Topic: Why wasn't I informed? (Read 7726 times)

the_tard · « **on:** 30 May 2007, 19:22 »

So there's this awesome late blooming grunge band from 1995. They are called "Toadies". They made two officially released albums as far as I can tell. Neither me or anyone I knew had heard of them until about three days ago when I played guitar hero 2 for the first time (I'm really terrible) and I heard their song "Possum Kingdom". They are actually really good! I don't know why no one has heard of them. Anyway, I thought I would just try to spread the word about them, because they're pretty cool. (P.S. They are actually broken up now because the bass player left and apparently they felt that they couldn't go on without a bass player. Crappy.) Look up "toadies" on youtube and you will fin them. Favourite songs so far are Quitter, Doll Skin and I Burn.

Tyler · « **Reply #1 on:** 30 May 2007, 20:09 »

Welcome to a decade ago.

Honestly, Possum Kingdom was all over the radio.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #2 on:** 30 May 2007, 20:10 »

radiowaves don't travel under rocks, though.

Johnny C · « **Reply #3 on:** 30 May 2007, 20:19 »

A decade ago I was nine.

Ballard · « **Reply #4 on:** 30 May 2007, 20:36 »

Don't rub it in Joe's face, Johnny.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #5 on:** 30 May 2007, 20:37 »

A decade ago i was seven. "Possum Kingdom" is still on the radio.

the_tard · « **Reply #6 on:** 30 May 2007, 21:09 »

Weird. I never heard it. But then, I don't listen to the radio much.

ALoveSupreme · « **Reply #7 on:** 31 May 2007, 01:36 »

...so help me, jesus.

Twelve.

God, help me to forget middle school.

CmonMiracle · « **Reply #8 on:** 31 May 2007, 01:43 »

People find music in different ways! It isn't like any of us was around to listen to Pink Floyd when they put out their first A-side.

But yeah, the Toadies are pretty awesome. They sounded a little too insane for my mom though so I couldn't play it with her listening.

Johnny C · « **Reply #9 on:** 31 May 2007, 01:44 »

Quote from: imapiratearg on 30 May 2007, 20:37

A decade ago i was seven. "Possum Kingdom" is still on the radio.

Though I don't doubt your claim I myself am utterly and entirely unfamiliar with the song in question, having never heard it on the radio.

CmonMiracle · « **Reply #10 on:** 31 May 2007, 01:51 »

Around here, they probably play it as much as The Violent Femmes.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #11 on:** 31 May 2007, 11:51 »

Never heard of them. They sound awful.

Kai · « **Reply #12 on:** 31 May 2007, 12:14 »

I would not see a band called Toadies

Ben yayayayayayayay · « **Reply #13 on:** 31 May 2007, 14:08 »

Is it untrue that you would see a band called Slint?

Caught you red handed, liezilla!

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #14 on:** 31 May 2007, 15:40 »

the song "Tyler" is one of my favorites. it starts out so nice and it sounds like a typical love song and then suddenly he's breaking into her house at night and sneaking into her bedroom. it's awesome.

Ernest · « **Reply #15 on:** 31 May 2007, 21:37 »

You guys my birthday is this upcoming Sunday. I'll be 18!

carrotosaurus · « **Reply #16 on:** 01 Jun 2007, 08:13 »

I heard Possum Kingdom on the radio last week.

0bsessions · « **Reply #17 on:** 01 Jun 2007, 08:19 »

I remember Possum Kingdom...from my last year of middle school...a decade ago...when I was thirteen. Fuck all y'all. I'm going to go do whatever the fuck old people do these days. I know! I'm going to go do the Charlston now. Sons of bitches...

Luke C · « **Reply #18 on:** 01 Jun 2007, 08:23 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 30 May 2007, 20:19

A decade ago I was nine.

I was 8, do I win?

I have never been a huge fan of grunge, maybe its my age.

Merkava · « **Reply #19 on:** 01 Jun 2007, 13:05 »

Fuck. I could have sworn I'd win with being 6 a decade ago.

0bsessions · « **Reply #20 on:** 01 Jun 2007, 13:26 »

Six? Five?! I fucking hate you all.

Liz · « **Reply #21 on:** 01 Jun 2007, 13:35 »

I was nine and a half. Oh boy.

schimmy · « **Reply #22 on:** 01 Jun 2007, 16:07 »

I was 5 a decade ago, too. In 25 days, I will have been 6 a decade ago.
I guess what I am saying is there better be a damned birthday thread for me on the 27th June.

ScrambledGregs · « **Reply #23 on:** 01 Jun 2007, 17:24 »

Quote from: Ben yayayayayayayay on 31 May 2007, 14:08

Is it untrue that you would see a band called Slint?

Caught you red handed, liezilla!

I would totally go see a band named Slint because it's a cool name. Toadies is a stupid name for an awful band.

Inlander · « **Reply #24 on:** 01 Jun 2007, 20:35 »

Possums? Forgotten 90s bands? In my head this thread stopped being about these "Toadies" and started being about Possum Dixon a long time ago.

the_tard · « **Reply #25 on:** 02 Jun 2007, 16:57 »

I am all about the grunge right now. Even pulled out an old Nirvana cd yesterday, though I can't stand to listen to anything off of "Nevermind" anymore. It has been overplayed to death and then some, and "In Utero" is better anyway. I tried playing some of Toadies songs on guitar and they are surprisingly easy. I managed a lot better on actual guitar than I did on guitar hero, which just shows how terrible I really am at that game; Especially "I Burn", it's like 4 chords. Still a good song though.

Kai · « **Reply #26 on:** 02 Jun 2007, 17:22 »

I am thinking you ought to listen to the Screaming Trees

bff · « **Reply #27 on:** 02 Jun 2007, 18:57 »

The best part about this thread is the fact that "Rubberneck" had been out for over a year before "Possum Kingdom" caught on and became a hit.

Since the band broke up, lead singer/songwriter Todd Lewis has a new band called the Burden Brothers.

Ernest · « **Reply #28 on:** 03 Jun 2007, 23:12 »

Guys, I'm 18 now. It's pretty gr8. I'm gonna buy some cigarettes.

Ballard · « **Reply #29 on:** 06 Jun 2007, 06:22 »

A decade ago I was 5 as well. My birthday is probably well after Sam's.

Do I win a prize?

jeph · « **Reply #30 on:** 06 Jun 2007, 13:02 »

jesus christ you people are CHILDREN

Ten years ago I was almost 17.

Inlander · « **Reply #31 on:** 06 Jun 2007, 16:57 »

You mean you were born in the 80s? Man, you're just a whippersnapper.

Chad K. · « **Reply #32 on:** 06 Jun 2007, 21:48 »

I'm saying. Ten years ago I had just finished my freshman year of college. On a similar tip, a D.J. yesterday commented on how "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is now 17 years old, meaning it is only three years away from industry standards as to what constitutes a "classic rock" track. I turn 29 this year, an age I always thought of as older and "adult," but until that moment I didn't really feel like I was getting "old".

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