More Spoonerisms

Here's the follow up to the previous post

Every Corner Dance (1982)

The first full length by Spooner. More of that sweet sweet power pop type stuff from Madison, Wisconsin. If you're into that sort of thing you may enjoy this.

I do.

Not What the Drummer is Famous For

Oh yeah, I was going to make a sandwich...

Cruel School (1979)

More or less power pop. More pop than power, but still very pleasant songs that you can sing along with by a little band from Madison, Wisconsin that went by the name of Spooner.
It's the sort of stuff that you might pass over in any record bin. The outsides are pretty nondescript and the band photo doesn't really make them look particularly "cool". You might expect a subpar bar band or something even lamer based merely on that.

Fortunately this is not the case.

Where You Gonna Run? (1980)

Spooner made a number of records, toured the Midwest, and had their own label for themselves and other local bands. And came and went before the 80s were over.

If they have any cause for notice it's because the drummer for the band was Butch Vig who produced Nirvana's "Nevermind" and played drums and with the guitarist Duke Erikson hooked up with a Scot expat Shirley Manson to form Garbage.

But here are the first recordings of the future famous people in the first incarnation of the studio that would make the record that defined the early 90s.

I actually prefer this myself, but I'm a sucker for a Farfisa.

Another One For Your Fifty States Collection

Anemic Boyfriends were from Alaska. You're Welcome.

"Guys Are Not Proud" is an odd little ditty about the sexual proclivities of the average Alaskan male and their willingness to stick their dick into various unsavory places. It's supposed to be funny, I think.

 Anemic Boyfriends (1980)

the Appliances were from Madison, WI. It's kind of a dark record. But it's cold there.

 They put out an lp as well. I don't have that.

  

 Appliances (1980)