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Move over Psychic… Powerless… because this is now the oldest piece of Butthole Surfers I own!

I had actually never heard most of these songs before (minus Hey, since it’s on Leather Fly) so it was basically a brand new piece of work through my eyes! I just finished reading the BHS chapter of Our Band Could Be Your Life, and it was an interesting story of how this Live EP came out basically just so the band had something people could listen to! As someone who was once in a band playing live all the time and with minimal recordings available to the public, I understand that lol.

Anyways, very happy with my purchase and this copy!

So, like the title says, the only other RE games (despite being one of my favorite game franchises ever) I've Platted have been the remakes- 2, 3, & 4. I always meant to Plat RE7 (especially this one, since the game is very sentimental to me) and RE8, but I just never put in the time.

Despite only beating my first Requiem run a couple weeks ago (when I started the run at launch), this game really stuck out to me. The survival horror elements of the Grace sections were so intense and palpable, and the action and zombie-splattering of Leon's sections were just fun!

Like I said, it took me 7 months to complete my first playthrough, just because I kept getting distracted by other games and Platinums, but once I finished the story once, I had to try it again. And again. And then an extra run to get that one Mr. Raccoon in the sniper section.

I know "RE9 Platinum" posts are a dime a dozen here, but I'm very proud of this one, since, imo, 7, 8 , & 9 have much more difficult Plats than the remakes for 2, 3, & 4 (but maybe that's just cuz I know the remakes better). Anyways, I loved this journey, and I'm hyped for Code Veronica soon!

So yeah, it's probably not known anywhere, but I figured I'd ask! Does anyone know what songs were being performed when any of these album photos were taken? Screaming Life, Ultramega OK, and Louder Than Love all have Charles Peterson gig photos taken mid-song as their cover art, and I have always been curious if people know what songs were being played when they were snapped? You never know- maybe someone on this sub was at one of these shows and remembers the occasion, or maybe someone has a BatPuter that can analyze the photos and cross reference them with known Soundgarden performances and use the position of Chris' throat/vocal muscles to decipher what song is being sung... it could happen, right?

Very happy to say I now own all of Dinosaur Jr's studio albums, plus a few singles and live recordings! They've been my favorite band since high school and stayed that way through a lot of change, hardship, and progress. My collection has grown alongside me!

Well, despite living in Austin, I couldn't see the Surfers at Levitation yesterday. BUT. My copy of Electrlarryland did arrive this afternoon, so I've learned that when Gib closes a door he opens another door (to the bathroom).

Anyways, yeah, here are all my Butthole Surfers studio albums plus 3 bonus vinyl (Cream Corn on piss yellow vinyl, Widowermaker!, and Live at the Leather Fly). They're my children, and you're not supposed to have a favorite child- but you do, and I do, and it's my 1987 copy of Locust Abortion Technician (though my Rough Trade copy of piouhgd is up there, too).

I don't have much more to say, other than SATAN SATAN SATAN

Ok weirdly worded title, sorry, but what's a live album from a grunge (or grunge-adjacent) band that you think pretty much captures their sound? It doesn't have to be their penultimate performance, just one that you think really showcases what the band's music/philosophy/statement was all about.

For Dinosaur Jr (one of my favorite bands since high school) it's really hard to pick a live show that I think is their best showcase of their sound, both because A) Their sound, lineup, and general mood has shifted so many times during their run B) They have A LOT of great live recordings out there. I'd like to shoutout stuff like The Black Session and Chocomel Daze, but for Dinosaur Jr at their peak popularity in the 90s, no live performance compares (imo) to their Swedish Fist performance.

The setlist is a good selection of a couple of their earlier songs mingled with some of their more (at that point) contemporary, more "radio-friendly" sound, but all around each song is performed in a meaningful way. Alone is definitely the highlight of the set, with a swirling wall of noise solo that goes on for quite a while, really showcasing J's ability to just go off and solo. Feel The Pain and opening with Out There are other amazing performances from this set, and I really love the version of Freak Scene, as well. All in all, it just really shows the band's live ferocity, even if the lineup isn't the trio of J, Lou, and Murph that most people associate with the band.

Again, I don't know if this is their "best ever", and there are performances with Murph and Lou Barlow that probably blow this one away, but if someone wanted to know "What does Dinosaur Jr sound like?" and wanted a live representation of their core sound, this is the album I'd force them to listen to.

So yeah, do any of y'all have specific shows/performances/live albums that you think really capture the essence of your favorite grunge band? Would love to hear your thoughts on which ones and why!

What are some of your favorite grunge albums that are "flawed"? Ones that either had not great recording/mixing processes, ones that underperformed when it came to sales, or ones you straight up dislike for personal reasons; I wanna hear em! Here are a few of mine:

*Ultramega OK- I love this Soundgarden album, and I actually really enjoy and prefer the original mix to the 2017 remix that was done by Jack Endino and Kim Thayil! But, clearly the band and a lot of listeners disagree, as the band ok'd (lol) an entire remix of their debut album like 30 years later. I do love the remixes, too (cuz the core material is just awesome), but for a flawed, raw, jagged sounding early grunge record, I spin Ultramega OK.

*Vitalogy- I don't know all the minutia of what went down in Pearl Jam during the recording of Vitalogy, but I know that the drummer of the time (Dave something? Sorry) was fired before all the recordings were done, that's how bad it got. It's definitely a different direction than Ten and Vs, but it's one I can appreciate. The more toned-down contemplative sound of this album sticks out to me as one of PJ's best!

*Piouhgd- Maybe not *grunge* grunge, but I am a huge Butthole Surfers fan, and Piouhgd has quickly become one of my favorites of their discography! I forget the full story of this album, too, but I know that around the time of recording the band signed to Capitol, and the album in general saw the band with access to more hi-fi recording options than previous albums. This album is pretty much forgotten from what I've seen of Surfers fans, mostly because they don't like the "filler" or those more digital hi-fi recording results. I still love this record to death, despite its flaws and underperforming sales numbers overall.

*Hand It Over- So Dinosaur Jr is probably my favorite band, definitely my favorite band on this list, and like Piouhgd for the Butthole Surfers, this is the last album of an era for Dino Jr. The biggest part of the story of this album's recording was the label people coming in, listening to the songs J had written and recorded, and famously asking "Where's the single?" And again, a lot of fans brush off or forget this album in the grand scheme of Dinosaur Jr recordings, but it's in my top 3, easy. For an album that pretty much sold so poorly it put the band on hiatus until the original lineup reformed several years later, I adore Hand It Over!

So I posted about Platinuming the base game a bit ago, but my app crashed as I posted it so I didn't really get to caption it. So I'm doing it now that I've platted the whole thing! This was a really fun gaming experience for me.

Like many people flooding this sub lately, my first full AC game was Black Flag Resynced (which I also platted). I really loved it, but I couldn't shake the feeling that, even though it was my only full experience with an Assassin's Creed game at that point, that it wasn't very "Assassin's Creed"-y. So, I had a few AC games on PS5 to choose from, and I chose Mirage. I had heard it was clunky, heard it was short, and heard the story sucked. But, if I'm being completely honest- I have never picked up an AC game thinking "Yeah this will be a fun combat-centered story game!" I have picked them up wanting cool stealth and assassin-y gameplay. And that's what I got with Mirage!

Yes, the story is weird. Yes, combat starts off *very* clunky. But besides those issues, i fully enjoyed this game where I really felt like I was playing as an Assassin. The DLC and the Playback trophy (which was my final one and seemed kinda impossible at first) were also really enjoyable additions! I didn't care about the story really at all playing, so i can't really vouch for it, but the gameplay was incredibly addictive. Again, this is my second AC game, so I don't have the authority to call this "classic Assassin's Creed", but I will say that when I was 11 and trying to play Brotherhood while my family was asleep, Mirage is the kind of game I wanted from a series called Assassin's Creed- high stakes stealth, fun gadgets to use, and a lot of high profile marks to take down.

Thank you, AC Mirage, for distracting me from my life for a while!

This is my collection (so far) of vintage Soundgarden vinyl! I've got an original UltraMega Ok (signed by Hiro on the back!), Badmotorfinger (the Brazil one I think?), JCP single, Superunknown (blue Coke Bottle vinyl), Room A Thousand Years Wide Sub Pop single, and the Hands All Over EP. These are my children, so I'm not allowed to choose a favorite, but I have my secret ranking...

Very happy with where my board is at! I had to choose between buying pedals and footwear, but I think I made the right choice. Besides, my shoes never seem to fit right anyways…

What's your favorite release from an original grunge band that came out after 2010?

Obviously bands like Soundgarden and Pearl Jam were still kicking during/after the 20teens, and ones like AiC and STP, while having different lineups, were still releasing stuff, too. So what are some of your favorites?

Soundgarden is my favorite grunge band, and King Animal is a real gem (btw, can't wait to hear the unreleased album!!!). It definitely follows the slightly more radio-friendly sound that Superunknown and DotU had, but that's definitely not a bad thing! It's an amazing album, and my personal favorite comeback from any band ever!

Dinosaur Jr, while you could argue aren't really a "grunge" band, have steadily put out AMAZING stuff since their 2005 reunion; hell, Farm alone is an album I prefer to most of their 90s stuff. But, Farm came out 2009, and some idiot arbitrarily made the rules for this post post 2010 stuff only (what a dumbass), so for favorite, I'll go with Sweep It Into Space from 2021 (though, again, all of their reunion stuff has been amazing imo and I'm super hyped for There Near!)

Sonic Youth's last studio album came out in 2009, and they're also not really "grunge", so including them is kind of weird. But, their live album from a Brooklyn 2011 show is still full of bangers and proves that the band was kicking ass musically up until their breakup!

What about y'all? Any great releases from OG grunge bands from within the past 15 years or so? Would love to hear about them!

Kinda a loose definition of "rarity"; it can be a lesser known single, B side, alternate album track, really whatever I'm not the release police here.

I like this single version of Master Dik a lot, and Genetic is probably my favorite Lee Ranaldo Sonic Youth song ever! What about y'all?