You have to be a real harcore fam to suffer through this. A studio version should never have been recorded in my opinion, much less take up almost half an album which could have been devoted to better compositions. "The Lord's Prayer" should have remained a live anomaly relegated to a live EP or b-side of a 12" single. Ugh.

sextonseven said:

You have to be a real harcore fam to suffer through this. A studio version should never have been recorded in my opinion, much less take up almost half an album which could have been devoted to better compositions. "The Lord's Prayer" should have remained a live anomaly relegated to a live EP or b-side of a 12" single. Ugh.

I love quirky shit like this. Sue me. Feel like I'm in a horror movie for about 14 minutes. LOVE IT!

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Timmy84 said:

sextonseven said:

You have to be a real harcore fam to suffer through this. A studio version should never have been recorded in my opinion, much less take up almost half an album which could have been devoted to better compositions. "The Lord's Prayer" should have remained a live anomaly relegated to a live EP or b-side of a 12" single. Ugh.

I love quirky shit like this. Sue me. Feel like I'm in a horror movie for about 14 minutes. LOVE IT!

[Edited 1/30/11 10:45am]

If early horror punk is what you're after then I suggest Super Heroines, 45 Grave or early Christian Death. I think they go along great with the Banshees' Join Hands album.

sextonseven said:

Timmy84 said:

I love quirky shit like this. Sue me. Feel like I'm in a horror movie for about 14 minutes. LOVE IT!

[Edited 1/30/11 10:45am]

If early horror punk is what you're after then I suggest Super Heroines, 45 Grave or early Christian Death. I think they go along great with the Banshees' Join Hands album.

Yeah so I heard lol I do plan to check out a lot of things. Right now I'm listening to the X-Ray Spex album.

I agree with sextonseven on this one. I like The Scream, but not so much Join Hands. Also, I think the Banshees really only became magical with Kaleidoscope, Juju and A Kiss in the Dreamhouse.

Moonbeam said:

I agree with sextonseven on this one. I like The Scream, but not so much Join Hands. Also, I think the Banshees really only became magical with Kaleidoscope, Juju and A Kiss in the Dreamhouse.

I dig The Scream and I'll check the other three.

Timmy84 said:

sextonseven said:

If early horror punk is what you're after then I suggest Super Heroines, 45 Grave or early Christian Death. I think they go along great with the Banshees' Join Hands album.

Yeah so I heard lol I do plan to check out a lot of things. Right now I'm listening to the X-Ray Spex album.

And I'm sure you already know about Misfits. Everyone and their mom wears their t-shirt.

My favorite Misfits song:

Timmy84 said:

Moonbeam said:

I agree with sextonseven on this one. I like The Scream, but not so much Join Hands. Also, I think the Banshees really only became magical with Kaleidoscope, Juju and A Kiss in the Dreamhouse.

I dig The Scream and I'll check the other three.

Very cool albums all, but know The Banshees ditched punk to try on their new wave hats for Kaleidoscope before settling into their signature sound on Juju.

sextonseven said:

Timmy84 said:

I dig The Scream and I'll check the other three.

Very cool albums all, but know The Banshees ditched punk to try on their new wave hats for Kaleidoscope before settling into their signature sound on Juju.

I like new wave.

sextonseven said:

Timmy84 said:

Yeah so I heard lol I do plan to check out a lot of things. Right now I'm listening to the X-Ray Spex album.

And I'm sure you already know about Misfits. Everyone and their mom wears their t-shirt.

My favorite Misfits song:

Yes I do and I've heard a lot of tracks from them lately. They rock. I honestly think though that some who wear the shirt have no idea about the group.

sextonseven said:

Timmy84 said:

I dig The Scream and I'll check the other three.

Very cool albums all, but know The Banshees ditched punk to try on their new wave hats for Kaleidoscope before settling into their signature sound on Juju.

This is where we disagree. I think the addition of John McGeoch helped them find their signature sound, which is more like a signature approach, I feel. Kaleidoscope is the first album I feel where they really stretched themselves, and that continued throughout the 80s, but especially on the 3 albums I mentioned!

Moonbeam said:

sextonseven said:

Very cool albums all, but know The Banshees ditched punk to try on their new wave hats for Kaleidoscope before settling into their signature sound on Juju.

This is where we disagree. I think the addition of John McGeoch helped them find their signature sound, which is more like a signature approach, I feel. Kaleidoscope is the first album I feel where they really stretched themselves, and that continued throughout the 80s, but especially on the 3 albums I mentioned!

I will agree that Kaleidoscope sounds closer to Juju and any Banshees album after that than Join Hands and The Scream, but that's it.

sextonseven said:

Moonbeam said:

This is where we disagree. I think the addition of John McGeoch helped them find their signature sound, which is more like a signature approach, I feel. Kaleidoscope is the first album I feel where they really stretched themselves, and that continued throughout the 80s, but especially on the 3 albums I mentioned!

I will agree that Kaleidoscope sounds closer to Juju and any Banshees album after that than Join Hands and The Scream, but that's it.

It's their best album!

Moonbeam said:

sextonseven said:

I will agree that Kaleidoscope sounds closer to Juju and any Banshees album after that than Join Hands and The Scream, but that's it.

It's their best album!

sextonseven said:

Moonbeam said:

It's their best album!