Re: (TV) Sleater-Kinney

[eric s gregory <esgregory@uswest.net>]

unfortunately you'd be hard pressed to hear any of these influences (well, i don't
know helium, so maybe?) in S-K's songs.
there's a bit of a rough trade records ca. 78-79 sound to their lead guitarist's
lines, tho brownstein's licks are almost martial-sounding, like early paul weller
at his worst.
they do drop alotta hip names tho.
but if it isn't obvious already, i find S-K currently the most overrated rock &
roll group out there.
they're ok, but nothing more.
(plus they live in my current home city of choice & the overexposure is driving me
INSANE.)

Jeff Strell wrote:

> This from the current issue of Tower Records Pulse magazine, in an article on
> Sleater-Kinney:
>
> ...Their interplay is often much more reminiscent of the 70s New York-based
> band Television -- the guitar lines snake around each other, darting in and
> out of traffic; frequently they slam head-on.
>
> "I like the way Tom Verlaine plays," Brownstein says.  "And Andy Gill, from
> Gang of Four.  And I like the way that Bo Diddley plays, and Mary Timony -- we
> did some shows with Helium two years ago in Europe, and I've always liked her
> guitar playing a lot.  With Television, I loved the way their guitars
> interacted; same with Gang of Four.  Consistently in Sleater-Kinney, I feel
> like I go back to them."
>
> - Jeff
>
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