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Never heard of this guy. Interesting material after a few listens on Spotify.
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He is one of those underground artists that influenced other artists with his unique style. He has been covered by artists like Beck and Death Cab for Cutie.
I don't think he ever had a commercial success -- or really sought out commercial success, but played in small venues in places like Austin in the 80s. He lived in a mental institution for a number of years.
I'd hear his stuff once in a while on KEXP but it never really registered who it was, I often mistook his stuff for the work of other artists, such as maybe the Violent Femmes or other edgy groups.
KEXP did a tribute to him after he passed and I feel like I've discovered an entire world of weird yet somewhat interesting music. They said he recorded most of his stuff by himself on a boombox and would pass out tapes he made to people waiting in line at concerts.
He has some awesome lines in his lyrics such as "I had a flat tire on memory lane" in this second video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qgXYvjVNvk
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A lot of his stuff looks like he is trying out for some SNL comedy skit.
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I was super bummed about this. He wrote one of my favorite songs:
https://youtu.be/ckqO2zjL5Wk
Hey Marseilles (local band, one of my favs) did a great cover:
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Who is going to run the site now?
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Saw Hey Marseille at bumber a couple years ago. They put on a great show.Doog_de_Jour said:I was super bummed about this. He wrote one of my favorite songs:
https://youtu.be/ckqO2zjL5Wk
Hey Marseilles (local band, one of my favs) did a great cover:https://youtu.be/5tSeYWQ1CwA -
This is amazing.
https://youtu.be/zoY2gOix0_s
He was a big influence on Cobain. Never heard him until now. I missed an entire movement.
