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Tue, 07 Jul 2009
Great Bands You [Probably] Never Heard Of #1:The Pink Spiders

Okay, so I've decided to start a new little segment here on my blog. Here, I'll introduce you to new-ish underground bands you probably don't know about. I'll start it off with probably the most popular and known on my list, and my favorite on it. The Pink Spiders.

The Pink Spiders Pictures, Images
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Okay, so if you hadn't been able to tell from earlier blogs and rants, I'm a huge Pink Spiders fan. I've been listening to them for maybe a year and a half now. I'm not sure, I just remember telling my school friends about them in late '07.

So, to the music. These guys are from Nashville, and know good music. Not only to the know it, they play it. And they're good at it. Their first two albums, Hot Pink(2004)and Teenage Graffiti(2006) are great, college, pop-rock albums. The tunes are catchy, and are hard to not fall in love with. A few tracks on Hot Pink were re-recorded on Teenage Graffiti, but in my opinion, I favored the earlier versions, with the exception of "Soft Smoke." Now, contrary to that statement, when it comes to which is my favorite, I side more near Teenage Graffiti. Not because Hot Pink has any faults, they're actually both great albums I love.

Now, recently, The Pink Spiders have had a change in line-up, consisting of a brand new, spankin' drummer, bassist, and I think they also got a new keyboardist? I'm not positive. Right before(and I do mean right before) this sudden change in members, the trio released Sweat It Out in 2008. This one failed to impress me as much. In my opinion, they were trying to hard to become mainstream. There are some tracks on it that I still kept on my iPod, but if you're buying, I'd recommend Teenage Graffiti or Hot Pink.

So, that basically wraps up this one, and you can expect some other obscure and unknown band soon. Hopefully, you decide to check all these guys out. It's totally worth it. I promise.

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Posted 01:09

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