| 1 | Infidels (When Your Hips Came Loose) | |
| 2 | Skirts To Suffer On | |
| 3 | Your Human Spine | |
| 4 | Does It Rain In Your Womb | |
| 5 | Science Of The Mind | |
| 6 | Oceans Don't Need Us | |
| 7 | Dutch Ghost Reclamation Of The City Of New York | |
| 8 | To The Tender (Beauty Marks / Blisters) | |
| 9 | Do You Rule? | |
| 10 | Aiwass |
If you don't remember Handsome back in the 90's maybe you will remember Quicksand. Peter Mengede, former Helmet guitarist went on to form Handsome. Quicksand guitarist Tom Capone was recruited as well.
Tracklist
| 1 | Needles | ||
| 2 | Ride Down | ||
| 3 | Going To Panic | ||
| 4 | Left Of Heaven | ||
| 5 | Thrown Away | ||
| 6 | Dim The Lights | ||
| 7 | Lead Bellied | ||
| 8 | My Mind's Eye | ||
| 9 | Waiting | ||
| 10 | Quiet Liar | ||
| 11 | Eden Complex | ||
| 12 | Swimming |
| 1 | V | |
| 2 | Ill Fated | |
| 3 | Pecan Pie | |
| 4 | Yesterday Cried | |
| 5 | Glad & Sorry | |
| 6 | Won't Be Coming Home | |
| 7 | He's A Dick | |
| 8 | Walk Where He Walked | |
| 9 | Nowhere Bound | |
| 10 | Friend | |
| 11 | She Don't Have To See You | |
| 12 | Red Headed Stepchild | |
| 13 | Williamton Angel | |
| 14 | Radio King |
| 1 | 0-0 A.E.T. (No Score After Extra Time) | 3:58 |
| 2 | Thisness | 3:12 |
| 3 | Comeuppance | 6:16 |
| 4 | Cottager | 3:16 |
| 5 | Seasonstream | 5:35 |
| 6 | Junketing | 3:13 |
| 7 | Nonplussed | 3:42 |
| 8 | Absentee | 3:10 |
| 9 | Last Up First To Go | 2:48 |
| 10 | Buttermouth | 4:17 |
| 11 | Wideshire | 5:56 |
Just about every rock & roller nowadays lists '70s rock as a major influence, but few rockers are down with the misunderstood genius Prince. Unlike others, though, Satchel has no problem admitting their worship of the Purple One (vocalist Shawn Smith in particular, who explores his Prince fixation even more in his two-man side project Pigeonhed).
Satchel's roots lay in the band Brad, which was originally put together as a one-shot side project for Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard. It was essentially an excuse for a group of friends to unwind and make music for the sheer fun of it. After releasing the album Shame in 1992, Gossard returned to Pearl Jam, while drummer Regan Hagar and singer Smith decided to form a permanent band. After hooking up with guitarist John Hoag and bassist Cory Kane, the newly named Satchel (originally called Bliss) secured a record deal with Epic Records. Their debut, EDC, was released in 1994, and was an unfortunately overlooked masterpiece. The band toured relentlessly, and soon bassist Kane exited, with his replacement being Mike Berg. The album didn't sell in vast quantities as hoped, so the band regrouped and began writing their next one.
Stone Gossard was signed on to co-produce their next album, and the resulting The Family (released in 1996) was a surprisingly mellower affair than the debut. Satchel again embarked on a long tour, and again their album went unnoticed (even an opening slot on an Afghan Whigs tour didn't help). By tour's end, Gossard expressed interest in re-forming Brad with Smith and Hagar, and in contrast to Brad's debut, this time they would tour. The group accepted, and Hoag promptly quit Satchel. Brad's superb Interiors received glowing reviews upon its spring 1997 release. And although the album wasn't a smash, the group obtained a loyal fan base, who made the tour a sold-out success. Brad bassist Jeremy Toback was unable to tour (even though he played on the record), so Satchel bassist Berg stepped in for the duration. This left the future of Satchel up in the air, along with Hoag's exit and the fact that many fans felt Brad should become a permanent band, putting out albums and touring on a regular basis.
| 1 | Mr. Brown | 4:45 |
| 2 | Equilibrium | 3:39 |
| 3 | Taste It | 3:17 |
| 4 | Trouble Come Down | 3:05 |
| 5 | More Ways Than 3 | 4:15 |
| 6 | Hollywood | 4:06 |
| 7 | O | 3:03 |
| 8 | Mr. Pink | 3:42 |
| 9 | Built 4 It | 5:14 |
| 10 | Mr. Blue | 2:24 |
| 11 | Willow | 5:07 |
| 12 | Roof Almighty | 2:09 |
| 13 | Suffering | 5:16 |
| 1 | Rhymes With Fame | |
| 2 | Stereophone | |
| 3 | Zoo Girl | |
| 4 | Dump | |
| 5 | Grey | |
| 6 | Floor |
| 1 | When I'm High | 3:03 |
| 2 | Dig USA | 1:50 |
| 3 | Tripping With The Angels | 3:41 |
| 4 | Spoonful (Strawberry Stone) | 3:42 |
| 5 | Riverwitch | 3:08 |
| 6 | Strangest Day (Mind Explosion) | 3:55 |
| 7 | Nitetime Angel Candy | 10:44 |
| 8 | Dragged | 2:33 |
| 9 | Way Down | 4:16 |
| 10 | Din Kids | 2:49 |
| 11 | Wind Is Green | 4:53 |
| 1 | The Opening Sea | |
| 2 | All But White | |
| 3 | Powder Blue | |
| 4 | Sub Gold | |
| 5 | Apology | |
| 6 | Words Of The Pilot | |
| 7 | Waterfield | |
| 8 | Blood And Commons | |
| 9 | Down Again | |
| 10 | In Winter | |
| 11 | Gone | |
| 12 | Heavened |
| 1 | Mona Skips Breakfast | |
| 2 | Shaken Not Stirred | |
| 3 | Weatherking | |
| 4 | Tumble Dry | |
| 5 | Pretty Side Down | |
| 6 | Toastmaster | |
| 7 | My Head Is Full Of Chocolate | |
| 8 | Pet Rock | |
| 9 | Coulde You Be On My Side | |
| 10 | The Scenic Route | |
| 11 | Start With The Victim |
| 1 | Warpfactor | |
| 2 | Supercool | |
| 3 | Run Around | |
| 4 | Sticker Song | |
| 5 | Rockcetera | |
| 6 | Burnt Out | |
| 7 | Happy Diss | |
| 8 | Soul Searcher | |
| 9 | Rohypnol | |
| 10 | Weeding Out | |
| 11 | This Town | |
| 12 | Everywhere | |
| 13 | Fido | |
| 14 | Explode | |
| 15 | Main Drain | |
| 16 | Princeton Reverb |
by Greg Prato
Arguably the biggest party band of the late-'70s punk/new wave era was the B-52s, which featured a total of three singers: bouffant wig-wearing frontwoman Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson, as well as the just as quirky Fred Schneider. Born on July 1, 1951, in Newark, New Jersey, Schneider moved to Athens, Georgia to attend college in the early '70s -- first studying wildlife conservation, then journalism, before ultimately dropping out. The future bandmembers (Schneider, Pierson, Wilson and her brother/guitarist Rick, and drummer Keith Strickland) all met each other through the local scene, with Schneider once describing their initial meeting via "street dances." The new group formed in late 1976, and after playing several parties in their hometown, the group began playing such New York City clubs as CBGB and Max's Kansas City on a regular basis. While the band's sound contained certain ingredients of the back-to-basics punk rock movement, they had created an instantly identifiable and highly original style by mixing in elements of trashy '60s B-movies and dance/surf music.
The quintet was signed to Warner Bros. by the end of the decade and scored two sizable hits right off the bat: 1979's self-titled debut and 1980's Wild Planet, both certifiable rock classics. The band endured rocky times for much of the decade's remainder (tragically, Rick Wilson died from AIDS in 1985, while such albums as Whammy! and Bouncing Off the Satellites failed to continue the band's commercial winning streak), but regained their composure with the hit 1989 comeback album Cosmic Thing, which spawned such big-time hit singles as "Love Shack" and "Roam." The group's sixth full-length release, Good Stuff, followed three years later, as the band ultimately decided to focus entirely on live shows (it would be a 16-year wait until the B-52s' next album, Funplex, arrived in 2008).
In addition to his B-52s' duties, Schneider appeared in several movies, including 1994's The Flintstones, and supplied the voice of a newborn baby in 1998's The Rugrats Movie. The '90s also saw the release of two non-B-52s albums for Schneider -- 1991's Fred Schneider & the Shake Society and 1996's surprisingly raw and rocking Just Fred -- while he also found the time to guest on recordings by others (RuPaul, Chicks on Speed, etc.). In 2008, Schneider debuted a new side project, the Superions, a witty retro-pop group he formed with friends Noah Brodie and Dan Marshall. The group's first single, "Totally Nude Island," was released in 2008, and an eight-song EP, The Superions, was issued in 2010. Later that same year, the group issued a holiday album, Destination...Christmas!, and the single "Batbaby" followed in 2011. In 2017, Schneider and the Superions returned with their second full-length album, Vertical Mind.
