some of the best HOMEGROWN BANDS in Big O's New School Rock

[rottenramone]

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lemme rip a couple. i rem passing them to grimbrody and gordonzz.

 

[17wil]

good stuff! thanks dude!

 

[GrimBrody]

wooot!!

keep your eyes on this thread!!
i m rummagin thru my cds liao

 

[AgingYouth]

My fren lost my copy of The Pagans' "Stereokineticspiraldreams"... I'm soooo gonna tear her a new asshole...

 

[soft]

i dont think it is a good idea to post songs online without the consent from the respective copyright owner.

 

[antedeluvian]

thats why. if the band has labels i think they own the right to sue you...

 

[antedeluvian]

without labels also too . forgot to add in that.

 

[echoist]

i dont think it is a good idea to post songs online without the consent from the respective copyright owner.

ooooppppsss! ok james, in my excitement to share the lovely local music to the people here, i kind of overlooked abt that matter... heesshhhh... bad boy me! hope no one got into any trouble over this thread. sorry guys... to the bands who's music i posted here without your consents, apologies all around... its all in good faith to expose more of our local talents.

i guess good things never last...

 

[echoist]

in case anyone is curious, these are the cd's i downloaded the songs from. they are from the Big O New School Rock series 1 to 4. they were given out with Big O magazine during the period of 1991-1994. it was a yearly event. the magazine was selling at $9.90 when they came with the cd, instead of the normal $3.80 (if i remembered correctly) without cd. series 3 and 4 of the cd was even sponsored by Levi's. and Levi's did a limited run of t-shirts for release 3. that was a great time, and it must be noted that the government was not promoting arts/music then!

i believe that Big O was instrumental in pushing and promoting local music/talents/bands then. this is the only local magazine that boldly/lovingly featured local bands on their cover monthly. (there are other fanzines that did this too, but they were not as mass circulated as them!) too bad they are just an online mag now... check out http://www.bigo.com.sg/

 

[echoist]

Re: big o cds

hey bro,

the cds that you collected were way back then man. i remembered the gigs were at WTC amphiteatre. was wondering if you could info me on how to get the NEW SCH ROCK VOL 4 cd. i lost mine. thnx.

i really do not know where u can get them now. i got them when i purchased my Big O at that time. maybe u can try to contact Big O, http://www.bigo.com.sg/ who knows they might have some back-copies available. but its like 10yr old back-copies man!!! or try Roxy at Excelsior 3rd floor. they have loads of old stuff! (even the cassete demos of bands!)

hmmmmm... WTC Amphiteatre. its local flavour every week! (well, nearly...) Beats by the Bay! hahahahahhaha... the original BayBeats i guess! hehehehehhhe...

 

[echoist]

My fren lost my copy of The Pagans' "Stereokineticspiraldreams"... I'm soooo gonna tear her a new asshole...

hey, i think i saw that in Roxy! call them to check! its the one with the patterns on the tracing paper rite? i still have mine... hehhhhh... singapore answer to Ride, Curve, My Bloody Valentine...

 

[Hellcat]

Man! I Was LATE!!!!!!

Echoist, I wan ESP!!!!!
Boleh PM ???

 

[Hellcat]

Oh by the way.. I've jus found out that Edgars' Fault CD is on sale in Crazy Elephant!!!! I think you can get it from Curtis King if you guys are interested! I@m on my way to getting one too!

 

[echoist]

another interesting find in my cd crate:
Left Of The Dial CD compilation of various local bands.

my fav song in this CD is Addiction by The Oddfellows. the guitar sounds like early Nirvana/Mudhoney!

this cd features Radio Station by The Padres. the song was played on-air by Sir John Peel of BBC before.

most of the songs are very raw! very unpolished. (except for a few!) and half of them were credited as being recorded/produced by the ever great and infamous Ah Boy!

 

[echoist]

i found this demo cassettes of Still and Cell. wonder if anyone here know of them. where are they?

and i found this cassette of Metallica's Garage Days Re-Revisited (their 2nd series of garage "jamming" recording). paid $7.50 for this in 87 or 88!

where is my Walkman when i needed it most?

 

[AgingYouth]

I dunno about Cell but I heard Still had relocated back to the States. Someone sent me a link to their new band website. Apparently, they have some tunes for d/l as well.

They are no longer known as Still, I think...

 

[echoist]

hey, thnx for the info. i remembered clearly they were all expats, if i'm not wrong. i imagined one of them used to perform with Corporate Toil, but i might be wrong there too. hmmmmmm... anyway, thnx again...

if only i can find a Walkman somewhere...

 

[echoist]

another great CD released in 1996 - Flush After Use. IMHO, this is one of the best Local Bands compilation cd i own.

the best thing abt this compilation is the different genres of music represented by the different bands. all Pure Singapura! my fav are songs by Mother and 4-Sides (LCHC!). other greats by Stoned Revivals, Sideshow Judy and Dog Nation (Syed's band post-Stompin' Ground, pre-Bushmen)

get this cd in Roxy if u can find them, i feel its a gem.
i feel like a pimp promoting Local Fares of yesteryears! hehehehehhh...

 

[reyar]

Your posts just bring back memories! I got this CD only in '99 cos only then did I own a discman! My CHINESE TEACHER wasn't only helping me with my O levels then. He was also busy passing me copies of those BigO mags/ CDs after seeing "Fuzzbox" and "VoodooMirrors" tapes on my desk.

I remember that was the year when BoredPhuck's Revolution 69 and Plain Sunset's Runaway were released. He was generous to lend them to me becos I didn't have money to buy CDs except some of the demo tapes on sale at Roxy.

I'd end up buying all those same LCHC and indie releases I borrowed from my CHINESE TEACHER with the money I got from vacation jobs. I also ended up buying my first guitar (Fender Toronado) from Sanjeev of Boredphucks and started a band of my own.

A couple months ago, I bummed into my chinese teacher and realised he's been listening to my band's CD without knowing I played on it!

If not for BigO and my Chinese teacher, I wouldn't be playing music today! I mean, which CHINESE TEACHER would promote punk/HC releases to his student????? Esp Boredphucks with all "KNN CCB"s!!!

 

[GrimBrody]

VOodooMirrors!!

livideye!! yoo hoo!

lol..reyar..your post jst reminded me too. Last time MP3s weren't exactly easily accessible...no wait..were they created already back then?

got my first Stompin Ground CD when i jst got my own discman. LOL.

HAHAHA..we is old.