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| From | "John L. Micek" <jlmicek@mindspring.com> |
| Subject | Re: Natalie Merchant |
| Date | Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:30:20 -0400 |
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> Most of the 10K Maniacs music was bland as well. >Understated, extremely
consistent and dull. Nothing like >a dull, colorless band with an annoying
> (vocally) singer.
I always enjoyed the Maniacs' early work -- the stuff that was collected on
"Hope Chest." My thinking was the the quality declined markedly after John
Lombardo left the band. It seemed like that early period stuff -- which was
a bit spikier -- was honed to a fine edge by the time of "Our Time In Eden."
I was always a fan of the late Robert Buck's guitarwork as well. I always
thought he made innovative use of open tunings, and played some fairly
creative guitar.
John Micek.
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