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Paisley Underground is a musical genre that originated in California. It was particularly popular in Los Angeles, reaching a peak in the mid-1980s. Paisley Underground bands incorporated psychedelia, rich vocal harmonies and guitar interplay, owing a particular debt to 1960s groups such as Love and the Byrds, but more generally referencing a wide range of pop and garage rock revival.
May 16, 2013 · S ome music scenes pass into legend – Memphis in 1955/56, San Francisco and London in 1966/67, New York in 1976/77. Many more, though, fade from memory – like the Paisley Underground. Back in ...
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May 18, 2001 · Frontman Dan Stuart was believed by most to be the guiding artistic light of the Paisley Underground, a poetic genius with an ear for phrasing and a way with a riff. Groups like the Meat Puppets, Giant Sand and Calexico claim kinship with the embryonic sound and vision found here. LONG RYDERS Native Sons (Frontier, 1984)
Sep 14, 2021 · The Paisley Underground is a term musicians and critics use to describe the psychedelic jangle pop music that came out of California—particularly Los Angeles—in the early 1980s. The music scene’s collaborations and committed fan base helped launch bands including the Dream Syndicate, the Bangles, the Long Ryders, the Rain Parade, and the ...
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- The Salvation Army – “She Turns To Flowers” (1982) Every element and idea associated with the Paisley Underground is present in this single, which opens with a blast of backwards guitars and a bright tapestry of pop harmonies.
- The Bangles – “The Real World” (1982) The Bangles had some of the best hooks, the best melodies, and maybe the best songs of any Paisley Underground band, but their fame obscured just how good they actually were right out of the gate.
- The Dream Syndicate – “Tell Me When It’s Over” (1982) One of the most fondly remembered albums to crawl out of the Paisley Underground, The Days Of Wine & Roses looks east for inspiration.
- The Rain Parade – “1 Hour ½ Ago” (1983) Few Paisley bands were quite as self-aware as the Rain Parade, fronted by brothers Steven and David Roback. “What’s the point of looking back?”
May 18, 2001 · The Paisley Underground (the nickname, despised by most within the scene, is attributed to Three O’Clock leader Michael Quercio, who used it tongue-in-cheek during an interview only to find that it stuck) emerged at about the same time Ecstasy first made its appearance on the recreational-drug menu, a confluence of events that seems more than ...
May 16, 2013 · The tag Paisley Underground was first coined in 1982 as a joke by Michael Quercio, the young leader of the Three O’Clock. “We were being interviewed by a local paper called the LA Weekly ...
