willb wrote:
Big Sugar..yes? They get lotsa play up here on q107 radio station. Not bad music at all. Are they not Canadian, or at least Bob Mould is?
Heh, i'd thought of Big Sugar right after I woke up this morning, ironically. Not really sure why, but they were a great band--always liked 'em.
It's awesome to see people bringing up some awesome records that aren't necessarily stoner rock related. In regards to "Beaster", it is a great recording. It's definetely more My Bloody Valentine influenced--Bob was
really into MBV around that time (check the bridge riff in "Your Favorite Thing" versus "Blown A Wish"!), as there's more maybe slightly atmospheric or textural things going on in the songs. I think that I like Mould's output in Sugar better (at least on a more consistent basis) than in Husker Du....and i'm a huge Husker Du fan, but probably not as much a Grant Hart fan.
My take on Bob Mould is that he's pretty much usually suffered from refusing or not wanting a producer on the recordings (ditto for Husker Du).....Sugar at least had co-production usually from Lou Giordano, so I feel that had got more out of him. "File Under Easy Listening" is unrelenting in it's melodic power pop punk attack--amps cranked, always excellent vocals, excellent songwriting and chord choices.