Surferkangaroo

weren't they the ones from "I'll move like a draaaaagooo... I'll shine, then I'll showwwww, what I have in the sooooleeee..."? I didn't mind them even if they reminded me a lot of "Ustmamò". I think I even saw them live in Turin at the end-of-year university party. But I was too drunk on sangria to remember.

let me know if it's really worth it or not. From the review, it seems interesting but I would be curious to hear authoritative opinions in the stoner scene. Caz, Antmo, and festwca for example...

@Fottermaier: in fact, I wasn't sure about superunknown, but I didn't feel like scouring the internet (pre-vacation laziness):D. I remembered it was something from SG Dirt; it's a serious oversight, but for me (in terms of listening), AIC came later. The first album by AIC I listened to was the unplugged, and then I went backward. Dirt is nonetheless a masterpiece. @Vercinge: everything you say is true. We were born in the age of multimedia, but I listened to all the albums I mentioned on 60-minute Maxwell cassettes (those 74.90 ones came later), split and redubbed. Terrible sound quality! But there was hardly any money to go around. I could always count on my parents' vast vinyl collection. My father is a fan of '70s prog-rock and also rock. My mother leaned more towards the acoustic sounds of American folk and country. So, as I said, I didn't "live" the era of 45s (unfortunately), but I always breathed good music (or at least good music for me!!!) within the walls of my home.

A review "to inform" rather than "to describe." To be honest, I've seen it in a considerably more sparkling form several other times, my dear shredder. I appreciate the advice nonetheless, and I’m off to seek such a ros-floral work. Congratulations to the band for their creativity in choosing the song titles.

I don't know, Vercinge, it depends on how/where you grew up. When I was 11, I was listening to Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and the like. As I grew up, I became curious to go back to the roots and dig a little to see what was behind it all. I remember that '91 (I was in seventh grade) was considered a golden year: Nevermind, Ten, Black Album (which I overvalued at the time), Blood Sugar Sex Magic, Superunknown (or maybe it wasn't from '91). Then, when all those legends died during those years, music was constantly in the conversation. Kurt, Mercury, even Ayrton Senna!

hahaha, legendary Alessio! We left 2 comments at the same time that say 2 totally opposite things! Now I foresee a thousand comments on the "birth of grunge." To consider them negligible isn't fair, but when we philosophize about grunge, we risk bickering! So, I respect your ideas, and may the force be with you.

Meat puppets. Uh uh! I don’t know if we’re on the same page! MEAT PUPPETS. Great album, the father of the genre that shaped us born in the '80s. Along with Green River and the like, eh... but the Meat Puppets really rocked, oh yes they did! And "Creator" is one of those songs that devastated my eardrums continuously for months and weeks! Good job on the recovery, even though I think the review is great at the beginning and you linger too much on the songs at the end. I couldn’t finish it! Nothing personal, just my modest point of view! ;)

@Contemplation: no no, I didn't mean that. I just mean to say that the remote past isn't used as much as it is down south. That's all. However, it is true that we sometimes invert the verb and the subject, even if a bit randomly. That is, we don't say "gone I am" (except for some people) but it's common to say "gone are you?" when asking a question. ;) Nothing more

I basically agree with the idea that this album is an incredible show-off. Comparable to the worst Malmsteen or the worst Stratovarius. Punk has little to do with it, but I believe the word "punk" was used to lure in some unsuspecting fish. However, I don't see punk as this desire to undermine the melodiousness and pomp of the '70s. Punk was born out of a sense of discomfort and should be viewed as a social phenomenon before being a musical one. Also because musically, it doesn't have much going for it. As I read somewhere, rock 'n' roll is a blues played with adrenaline, punk is a poorly played rock 'n' roll.

I agree, dream. These are just provocations, said in a caricatural way. But there’s a core of truth, indeed. Those who give 5 to everything just because they are "the yes" people seem to understand much less than the reviewer. I wonder if they have ever listened to this hodgepodge, or at least if they have listened to any other prog.