and you'll notice that your PR firm doesn't represent any of them. Most of the live band photos on this blog are mine, and if there's one of your band that you like then please feel free to use it, I don't care. It's your band anyway. The blog title itself was swiped from Paul Caporino-- "One Base on an Overthrow" was originally going to be the title of a M.O.T.O. record that I was going to release back in the '90s, but that never actually happened. Lucky for you, I guess.