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Originally Posted by noisereductions
In Jr. High STP was huge for me. Core and Purple were big big. And then I always just kinda liked them through high school. And then lost interest for a while. But there's always been something weirdly fascinating about them to me. This sort of tug-o-war between grunge and glam I guess.
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Precisely my sentiments as well. Very much my history and feelings about them. And yes, I think that tug-o-war you describe is quite accurate part of my fascination as well. It's well put.
Which is also why I feel kind of bad for them as a "band." As musicians.They really were a fucking standout show to me around their "peak" time. I honestly think there is a lot of interesting musicianship in some of that earlier stuff that people easily dismiss and cast aside as just another "grunge" band. Some pretty out-there songwriting on
Purple and
Vatican, honestly, that just seemed to work for me. And the brothers are really solid at their instuments.
Like said, I just sort of cast them off after all the later zaniness as most did. Almost went to their show when they came through with Chester but held off, specifically cuz I did not want to tarnish my fonder memories of them. I wanted to remember them as they were. Kind of sad, really. But hearing you describe that album as you did there makes me really want to go check this out. I think we are on pretty much the same wave about them. Honestly, I need to listen to the previous one as well. Never did entertain listening to that yet, either.