Who else thinks that Cracker is tha shiznit?? If not you better recognize!

cracker is one of my favorite bands of all-time... i dig how they mix a more old-school sound of rock music with a very definite modern style of song-writing... the first cracker record i owned was "the golden age"... i heard it during the most depressing summer... the local alternative rock station in charleston played the cd in it's entirety one sunday morning, and that was it... i jammed "big dipper" and "i hate my generation" for the rest of that summer...

Big Dipper is one of my all time favorite songs!

I have to admit I hold Camper Van Beethoven closer to my heart, but Cracker is just about as good! They always kick out solid albums and NEVER disappoint live!

What? no love for Cracker on this site?

I've been a fan since their first album! I've seen every show I've been able to get into (they played a lot of ID shows here before I was 21) in Mpls including an in-store performance where there were maybe only 30 people in attendance and I got each band member to sign all of my album covers from Cracker brand through Garage d'Or. Amazing live band. Amazing band period.

I never actually purchased Garage D'or, but did just get the Cd that they did with Leftover Salmon called "Oh Cracker, where art thou?" It's kick-ass! I think that Gentleman's Blues is probably my least favorite CD of theirs.

I don't have that one. I'll have to check it out. Did you get their latest album of country covers? Sooooo much fun. I wish they would have played more from it when they toured last time after it came out.

The only Cracker song I know is their country version of "White Riot" which was on a Clash tribute album. Country and Punk do not mix.

NWF said:

... are you serious..? country and punk is the best mixture... they're both very rootsy 3 chord music with very plain spoken lyrics that people who are lower down on the totum pole can really feel and identify with...

check out some uncle tupelo or husker du or the replacements or the backsliders or something...

EllisDee said:

co-sign!!

Carrie, just picked up "Countrysides" yesterday. I'm digging it - especially "Ain't gonna suck itself."

artist08 said:

That's one of my favorites! Lyrically, it reminds me a bit more of old Camper Van Beethoven. I also really like the Bruce Springsteen cover and the Merle Haggard's Reasons to Quit. David Lowery=genius.