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The Posies, plus Sloan gossip!
On Fri, 3 Jan 1997, Gina Stough wrote:
> On the radio yesterday, this DJ was talking about The Posies and how their last
> album didn't do as well as expected in the US. He said that they blamed their
> record label, because promotion is directly related to album sales and their
> label didn't promote them as the band would have liked. Apparently The Posies
> are big in Scotland and other European countries, but because of their label's
> poor promotional efforts, they're getting little fanfare in the US. The Posies
> are now looking for another label.
What sets Sloan apart from the Posies is the fact that, while
"Twice Removed" was a fantastic album, "Amazing Disgrace" was one of the
worst releases-by-a-good-band of the year. After "Frosting on the Beater,"
one of the best albums of 1993, I expected way more than AOR crap and
Cheap Trick. Maybe that has something to do with the album's flopping. I'd
rank "Frosting" near "2R" as far as the best albums of the '90s goes, but
the Posies have really gone downhill.
Obligatory Sloan content: a friend of mine DJs at a club in TO,
where Mr. Jay Ferguson spent New Year's Eve. So guess what: he went to
said club on that eve, and GOT CARDED! Tee hee!
Matt
"I watch them both with my telescope.
I'm watching both her hands on a bottle of Coke.
And her medic alert tag says she's okay,
just allergic to peanuts, so she'd better stay away."
- The Bonaduces, "Really Powerful Telescope"