The Cure
Who can't love the band whose lead singer, Robert Smith, beat up Barbara Streisand on South Park. You go Robbie!
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Favorite album:
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Disintegration-
As Kyle says, "Disintegration is the best album ever!" I wouldn't
go that far, but it's certainly in my top ten. Includes: "Plainsong",
"Pictures of You", "Last Dance", "Fascination
Street", "Prayers for Rain", "Disintegration",
"Untitled". |
Notable Albums:
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 The Top
- Includes: "Shake Dog Shake", "Give Me It", "The
Caterpillar", "Piggy in the Mirror" and "Bananafishbones". |
 Wish -
Contains perhaps my favorite Cure song, "From the Edge of the
Deep Green Sea". Also Includes: ""High", "Apart",
"Trust", "A Letter to Elise", "Cut" and
"To Wish Impossible Things". |
Pornography
- Their darkest! Includes: "One Hundred Years", "A
Short Term Effect", "The Hanging Garden", and "A
Stange Day".Website: www.thecure.com
Nick Cave
From dark and disturbing angry songs to tearful and hearwrenching love songs, Nick is an amazing song writer. And his live show is so intense, it feels like a religious experience.
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Favorite Album:
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Tender Prey - "The
Mercy Seat" is another song in my Top 10. Also includes: "Up
Jumped the Devil", "Deanna", "Mercy", "City
of Refuge", "Slowly Goes the Night", and "Sugar
Sugar Sugar".|
Notable Albums:
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More Shall We Part: Includes: "As I Sat Sadly By Her Side",
"Hallelujah", "Love Letter", "Fifteen Feet of
Pure White Snow", "God is in the House", "Oh My Lord"
and "The Sorrowful Wife". |
Let Love In - Includes:
"Do You Love Me?", "Loverman", "Jangling Jack",
"Red Right Hand", "Thirsty Dog", "Lay Me Low"
and "Do You Love Me? (Part 2)".I also recommend his book: And the Ass Saw the Angel.
Website: www.nickcave.co.uk
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult
Who ever thought disco could be so much fun! If only Donna Summers sang about kinky sex, drugs and Satan.
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Favorite Album:
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Confessions Of A Knife...
- The version of "Kooler Than Jesus" here is not as good
as the single, but it works well with the rest of the album. Includes:
"A Daisy Chain for Satan", "The Days of Swine and Roses",
"Waiting for Mommie", "Ride the Mindway", "Burning
Dirt" and "Do You Fear (The Inferno Express?)".|
Notable Albums:
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 Hit &
Run Holiday - A great album cover! Includes: "Hit & Run Holiday",
"Glamour is a Rocky Road", "Apollo 69", "Babylon
Drifter", "Golden Strip", "The Doris Love Club",
"Universal Luxury" and "Hot Blood Risin'" |
Sexplosions - Includes:
"The International Sin Set", "Leather Sex", "Dream
Baby", "Sexplosion", "Princess of the Queens",
"Sex on Wheelz" and "A Continental Touch".Website: www.thrillkill.com
Joy Division
Tthe poetry of Ian Curtis lives on years after his suicide.
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 Substance - I don't
usually recommend "Best Of" collections, but this one is a must
have, especially the CD which inludes all the b-sides. Includes: "Digital",
"Autosuggestion", "Transmission", "She's Lost
Control", "Dead Souls", "Atmosphere" and "Love
Will Tear Us Apart". |
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Notable Albums:
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 Closer - Includes:
"Atrocity Exhibition", "Isolation", "Passover",
"A Means to an End", and "Heart and Soul". |
Unknown Pleasures -
Includes: "Disorder", "New Dawn Fades", "She's
Lost Contol", "Shadowplay", "Wilderness" and
"Interzone".
Listen to these bands at my radio station: Darkest Before Dawn.