Part 1 of my conversation with guest Phil Stacey as we discuss our favorite American artists. Listen to the episode below or download directly (right click and "save as").
Show notes:
- Recorded in the CompCon HQ backyard studio
- America's 250th birthday
- Looking at our favorite American singers and bands, pre-2000 and post-2000
- Starting off with our top 10 of bands who debuted pre-millennium
- Sticking to rock artists for the most part
- Phil's honorable mentions include: B-52s (toughest omission from top 10), Beach Boys, Beasties, Beck, JB, Cars, early Chicago, Doors, early Foos, Little Feat, Nirvana, Pixies, Linda Ronstadt, Seger, Sleater-Kinney, SRV, Stevie Wonder, VU, VH, Wilco
- Jay's HMs: Living Colour, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Run DMC, Beasties, Public Enemy, Dino Jr., the Cars, JB, Fugazi
- "Love Shack" overstayed its welcome
- "Good Vibrations" could be a perfect pop song
- Seger was obsessed with a certain topic
- Billy Joel's metal roots with Attila
- Mutt Lange's production methods were tedious
- Fugazi refused all offers to reunite
- Phil's # 9: Pearl Jam formed almost by accident after another band broke up
- Still doing their thing all these years later
- Jay's #9: Were only together for about 8 years, but Husker Du amassed a legendary catalog
- Sound evolved from speedy hardcore punk to more melodic sounds
- Phil's #8: Tom Petty was a late bloomer who was hard to categorize at first
- Took advantage of the advent of MTV with plenty of iconic videos
- Jay's #8: The Afghan Whigs were the first non-Seattle band signed by Sub Pop
- Quickly distinguished themselves from their peers by combining soul and R&B influences with indie rock
- Jay's #7: Nirvana was only around for a short time, but they had a seismic impact
- Nirvana merch is now a lifestyle brand
- Saw them a week before they taped MTV Unplugged in NYC
- Packed a lot into a brief period
- To be continued
- Completely Conspicuous is available through Apple Podcasts. Subscribe and write a review! The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian.
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