Instigator Jukebox 51 - REM

REM. REM was the sound of a world I did not know. I could listen to their music and be transported to someplace that most definitely was NOT Alief suburbia. I love their output until Automatic For The People, which signaled a change that I did not enjoy, hence my love/hate problem with that album. Everything before that is GOLD JERRY! GOLD! So many amazing fucking songs. Pretty Persuasion is my favorite REM song.

REM

Radio Free Europe



*****

Drive



*****

The One I Love



*****

Orange Crush



*****

Stand



*****

Nightswimming



*****

So. Central Rain



*****

World Leader Pretend (live)



*****

It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)



*****

Fall On Me



*****

Finest Worksong



*****

Carnival of Sorts (live)



*****

Find The River



*****

Don't Go Back To Rockville (live)



*****

Disturbance At The Heron House (live)



*****

Talk About The Passion



*****

Pop Song '89



*****

Get Up



*****

Pretty Persuasion



*****

7 Chinese Brothers



*****

Harborcoat



*****

Begin The Begin



*****

Time After Time

Instigator Jukebox 50 - INDUSTRIAL MUSIC

INDUSTRIAL MUSIC. Between the years of 1991 and 1995 I caught so many industrial bands live. It was fucking great. From Revolting Cocks to Ministry to Nitzer Ebb to Skinny Puppy to My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult. I saw all that shit. It was great, all before they turned into Metal acts. These were dark times. This was dark music. Yet, you were expected to DANCE!


INDUSTRIAL MUSIC

MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT

SexOnWheelz



*****

Do You Fear For Your Child?



*****

And This Is What The Devil Does



*****

Kooler Than Jesus



*****

A Daisy Chain For Satan



*************************

NITZER EBB

Control (I'm Here)



*****

Join In The Chant



*****

Murderous



*************************

MINISTRY

Stigamata



*****

Jesus Built My Hotrod



*****

Thieves



*****

Burning Inside



*****

Halloween



*************************

SKINNY PUPPY

Killing Game



*****

Testure



*****

Smothered Hope



*****

Warlock



*************************

THE REVOLTING COCKS

Stainless Steel Providers



*****

Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?



*****

Beers Steers & Queers



*************************

MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO

I Got The Fear



*****

Strap Down



*****

It's The Music

Instigator Jukebox 49 - THE POLICE

THE POLICE. I used to hate these guys, mainly because people I knew who owned just 8-10 records and had real shitty taste in music always seemed to own some Police albums, but Claudio got me past that and we all fell for the Police. Aside from some overplayed tunes, their music kicks ass to this day. Sting really fucked things up by breaking them up when they were at the peak of their powers. Stupid shit-smoker.

THE POLICE

Walking On The Moon



*****

Synchronicity II



*****

Message In A Bottle



*****

Wrapped Around Your Finger



*****

So Lonely



*****

King Of Pain (live)



*****

Da Doo Doo Doo



*****

Every Little Thing She Does



*****

Bed's Too Big

Instigator Jukebox 48 - JOHN LENNON

JOHN LENNON. (F)aul can drop dead. John lennon is the real thing. I remember watching some of the videos for his solo songs and just loving them, and wondering why (F)aul McCartney's solo songs were so lifeless and sterile.

JOHN LENNON

Working Class Hero



*****

Woman



*****

Jealous Guy



*****

Mother (live)



*****

Starting Over



*****

Nobody Told Me



*****

Imagine



*****

Instant Karma



*****

Stepping Out

Instigator Jukebox 47 - TALKING HEADS

TALKING HEADS. I remember hanging out with Heath and having him play me the second side of the first talking heads album, '77, and just falling in love with it's quirky weridness and amazing songs. Talking Heads have always been a thinking person's band, even with their insatiable grooves and beats. You were dancing but if you paid attention to the lyrics you wuold be thinking as well. Great combo. I love all their shit, but the song THE BOOK I READ is my all time fave.


TALKING HEADS

Once In A Lifetime




*****

Burning Down The House




*****

Wild, Wild Life




*****

Road To Nowhere




*****

Take Me To The River




*****

Psycho Killer (live)




*****

And She Was




*****

Don't Worry About The Government (fan vid)

Instigator Jukebox 46 - THRASH METAL

THRASH/SPEED METAL. This is the music that helped us survive middle and high school. I would listen to Megadeth's Peace Sells album over and over and over. I loved the heavy riffage and the lightning fast speeds. Fuck yeah. To this day, the song REIGN IN BLOOD by Slayer is the ultimate asskicker.



MEGADETH

Holy Wars


*****

Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?


*****

Wake Up Dead


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SLAYER

Reign In Blood/Black Magic


*****

Seasons In The Abyss


*****

Necrophobic


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METALLICA

Master of Puppets


*****

Fade To Black


*****

Fight Fire With Fire


*****

Blackened

Instigator Jukebox 45 - SIGUR ROS

SIGUR ROS. Sometimes you just have to be blown away by the music. This band does that with every song. They write music meant to be absorbed whole. Equally fitting at a funeral and at a birthday party, the true genius lies in Sigur Ros' abilty to evoke a strong response in all listeners. One could have a life-changing epiphany to this music just as well as you could commit suicide. Sigur Ros has it all!

SIGUR ROS

Glosoli



*****

Svefn-G-Englar



*****

Untitled #1



*****

Saeglopur



*****

Hoppipola



*****

Vidrar Vel Til Loftarasa



*****

Staralfur



*****

Instigator Jukebox 44 - THE CURE

THE CURE. From the early post-punk riffage of songs like Boys Don't Cry and A Forest to epic guitar freakouts like Fascination Street and The Kiss, the Cure have explored much sonic territory. Sure, they have made me feel sad, and sure, their t-shirts looked great snugly stretching over a pair of high-schoool age breasts, but they rocked like a magik kiss. Their secret weapon was their bass lines! Give it up.

THE CURE

In Between Days



*****

Boys Don't Cry



*****

Lullaby



*****

Just Like Heaven



*****

Pictures of You



*****

High



*****

Fascination Street



*****

The Catch



*****

Love Cats



*****

A Forest



*****

Friday, I'm In Love



*****

Love Song



*****

The Hanging Garden



*****

Charlotte Sometimes



*****

Primary



*****

Hot Hot Hot



*****

Caterpillar



*****

10:15 Saturday Night



*****

Let's Go To Bed



*****

Never Enough

Instigator Jukebox 43 - BLONDE REDHEAD

BLONDE REDHEAD. From avant-noise freakouts, to soft melodic groove skronk, the fellas in Blonde Redhead have explored new styles and songs since their beginnings. I got into them late in the game, but damn if I did not rapidly catch up. Here are some tasty selections. I love this shit.

BLONDE REDHEAD

Top Ranking



*****

Melody



*****

Equus



*****

23



*****

The Dress



*****

My Impure Hair



*****

In Particular



*****

Falling Man



*****

Elephant Woman



*****

Slogan



*****

Melody of Certain Three



*****

Misery Is a Butterfly

Instigator Jukebox 42 - UNWOUND

UNWOUND. These dudes restored my faith in noise rock. I have loved them all the way through their break-up, and consider myself fortunate to have seen them play live. They were a fucking monster awesome band. Most of their output was recorded as a power trio which, like Shellac, blows my mind, for they are capable of unimaginable walls of skronk. They saved their most beautiful for last, with their double album "Leaves Turn Inside You."

UNWOUND

Corpse Pose (live)



*****

Scarlette (live)



*****

Envelope/Ratbite (live)



*****

Scarlette



*****

Petals Like Bricks



*****

All Souls Day (live)

Instigator Jukebox 41 - SHELLAC

SHELLAC. Steve Albini, Todd Trainer, Bob Weston. These three men are here to show the young 'uns how to truly and honestly rock forth in sonic harshness. This music, Shellac's music, makes the supposedly "hard" shit the kids listen to these days sound like watered down Mariah Carey Rhythm and Bullshit. I was lucky enough to see them perform here in Houston, for Shellac perform live rarely and haphazardly. We were very very lucky. FUCK, THEY RULE!


SHELLAC

Copper (fan vid)





*****

Prayer To God (fan vid)





*****

Steady As She Goes





*****

Pull The Cup





*****

Number Song





*****

My Black Ass (live)





*****

Mama Gina

Instigator Jukebox 40 - BUILT TO SPILL

BUILT TO SPILL. Guitars. Guitars. Amazing songs and hooks and melodies and riffs and just purely fabulous song construction. Makes me ROCK. Makes me feel good. Built To Spill is an amazing band.


BUILT TO SPILL

Stop The Show (live)



*****

Car (fan vid)



*****

Carry The Zero



*****

Conventional Wisdom



*****

Goin' Against Your Mind



*****

Big Dipper

Instigator Jukebox 39 - SLICK RICK THE RULER

SLICK RICK. Unmistakable vocal delivery. Incredibly precise and innovative rhyme schemes. Storytelling to the extreme. Slick Rick always surprises and dazzles the ears. He changes his delivery and rhythm more often in one song than most current rappers do in whole albums. The grand wizard MC Ricky D in the place to be. The first two are from his rhymes with Doug E. Fresh.

SLICK RICK

La-Di-Da-Di



*****

The Show



*****

Children's Story



*****

Mona Lisa (fan vid)

Instigator Jukebox 38 - BLACK SABBATH

BLACK SABBATH. There was not a band more loved by myself and all other outcast misfits than Black Sabbath. I remember metal-heads, punks, jocks, rockers, etc. all loving themselves some Sabbath, especially my friends from foreign nations. I had a friend named Irfan who loved Sabbath and Ozzy and we would listen to Sabbath and Ozzy through my headphones at lunch. Every heavy band owes Sabbath for their existance. Oh, and FUCK Ronnie James Dio, goddamn midget fuck. I like my Sabbath original and uncut, not some watered-down, stepped-on version full of dragons and grimoires and incantations.

BLACK SABBATH

Black Sabbath



*****

N.I.B. (live 1970)



*****

Planet Caravan



*****

Fairies Wear Boots



*****

Children of the Grave (live)



*****

Snowblind (live)



*****

Symptom Of The Universe (live)



*****

War Pigs



*****

Paranoid (live)



*****

Hand Of Doom



*****

Iron Man



*****

Paranoid



*****

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Instigator Jukebox 37 - CURTIS MAYFIELD

CURTIS MAYFIELD. I first began my obsession with Curtis Mayfield's music about 12 years ago, and it has never let up. The man was a musical funk/soul genius, and that's no lie. he sang from the heart and from the mind. He was paralyzed on stage in a freak accident when a piece of lighting scaffolding crashed down upon him. He died a few years later. Curtis' guitar work is severly under-appreciated and his music fills me with hope. Can't fucking beat that. Soul, Funk, Rock...

CURTIS MAYFIELD

Freddie's Dead (live)



*****

Superfly (live)



*****

Move On Up



*****

Little Child (live)



*****

Tripping Out



*****

We Are People Who Are Darker Than Blue



*****

We Gotta Have Peace



*****

So In Love



*****

Give Me Your Love



*****

Pusherman (fan vid)

Instigator Jukebox 36 - HOUSTON BANDS

HOUSTON BANDS. Having gone to shows in Houston Texas since I was a teen ( a loooooong time ago), I've seen many many local acts of varying quality. Most had the Houston dirge noise thing kickin', which is wonderful. There are many more though that do not carry this "typical" Houston sludge. Here is a colection of some of my favorites from back before my time to the present.

HOUSTON BANDS

DE SCHMOG
In This World


*****

You Stew


*****

Earth


******************************

THE MIKE GUNN
Liska


******************************

PAIN TEENS
The Basement


Drinking And Driving/I Got A Right


******************************

CHARALAMBIDES
(live in San Antonio - part 1)


*****

(live in San Antonio - Part 2)


*****

(live in Sacramento)


******************************

RUSTED SHUT
11 Times


*****

(live at Super Happy Fun Land)


******************************

REALLY RED
Suburban Disease


*****

(live at The Island)


******************************

LEGIONAIRE'S DISEASE
Rather See You dead


******************************

LINUS PAULING QUARTET
Bongfire


******************************

CULTURCIDE
A Day At My Job


*****

Pass For Normal


******************************

BLACK LEATHER JESUS
(live)

Instigator Jukebox 35 - VAN HALEN

VAN HALEN. These guys were always labeled as a party band but that was only because their music made you feel so fucking good! Their riffs were too FAT and HEAVY for a party band! Shit yeah. I remember mowing the lawn on Saturdays with my Walkman blasting 1984 into my ears. To this day no guitarist has come up with anything comparable to Eddie van Halen's flying fingertapping and fabulous riffs. So many other bands from that time left behind forgetable music and albums no one cares about anymore, but Van Halen endures. FUCKING RAWK! (BTW, I in no way will include fucking VAN HAGAR in this jukebox)

VAN HALEN

Unchained



*****

You Really Got Me



*****

Hot For Teacher



*****

Dance The Night Away



*****

Panama



*****

Runnin With The Devil



*****

Pretty Woman



*****

Everybody Wants Some



*****

Jump

Instigator Jukebox 34 - MY BLOODY VALENTINE

MY BLOODY VALENTINE. Do you like noise? Do you like washes of skronk and skree? Do you love walls of sound and nearly incomprehensible ghost-like vocals? Do you like when tapes are manipulated and re-tracked over and over and over until all you can hear is the hiss of Beelzebub? I sure as fuck do! My Bloody Valentine give you all that in spades! Fuck I love their sonic squalor.

MY BLOODY VALENTINE

Only Shallow



*****

You Made Me Realise



*****

Soon



*****

Swallow



*****

To Here Knows When



*****

Sometimes



*****

Cigarette In Your Bed



*****

Feed me With Your Kiss

Instigator Jukebox 33 - !!!

!!!, or chk chk chk. When I first heard these guys (a song called "There's No Fucking Rules, Dude") I was blown away. I have over the past years collected their output and been moved to dance my ass off thouroughly. They will indeed shake your ass. I have yet to see their live show, but they will be in Austin this fall, and I will be THERE! Dancepunk supreme.


!!!

Must Be The Moon




*****

Heart of Hearts




*****

Hello? Is This Thing On?




*****

Me and Giuliani Down By The Schoolyard




*****

A New Name (live)




*****

Myth Takes




*****

(live Pukkelpop)