Hard to believe these bands are being talked about on these boards
. But yeah, I grew up in Louisville in the early 90's going to shows. Back then there was Crain, Slint, Rodan, Ennui, June of 44, Telephone Man, Endpoint, Split Lip, Chamberlain, Falling Forward, Elliott, Guilt, Kinghorse, too many to mention.
Some genre defining bands came out of Louisville in that decade. Slint's Spiderland and Rodan's Rusty were two underground masterpieces that are today just becoming realized for how groundbreaking they actually were. The songs 'Breadcrumb Trail' off Spiderland and 'Everyday World Of Bodies' off of Rusty are two songs that capture that pensive early 90's Louisville sound...
Also, during that time the DC hardcore scene was really picking up and DC bands would always play in Louisville. Hoover, Lincoln, Fugazi, Roosevelt's Inagural Parade, etc. were always playing here.
Beside the more angular, time-changey stuff of Slint and Rodan, you had two albums that possibly launched what has become the dreaded 'emo' genre into the limelight.
Falling Forward's album Hand Me Down and then Chamberlain's album Fate's Got a Driver were two emo-core classics that get overlooked today, but even when you listen to them today, they sound current...they were way ahead of their time for mid 90's music.
Also, anything Elliott did was great. False Cathedrals is a groundbreaking album that a lot of bands still talk about influencing them today.
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