Recently I've been reminded of my intense love for indie rock circa '92-'96. I've started pulling out my old Pluto and Cub records to revisit the past. These 7"s still sound wickedly good. "Rock Candy"? Love it. "My Chinchilla"? Can listen to it indefinitely. Even rediscovered Zumpano pre-Sub Pop disaster. But what I really love? Ten Days Late's "Getaway". It rocks the house.
In '92 things were so much simpler. Music, easier to get into. I mean, I was a card-holding member of cub's fan club, and they sent hand-written postcards while on tour. No one does that anymore. And it got me wondering... Is old indie pop music now considered insipid? Dated? Irrelevant in this time of major label manufactured crap? How did we get here, to the fenced-off stage area, the inaccessibility to musicians, the need to go through a publicist? These gems, now more than a decade old, sound better than anything I hear on commercial radio the few times I've been tricked into listening to it in recent times. And the bands I like now... well, I haven't gotten a postcard for a long time.
But one thing I really want to know is... how did Cinderella get into my 7" collection? And how did they have any career at all?
I have a secret to tell. Boys are awesome. The ones that matter, anyway. Especially if they give me the last Timbit.
Currently listening :
Betti-Cola
By Cub
Release date: 09 February, 1996
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