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Friday, November 26, 2004

October 26: Lemonheads - It's a Shame About Ray 

Most people remember the Seattle scene of the early '90s, but there was also a parallel scene in Boston at about the same time: Pixies, Breeders, Belly, Dinosaur, Jr., Letters to Cleo, Throwing Muses, Juliana Hatfield, and the Lemonheads, among others. As it's turned out, they weren't as influential to what's on the radio today as the Seattle bands, and the Boston bands didn't sell as many albums, so they've sort of been forgotten.
This was the Lemonheads' breakthrough album, and it was a big influence on me in junior high, especially the rocked-out cover of "Mrs. Robinson," though the originals are good, too. My old buddy George Irwin used to know how to play "Rockin' Stroll," which I remember thinking was cool. Even on this album, you could tell something was up with Evan Dando... a song about "my drug buddy"? Hmm...

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