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| From | "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net> |
| Subject | Re: Free Concert - Fountains of Wayne! |
| Date | Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:29:46 -0400 |
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Nope. The Suicide Commandos predate Wilson by a generation or so:
they were pretty much Minnesota's first punk band. They were Steve
Almaas (later the leader of Beat Rodeo), Chris Osgood and Dave Ahl.
S
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Micek" <jlmicek@verizon.net>
To: "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net>
Cc: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: Free Concert - Fountains of Wayne!
> Am I remembering correctly that The Suicide Commandos are Dan Wilson
> of Semisonic's old band?
> And I'll agree on the FoW inconsistencies as a live band. When I saw
> them on a double-bill with the Gigolo Aunts at the Troc in Philly in
> 99, the Aunts opened and blew 'em off the stage.
>
> john micek
>
>
> On Aug 28, 2007, at 5:01 PM, Stewart Mason wrote:
>
>> A quick update from my sister-in-law on the concert at the
>> Minnesota State Fair:
>>
>> "yes, we did get to the concert. Suicide Commandos were great.
>> Fountains of Wayne, not so much. I don't know what was wrong - they
>> seem to play the sort of stuff I like, but they just weren't
>> clicking for either of us. Not the worst thing in the world,
>> though, since I had to work yesterday, so we didn't mind leaving
>> before their set was finished.
>>
>> But it was fun to get out to a concert (that wasn't Lyssie and
>> Dan). We're planning to try to get out to more shows - small local
>> bands and things like this, too."
>>
>> So chalk up another for the "FoW aren't a very good live band"
>> camp, I guess, but I mostly urged her to go because I knew she'd
>> love the Suicide Commandos, so there you go.
>>
>> The obscure reference in the second paragraph, incidentally, is to
>> the really quite good Minneapolis-based alt-country duo the
>> Floorbirds ( http://www.myspace.com/thefloorbirds ), the female
>> half of which is my wife's sister's husband's niece...which is just
>> removed enough from me to make this plug not be entirely
>> nepo-tastic.
>>
>> S
>>
>>
>
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