Paisley Underground Appreciation Thread

[Machinegunner]

I’ve always felt that early REM could’ve fit in well w/ the Paisley scene, but obviously they were from Athens and less psych. Listening to this one now, you can hear echoes of The One I Love which was years later of course. The Jayhawks also clearly took some inspiration, Wilco etc.

 

[Machinegunner]

“just goes to show how wrong you can be”

 

[Motorik]

I’ve always felt that early REM could’ve fit in well w/ the Paisley scene, but obviously they were from Athens and less psych. Listening to this one now, you can hear echoes of The One I Love which was years later of course. The Jayhawks also clearly took some inspiration, Wilco etc.

Oh yeah, definitely some crossover in vibe/sound with early REM, they'vee both got the big Byrds influence. And speaking of The Byrds, 'Ivory Tower' has Gene Clark on backing vocals.
I also think The Long Ryders are one of the first bands (along with The Jayhawks) you could properly call alt-country. Although I suppose to be thorough we should also include cowpunk types like Jason and the Scorchers, Blood on the Saddle, and X, but I don't think of them as alt-country in the Uncle Tupelo sense.

 

[Machinegunner]

Oh yeah, definitely some crossover in vibe/sound with early REM, they'vee both got the big Byrds influence. And speaking of The Byrds, 'Ivory Tower' has Gene Clark on backing vocals.
I also think The Long Ryders are one of the first bands (along with The Jayhawks) you could properly call alt-country. Although I suppose to be thorough we should also include cowpunk types like Jason and the Scorchers, Blood on the Saddle, and X, but I don't think of them as alt-country in the Uncle Tupelo sense.

Those latter bands come to my mind also when I think of Long Ryders, but you’re right that they’re more cowpunk as opposed to alt-country. Although you can hear some overlap. You can def. draw a line from Byrds/Buffalo Springfield and even late Moby Grape to The Long Ryders in the alt-country scheme of things. It’s really interesting how all the Paisley bands exist under the same umbrella, but the influences vary quite a bit and the stylistic differences as you pointed out in your initial post. I guess the same can be said of the late 60’s L.A and SF scenes/bands respectively…quite a bit of variance, but with just about all of the jam band stuff relegated to SF.