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The Pleasures Pale Dayton, Ohio
The Pleasures Pale was an influential indie quartet based in Dayton Ohio active from 1985 to 1987. Oft-compared to anglo groups such as The Smiths, TPP's influences can now be read as more diverse — taking cues from postpunk, rockabilly, swing, Motown and Dayton funk. A band for misfits, their extensive, lyric-driven output sought to light a way through the rust belt's post-industrial bleakness. ... more
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CURSED TO ROCK THE LIVING
by TEAM VOID
Team Void is Pleasures Pale bassist extraordinaire Luis Lerma's current focus. In TV, Louie is an underworld Lucha hero wielding a zombie robot-killing surf guitar. How cool is that?!
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Do Big Men Really Run the World?
by Myself a Living Torch
After the break up of The Pleasures Pale, singer Jeffrey Bright relocated from Dayton to San Francisco where he fronted Myself a Living Torch from 1991 to 1993.
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Pleasures Pale vocalist Jeffrey Bright's singing career began in Dayton, Ohio with B Pictures, spanning roughly a year between late 1984 and late1985.
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Melvins fans will flip for this lost ’90s indie classic, with its sludgy guitars, hypnotic rhythms and irresistible hooks. Essential.
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Death is Nothing to Us
by Fiddlehead
Boston band featuring members of Have Heart and Basement take their earnest, motivational post-hardcore to thrilling new heights.
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Monster Truck Mondays
by The Empty Threats
Tightly wound post-punk with splashes of new wave; heavy on twangy riffs, phased-out melodies, and understated vocals.
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