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Band: Nomeansno

Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 2:34 pm
by atomjackfuser
There’s a book (coming) out! https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1505
Alternative Tentacles is reissuing their back catalog!!! (Wrong is out in January). https://alternativetentacles.com/produc ... nsno-wrong
John Wright has a new band!!! (Dead Bob). And is touring beyond BC in March!!



Why the hell not!!

Re: Band: Nomeansno

Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 2:45 pm
by ChudFusk
Not crap, and in my top five bands of all time. JOY

Re: Band: Nomeansno

Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 4:21 pm
by Dovira
Definitely not crap.

Re: Band: Nomeansno

Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 4:59 pm
by enframed
Was pretty obsessed with them when I was 18-20 or so, to this day one of the best shows I have ever seen and this was back in 1991 maybe, 1992. Not crap.

Re: Band: Nomeansno

Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2023 6:12 am
by dfglv
only discovered this lot last year; immediately became one of my very favourite bands. thrilled beyond words at reissues & book.

Re: Band: Nomeansno

Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2023 9:12 am
by penningtron
enframed wrote: Mon Dec 11, 2023 4:59 pm Was pretty obsessed with them when I was 18-20 or so
Yeah, same for me. Maybe there's a smart-assery there that's appealing at that age? They're still NC, but rarely something I listen to now.

Re: Band: Nomeansno

Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:03 am
by Dave N.
They’re pretty much my Led Zeppelin. While I never entirely warmed up to the Holliston era, I still appreciate it. Andy Kerr is such a big part of NMN for me. I absolutely adore the Wright brothers. Incredible live band.

My go-to albums are usually Sex Mad/You Kill Me, The Day Everything Became…/Small Parts… , 0+2=1, and Why Do They Call Me Mr Happy. I’ve heard Wrong so many times that it’s in my dna. I doubt I need to listen to it ever again. I can pretty much play it in my head from front to back.

Re: Band: Nomeansno

Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:45 pm
by M.H
Easy N.C. for very powerful playing and an idiosyncratic band personality BUT:

1. Kerr material > the rest,

2. I must confess the Bad Religion style sea-shanty-ism element has stopped me from ever loving them.

Still, as I say, easy N.C.

Re: Band: Nomeansno

Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2023 1:30 pm
by zircona1
I actually started listening to them because I was listening to a Butthole Surfers song on Youtube and the suggestion box on the right had a song from Wrong (can't remember which one). I checked it out b/c I had heard of them. Loved it and got the album soon after. Great drumming on it. N/C

Re: Band: Nomeansno

Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:23 pm
by losthighway
They're not actually a band I connect with on a deep level, but you can't argue with their inventiveness and musical dexterity. They almost feel like the hardcore punk precursor to Ween or something. I know a lot of it has a more serious message, but sometimes the musical zaniness takes on that kind of tone to me.