In the Double Nickel's camp. Could be that is was easy(ish) to find (oh why did I buy that on cassette instead of vinyl!?), and for the broke teen it was kinda just a great value, which is a weird thing to say about a record.
You remind me to listen to them again, it's been too long. And my vote is firmly for Double Nickels, which is just one of the most perfect albums ever.
Many of the best bands are never copied, because its simply impossible.
There are no cover bands of Miles Davis' On the Corner, for example.
No Beefheart impersonators.
Jesus and tequila
I'm satisfied
I can't deny it
Also, if you watch We Jam Econo, you'll learn that it's really just "Minutemen", with no "The".
There are no cover bands of Miles Davis' On the Corner, for example.
No Beefheart impersonators.
Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!
First off, Minutemen got a lot of their sound from that first Gang of Four album.
Mark Isham did an entire album covering Miles fusion period, including tracks from "On the Corner."
Tom Waits & Les Claypool are just but the first to come to my mind when thinking of Beefheart impersonators. I am sure that there are more.
That Isham album is fun, yeah! Also - don’t sleep on this -
https://buddypeace.bandcamp.com/album/so…