Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby

Not my thing

I fail this see why this gets a place on the list. Unremarkable. 2/5.

Barely noticed it was playing...

Not great

Apparently girls against boys is just a noisy argument with a lot of screaming

This definitely has that sludgy, 90s post-hardcore sound down pat. The major problem for me is that post-hardcore, at least on this specific album, completely lost everything that made the hardcore punk of the 80s so dang good. Instead of that raw, breakneck speed and explosive aggression, you get these slow, dragging tempos and self-indulgent, screeching guitar feedback loops that just feel tedious.

Not my bag, but I liked some of its edge. Bullet Proof Cupid was worth a listen for sure. It builds and builds and builds

Sometimes you need to judge an album by it's cover. This is the ugliest relic of 90s rock I've ever seen, and the listen through wasn't much better. Hard to find anything redeeming here - maybe 7 Seas or some of the instrumental moments.

Meh, it was kind of gritty and dirty but the "Let Me Come Back" track was pretty good. Overall not moving the needle from a 2 star though

Aggressively "meh." It was at least competent, which kept it from being 1 star. 2 stars.

Would have been good if the vocals weren’t complete ass.

Heavy guitars and grungy feel would make this a fun band to listen to in a real dirty bar/music theater. 2.5

Oh boy. Baby's first grunge record. Shh, we don't want to wake our little rocker. Oh look at him. Throwing up the horns with his thumb out. He has so much to learn. This record is reminiscent of being bored to death during the summer and finding your grandfather's CD collection. This was the only album that wasn't either a Christmas record or a Pat Boone compendium. Your much older cousin left it there in 1995. It's terrible, but it's the best of a bad bunch and reduces the boredom temporarily. Boring grunge screaming from the rooftops, saying "I AM THE PRODUCT OF GENRE BLOAT AND DO NOT NEED TO EXIST." Lets put a ton of megaphone effect on the lead singer to make him sound sort of like popular group, Ministry, but also not at all. Listen to some actual stoner rock, or doom metal, or grunge, or just listen to birds and wind. Earth is truly a marvel, and how we ended up here will blow your mind. Don't listen to this painfully mediocre cry for 90's relevance. Man I'm even more miserable than usual lately. Maybe I need to go through my grandfather's CD collection and relax. Big Shiny Tunes 17 calls to me. 1.5-2 HIGHLIGHTS: Cats vs Dogs 2

Never heard of this lot or this album. Wish I never had. 2/5 29/5/26

I get the feeling this album made it onto this list by mistake. It may have been groundbreaking for its time, but it’s really hard to listen to now.

Really so-so, haha, cannot vibe with it

The underlying music isn't awful, it's just not great. Pretty repetitive, but hard driving 90's alternative rock. But the singing... are they trying to scare me? This isn't a monster movie, if you can't sing, hire a singer. I can't sing either but I'm not making albums. Ugh.

Cute title, not so cute music.

I was surprised that this was released in 1993. That feels like its early than I would expect. It's good. Maybe, I didnt like it as much because rock sounded just like this for the next 15 years. But I can see how this was great when it came out.

אני חושבת שזה לא בדיוק בשבילי. סגנון השירה בעיקר הוציא אותי ומנע ממני מלאהוב את זה איכשהו והשירים פשוט לא קליטים או מושכים יותר מדי וזה ברור שזה הקטע וזאת הכוונה ולכן זה לא בשבילי כן יש הרבה סממנים למוזיקה טובה, הרבה ריפים חזקים בעיקר בשירים הראשונים אבל אז הם מתפזרים. אני לא יודעת אם זה כי לא שמעתי על הלהקה או על אף שיר כאן בעבר, אבל לדעתי הטענה הזאת היא אף פעם לא תירוץ למוזיקה שלא תופסת אותך וזה המקרה כאן

As a proud Touch & Go Records stooge (the first album I ever hid from my mom was Songs About Fucking) I can admit that this is on the weaker end of their mostly flawless 1980s / 1990s output. It doesn't rock hard enough, damn it... you want the guy to scream and for the guitars to go crazy but they don't. And it's not like a Slint thing (also Touch And Go... they must've had a dousing wand for shit like this) because it never really feels like it's building up to anything. There are faster songs, and those are solid. Still imposed by a vocalist who refuses to yell. I think this album does act as an interesting glimpse into an under discussed time in rock history, though: the post-Soundgarden, pre-Creed no man's land of VH1 and MTV nonsense that gave The Meat Puppets a popular(ish) album and Daniel Johnston a major label contract. How into that time period of music you are depends how much of this sort of noise rock brow beating you can take.

A little too aggressive sounding for me.

Started off sounding OK’ish but turned to not OK for me.

Sub par garage grunge with crappy vocals and an auroa of how cool they think the sound

Aika raskasta rokkia, wiki luokittelee post hardcoreks eli aika lähellä metallia, mut ei nyt ihan. Aika hidas tempoista ja välillä junnaavaakin. Ei sillein kummiskaan hirveesti sytytä, mutta on ihan ok elementtejäkin. Laulutapa vähän rasittava monesti. Parhaat: Rockets Are Red, Let Me Come Back

Why is this on the list like there really isn't much redeeming to this unless you're pretty high on the old loud. "I hope you don't have a good time" yeah buddy, I didn't.

It was okay

Every song sounded pretty similar. Didn't hate it, but not sure I'd ever listen to this again

4/10

I enjoy the guitar! Not my usual type of music and most likely will continue to not be.

me estressou

its heavy, its a little obnoxious, and its weird you can tell the vocals are loud but they are so muddied behind the rest of the noise its like trying to hear through a wall of static. Seems like a generic entry. I think they would've been a great Bush cover band

Poorly mixed vocals buried under loud repetitive power chords. I’m sure this is considered some kind of “post punk masterpiece” but it did nothing but annoy and bore me. Even their Spotify description says their sound annoys people. I guess thanks to this we have Queens of the Stone Age who basically took their whole sound from these guys

Why did I expect this to be anything other than mediocre? The production is decent, but the vocals were lost in translation. It's not altogether bad; it simply fails to capture my imagination. If you're into bland music, this is the album for you. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions - In Like Flynn - Satin Down

Album #146 Girls Against Boys: Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby This band sounds like the opener for another, more popular (and better) band. The sort of band that vaguely sounds like a genre or other band, but that’s all they are: a sound. It’s like if you went to see Joy Division and the opening band just played music that sounded like 8 different post-punk bands combined into one, it’s serviceable since it has the right general aesthetic for the occasion, but there is absolutely nothing discernible or unique about the music. Girls Against Boys would have been the perfect opener for many bands in the 90s, since they sound like an amalgamation between post-hardcore, alt-rock, and grunge, without ever threatening to impose their own identity on any of those sounds. They would be sure to set the stage, but would never come close to upstaging an act like Fugazi, Alice in Chains, or Nirvana. Overall, what I’m trying to say is that this is the kind of music you hear once and don’t remember anything about it, despite not necessarily hating it. Best Tracks: In Like Flynn, Bullet Proof Cupid, 7 Seas Worst Track: Get Down Score out of 10: 5

Neutered Nine Inch Nails??? It's a not-so-pretty hate machine. Spent Reznor. I've got more if you like.

Right... right

Fine album, just a bit too safe in every possible way for me. 2/5

'So you like that you're gonna love this.' 'Post-hardcore,' or in other words, the opposite of hardcore, Girls Against Boys aren't bad b/c they're overtly depressed but b/c they're shitty avant-garders, boasting dense lyrics that pose as spartan bits of esoteric wisdom: 'Some say shit just don't arrive / Some things just don't arrive'; 'I hope you don't have a good time'; 'That's new wet heart attack / That learned it all the way down.' Instrumentally, the band's got some oomph, especially on 'Let Me Come Back,' but the tracks don't vary enuf for me to bother. +, Scott McCloud wants desperately to be some Lou Reedian sage or Stipean poet, but he's far too mannered, too detached, & too uninteresting to effect a substantial or moving testament.

Just noise

It feels like journalists lumped Girls Against Boys into indie rock simply because they didn't know where else to place them. There are no upbeat or even slightly cheerful melodies typical of the genre here; the music is completely dark and icy, a feeling heightened by the sudden addition of two bassists. The vocals are muted to the point where you can hear something being sung, but you can't quite make out what it is. The riffs blend into each other during the transitions between songs and quickly become tiresome; I understand that during the grunge era, artists decided to make their music even messier, but this is too much. It's not exactly a bad album; there have been worse ones, and a couple of songs even sparkle a little; but I'm sure it only made it into the book because one of the writers was an edgy "not an ordinary" schoolboy in the mid-nineties. If you want some high-quality, old-school post-hardcore, try Refused.

Kinda boring

El trabajo de guitarra, bajo y batería son muy buenos. La voz en no me gusta tanto… es muy dark a mi gusto

barely understood what they were saying but kk

It was fine but I’d never reach for it

A waste of time on this one.

Best Song: Bullet Proof Cupid. This song had a little more of a discernible energy to it. Worst Song: 7 Seas. Uninspired "dude rock" sounding music, complete with a mediocre guitar solo and dorky man grunting. Overall: It really was just a one note, bland pastiche of your typical "post-hardcore" music. The music just completely flowed by in the background. Nothing stood out. Doesn't belong on this list.

Estoy con racha de álbumes que no me gustan🥲

Agressieve 90s rock, count me in. Maar ik blijf met een leeg gevoel achter. Het heeft de wanhoop en het venijn van een Nine Inch Nails en de instrumentele opdringerigheid van een Kyuss (early Queens of the Stone Age), maar het voelt meer performative aan dan dat het echt gemeend voelt. Tenminste, ik herken wel de 'boze energie', maar het slaat niet op de zenuwen, zeg maar. Terwijl deze muziek juist echt een indruk achter kan laten, positief of negatief, kan ik me niet voorstellen dat ik morgen nog aan 'Girls Against Boys' denk. 5,5/10

Pretty drab

Its ok-ish

I’m a fan of this sound but the whole album completely melted into a mush

This didn't really chime with me. The fuzzy guitars made every song blend into one and the tally vocals are not really that engaging. Not my kind of thing

This actually has a really cool sound to it. Problem is it never really experiments with any type of nuance to that sound. Gets really boring

Pretty groovy !! Really raw and gritty. Reminds me of Deftones. Fav song is ‘7 Seas’.

Musically fine, but the vocals are too screamy for me

eh

Nothing interesting here

I'm going to be honest here, I did not like this album. I just didn't. What sucks is that there are things on Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby that I did like. The name is not one of them, by the way. What kind of album name is Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby anyway? But yeah, the instrumentation of the songs is actually rather good. Not fantastic or anything, but enjoyable enough. The album's got some good bass parts and a respectable post-hardcore atmosphere. I think the music of this album is good. The vocalist can not sing. He just can't. Scott McCloud can't fucking sing. I hated the vocals on this album. It's so coarse and monotonous and it hurts to listen to. It doesn't help that the production of the album and the vocals specifically aren't good either. The vocals are completely buried in the mix, which you'd think would be good because of the poor vocal quality of the singing itself, but that just makes it even more unintelligible. Despite the music being good, I just can't stand to listen to this album! Uhh, is the writing good? I mean, it's not bad, but it doesn't speak to me. I just don't care for this much at all. I kinda wish I did, but is this even really a must-listen album? I didn't think so. High 2/5.

Muppets sing

This sucks

Ok, I get it. There’s bass, and then there’s bass-squared. But there are so few interesting ideas here, either lyrically or musically. The vocals are super-un-engaging. “7 Seas” is the only song I’d even consider listening to again. And note that I said “consider.” I’m nearby 300 albums into this project, and this is probably one of the two or three worst things I’ve heard. Far, far from essential. What’s it doing here?

A little more screamy then I like.

It was okay, not really sure if I’d listen again but it wasn’t bad at all. Just not my style

Nice collections of intros but with nothing to follow as the mood is shafter by the singer.

Inte riktigt min genre, men tycker ändå att det bitvis var bra driv och sköna riff. Dock inte såld på sångaren som drar ned helhetsintrycket och betyget. Stark tvåa.

An amalgamation of various 90s influences. Revolving around punk, grunge and atmospheric. Akin to Queens of the Stone Age. Only less enjoyabke

I Fackin hate their name so much. I do dig the bass sound/playing throughout the album though. Lyrics are so trash.

Noisy rock with mediocre vocals. The vibe is on point but not my thing

Cheap sonic youth knock off

Well I liked it when it came out, I like it now as an "edgy alternative rock" kind of album but reall don't think it deserves its place here.

Twas fine

this is like Bleach-era Nirvana, but completely unenjoyable.

Mehhhhhhhh I wanted to like this but it seemed very average

A bit too aggressive for my taste but not entirely awful

it was nice of them to dampen their vocals so we didn't have to hear them as much

I really hated the distorted vocals here and almost didn’t make it through the album

kind of boring deep cut buzz balads

Felt like wannabe Nine Inch Nails except NIN is at the top of their game and this band is only like part of the way there.

Good hooks, but the lyrics are perhaps a little too cryptic. Fairly derivative, sounds like the Seattle scene of 2 years earlier finally made it over to D.C. by 1993. Seems like an okay post-hardcore album. I lived through the '90s as an avid listener, and I can tell you this was not an essential or popular album that is necessary if you want to get a better understanding of American music in the 1990s. A 1000 bands in the Pacific Northwest were doing this sound by 1993. Nothing special, so a 2 it is.

I already knew I wouldn't like this album based on the title. However, it is better than most indie rock I've listened to. This album has a surprisingly raw sound.

This sounds like Buckcherry.

A little boring at times, but overall not too bad. Decent punk record with a few slower songs and a few forgettable tracks but also a few nice highlights and solid, banging riffs. Vocals sound a bit grating/hidden at times which is a shame and the many tracks that don't have much to say or don't really leave a lasting impact don't outweigh the few good ones. 2/2.5.

Also decent enough, but also wouldn't play it again on my own accord

Reading up about this, people seem to really rate it. I, however, do not.

Generic 90's sound but nothing stands out.

La verdad la verdad, no me encantó, estuvo muy diferente a todo lo demás y se nota mucho ese estilo grunge de los 90s, hay varias cosas que si me gustan que de hecho se asimilan a riffs y ritmos que hemos manejado en nuestras canciones, así que vale la pena revisitarlo para encontrar más inspiración de un álbum no tan conocido, que de hecho viendo lo que comentan los demás, al parecer este y otros álbumes están incluidos de manera muy aleatoria, pero bueno, siempre es bueno explorar lo que no fue tan exitoso. 5/10.

This sort of thing has been done a million times better by a million more bands

The album had its (brief) moments, but mostly it was just background noise ..heh.. for me.

Parts of this album were sort of my type of music, but god, the vocals are SO bad. They're monotonous fuzz, so not only are they boring sounding, they're also impossible to understand, and yet somehow grating at the same time. "Satin Down" was pushing this towards a 1. Was pretty much just waiting for this to end, but it had moments where the rock was decent and I felt like I could actually get into it for a short while... but, no, this band is not for me.

i liked 7 seas it sounded like the vocalist had a little gay awakening with his "uh huh" inflections in the chorus. mostly poop from a butt. 2nd half was better.

They are being weird and different just for the sake of being weird different

It was OK but I'm not sure why it's on the list. A bit like Sonic Youth but not as good.

Not bad per se, but not my thing. 2.5 stara

Otra mierda digna de un 2

Very dark- Satin Down keeps hoping, "You don't have a good time." I think this band is too hard-core for my taste. I did like the way the singer would use almost a whispered voice and then build sometimes to shouting. It really helped build the song and emotion.

Pretty unremarkable. Also they have like 30k listeners and none of their songs have above a million plays, so what’s the point

I may have been confused with the idea that a band called Girls Against Boys should actually have girls in it (it does not) so it took me a while to warm up to the album, and by then it was over. Maybe I'll give it another chance at some point but, for now at least, it's just gonna have to be content with being 881 out of 1001.

Boring noise rock again!

Kind of forgetable.

“Girls against Boys” is a good name for a riot grrrl type band, or at least one with a female lead. Anything else is a little suspicious. Ignoring that, this album is at best ok and at worst dawdling.

sleeper

Considering the band members’ pedigree, I’m very surprised I’ve never heard this before. Members of DC’s Soul Side doing the early 90s Touch and Go (not Dischord?) indie rock thing. I wish Soul Side was on the list instead. This really didn’t do much for me. There’s a “grunge” track. A “sonic youth” track or two. For the most part, pretty forgettable. A tremendous let down. I wouldn’t seek this out, and there are so many of their contemporary bands that do it better, both on T&G and Dischord.

I don’t know if I’m just not in the mood for this kind of music or what, but this really was not great. It just felt like noise for the sake of noise, and the same guitar over and over again. meh.

Meh. 2 stars

Is this post hard-core, post punk, hard-core or hard indie? I'm not sure. I like a lot of music on the louder end of the spectrum but this didn't do it for me I'm afraid. Forgettable and same same every song I felt. 2 out of 5 only.

i feel like i should like it but it doesn’t stand out to me at all, very middle of the road, 2.5

Not that great, made us feel low energy and want to sleep. A little grating.

Very samey, and not in a way that I found enjoyable.

Pure mind-numbing noise. Wouldn't be surprised if the CIA uses this to break people.

Post hardcore, hushed screams, NIN Learned it 7 seas Bughouse

Listenable, but completely unoriginal

Very 1990s-usa-indie-rock sound. I liked the harsh guitars (the introductions of "Rockets are red" or "Get Down"), not so much the raspy vocals. 2.25/5

Eh. Couple good songs that prevented me from giving up but not that great.

90s like pixies but not as good

Wow this was kind of wild to listen to - maybe I too would have liked it back in the day, but seemed like a parody of early 90s alt rock with my today’s ears.

3/10

again all the same

Another baffling inclusion. It was... fine.

I didn’t like this

The album was very same-y. Didn't really enjoy it.

Bland, boring rock. Nothing notable or interesting about it. Tough to get through, felt like they wish they were the Smashing Pumpkins but just nowhere near as good.

nineties grunge sound, but it sounds like boiled chicken breast and broccoli.

очень мрачно и не в ноты

Sounds like a bit of something that NIN would be inspired from, but not my cup of tea.

As strange listen for December 23, sitting between Wonderful Christmastime and Winter Wonderland. Never heard of this artist, have no idea what scene they're from. Crisp production makes the potentially muddy guitars sound alive and fresh, would never have guessed early 90s. Didn't mind the overall vibe, although I maybe wasn't in the right mood overall on this listen for something this dark and loud. Standout tracks: In Like Flynn, Get Down

I think 19 year old me would have enjoyed this. But old me? No. I did not enjoy this.

Another post-punk/indie rock album from between 1980 and 2000. It's the definition of mid. I think I've seen a dozen of these albums in this project where one was plenty representative. Yawn.

Is this what taking steroids feels like?

A few albums I listened to and rated this week were better than I thought they’d be. This was not one of those albums. Loud, grungy, garage yelling rock.

I cannot fathom why this is on the list. It's not bad, but it's pretty unnoteworthy.

A band new to me. By no means a poor album — it’s competently put together — but it left very little impression on me. Not a single track stood out, and the whole thing rather faded into the background as it went on. The real irony came afterwards: when Spotify slipped into random mode, the next Girls Against Boys song it served up was far more striking than anything on the album itself. In short, perfectly listenable, but instantly forgettable.

Very random album to show up here. Never heard of these guys. Pretty mediocre singing/growling thats scratchy and garbled most of the time. Musically, it's fine-ish: some of it was interesting, most was not. It's all just pretty harsh sounding and not in a good way. Standout tracks were maybe "In Like Flynn," "Learned It," and "Billy's One Stop" although nothing really stood out, nor would I really want to listen to any of this album again. My main problem with this album is just how utterly forgettable it all is. I kinda feel that way about all the post-whatever genres. It's just kinda dull in the end. This one gets a 2 from me because I'm very much not in the mood for it today.

The music was pretty good, but the vocals were tuneless, often whispered, sometimes loudly, but indecipherable.

Dark and depressing

Kind of Grungy, kind of NIN - That is to say - very 90s! Learning a bit more about how this came kind of from the Fugazi camp is interesting, as I do not hear 'punk' like that per se. It has a sleezy vibe to it and some thumping baselines. Nothing really clicked for me but I can dig it.

Hard rock as in hard to enjoy

Some dude talking into a trench coat.

its ok 2/5. not the worst thing ever but eh. coincedentally it started playing other songs by them and I liked them more.

It's fine? I somehow missed it when I was listening to its contemporaries, and I think there is a reason none of the music heads I knew in school or who worked at the music store showed me this band.

Never heard of the band Girls Against Boys. And with an album entitled Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby, didn’t expect dark indie metal, but that’s what we got. Not sure why this one made the 1001 Must Hear List. Nothing controversial, nothing shocking, not that good. Musically, lyrically, and vocally under average. (1.7*s) Wanted to like this more going in…

can't imagine why i had to hear this once, and can be certain i never will again

Eli Janney!!!

This started and I thought, no, don’t stop rockin’. Then nothing else happened for the next 40 or so minutes. It wasn’t long before I wished it would stop.

Bad

Meh

I'm bored

Not a bad album to listen to in the morning

This genre isn't for me. A bit too buzzy / noisy for me to appreciate properly. I can see why plenty of people would be into it, though!

I was expecting girls to be in the band.

Not a style I enjoy.

Idk I couldn’t stand this but appreciate the newness of it to me. Prob won’t listen again

Some of it felt like angsty emo-esque rock. Nothing was all that nice to listen to.

Mom, can we have Queens of the Stone Age? No, we have Queens of the Stone Age at home. Queens of the Stone Age at home: this. Nah, this is too broody. The want to be NiN but can’t get over that hump of shit.

Not bad, not good, not sure why it's on the list

Utterly boring rock music. Listenable but not enjoyable. How is this on the list?! 2.2

That was a rock/grunge album

I get that this ‘post hardcore’ (had to look it up!) will by design sound ‘distorted’ - but this was not listenable for me!

Ugh! Only listened half way through and listened to yesterday's album again. The Band by The Band!

Well, that was an experience not to be repeated. Another band name that was new to me, and perhaps I'd been ignorant of an all time classic experi... Oh God. This really didn't improve my day in any way. It was a relief to get to the end and (metaphorically) sling the album into the trash can. Derivative of some third rate derivative crap. Avoids a one-star review on the basis that I could detect some music, but otherwise detestable.

I did not see any merit in this. It wasnt bad, but its certainly not good. It seems to offer a bridge between grunge and early 90's indie at its best. At its worst it is generic and reductive of better albums.

Noisy, grungy - good texture Shitty vocals, weak guitar lines Good drums though

Don't like the vocals

Almost a one but some of the music was ok. Didn’t like the vocals

yy nie wiem ciezko mi cos powiedziec dobre rockowe brzmienia i tyle wsm nic wiecej nie zapadlo w pamiec

Ouais non pas ouf

This started out ok and then went downhill. Didn’t love the screechy vocals.

Heavy, but not nearly heavy enough. This was so panufully 1993. It was no unlistenable, though, so I cannot give it less than two stars.

When you've bought a distortion pedal, and you don't know how to turn if off. Give it a fuckin' rest lads

Lots of distortion...

Great production. The instrumentals are alright but omg the vocals are bad

very mid

Ouf, c'était pas facile à passer à travers! À un moment je pensais être à la fin de l'album, je check pis je viens de commencer la quatrième toune! AAAAAAAAH

I had a different GVSB album back in the day and it had its moments, but their schtick wore pretty thin after a few songs. Such was the case here. It's very grimy, so I feel kind of sleazy listening to it. Could be cool for a soundtrack, perhaps, but not the kind of thing I want to listen to.

I had a few moments of ok...I can dig. But those lasted about 2.5 seconds and it was too loud, too fast for these ears.

Музыка: 6/10 Разнообразие: 3/10 Тематика и вайб: 6/10 Цепляемость (отдельные песни зашли): 2/10 Реиграбельность (можно ли рандомно врубить на фон): 4/10 Итог: 4.2

Not for me.

Meh

Felt like they were trying to out-grunge grunge. I enjoyed the instrumentals, actually, but the singer just droned.

I listened to this a week ago and remembered having some opinions I planned to write down but like every track on this album, I forgot them.

I liked this about as much as you can like an album in which the best song is just the singer insisting he isn't on drugs. The driving rhythms and simply guitar melodies were fun. However I found that it quickly became quite monotonous.

Dangerously close to veering into bad territory, but stays firmly planted in boring/not for me territory instead.

I thought the band was decent but somewhat repetitive. Lyrics and vocals? Not terrible

# Album Name: Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby # Artist: Girls against boys # Rating: 2/5 # Comments: honestly, why is this on here. A very generic underwhelming american indie album. # Top Tunes: None # Would I listen to it again? No

Not very memorable. Enjoyed some of the tracks individually but a slog all in. 2/5

It was like quiet metal. I don't know how he silently screams like that. There were some good guitar riffs and drums throughout but it was overshadowed by the garage band recording style. After a while it was all just weird quiet metal that sounded the same over and over.

I liked the music. It was heavy and guitary. I didn't especially care for the vocals. The vocals were buried and distorted and I couldn't understand much of it so I have no idea what the songs are about other than that one where he wants to kill everybody in the band. Nice! Didn't really grab me enough to give this a second listen.

Njae. Kan tycka det är lite egendomligt att ett band med så lite spelningar på Spotify har med en platta här.

Not for me. Don’t really know why this was included. It’s fine 90s rock but just nothing particularly interesting and I ended up skipping through songs. (1.5 stars)

I'm sorry, but why do people enjoy music like this? Snooze.

2/5 - I didn’t need to hear this, because I couldn’t recall one hook or anything else after finishing it. I tried again and still nothing. I tend to like this type of sound compared to some other genres on this list, but this was a dud for me. Listenable, so I’ll give it a 2.

Não vejo porque este disco está aqui. Não é particularmente notável ou destacável em nenhum aspecto. Mediano, apenas.

Entirely forgettable

They are OK - but odd at times. I'd say iffy if they should be on this list - they don't really seem like anything special. I'll say 2/5.

boring

Decent proto-grunge record. Sounds like a precursor to Helmet. Not great, but listenable.

Fine to listen to, but a little samey, it’s just ok 2/5

Distortion: The Soundtrack Background music that is so non-distinct that when the album finished and similar bands started playing on Spotify, it lasted about 6 tracks until I realized it wasn't the same album anymore. It's not unpleasant as far as background music is concerned, but that's about it.

Interestingly I could hear some of Kings of Leon in the opening track 'In Like Flynn', but back when they were good. There is a murky, underground feel to it, driven by the ever-present, heavy, fuzzed bass. The rock riff is pretty pumpin' too. Rather than develop into an explosion of underground rock as I was hoping it peters out pretty much immediately with a procession of sluggish riffs and lyrics which sound like they're being made up on the spot, repeating inconsequential phrases. To prevent too much scrutiny, the singer's diction is appalling, and it's impossible to make out anything but growls, like he's laying down a guide track. The vocals remind me of Giant Sand and the overall effect is dirgey. '7 Seas' is one where they have a bit more conviction and as a result it's one of the best efforts. For the touches of interesting riffs, some tasty bass in places, it noses a two.

I didn’t hate it but I’m also not convinced I would recognise any of these tracks if I heard them again. It went in one ear and out the other.

zwei bis drei

I didn’t get too much out of this one. My ears heard standard 90’s alt fare and not in a great way. Maybe more listens are needed.

Once again, not my speed. Would not seak out 2/5

forgettable

This was pretty standard stuff for the mid 90s. I don't see a reason to have it on this list. I didn't enjoy it, just commit to singing or don't.

I thought this would be a riot girl band, it was not and it was tough to get through

It’s not bad but it all just kind of sounds the same.

I understand that many times to truly appreciate music you have to look at it in context. Looking at what came before informs how the music is changing and responding to what was the current state of culture. Reading a bit into this band and album, it's described as "Post-Hardcore, Post-Grunge, Indie Rock, or Noise Rock." Even trying to place this album into context I couldn't really enjoy it. At best it's monotonous muddy and forgettable, and at worst it just drones on and on with whiney vocals. It never really reaches a level of bad to warrant a 1 star, but I will not soon revisit this album or artist. Standouts: Bullet Proof Cupid (If I had to choose one) Rating: 2/5

A little interesting. Dual bass in a band is unuasal, but it didn't really come through. Nothing stood out, will not listen again

Like the Afghan Whigs if they decided to just do down-tuned grinding grunge. Nothing overly special here -- outside of "Kill the Sexplayer," which I enjoy because I loved Clerks.

1.5/5

Girls Against Boys was one of the rules of Len Houmous’ hotel rooms in the 70s and 80s. 1.7 8/11 Bullet Proof Cupid

First song I already feel like I'm done with listening to this album cliche indie kinda emo sounds where you can't tell the single lyric said bc of too much bass. Go be delighted suck kinda less. All songs are starting to sound kinda same. Okay plot twist Satin down refrain is almost catchy. I honestly don't like it, my harsh but true opinion is that i find this album barely listenable and I'm wondering how it made it on this list.

A distinct lack of Girls. If there is a Venus Luxure No.2 you can count me out.

So boring

I think post hardcore is just not it for me, unfortunately

Mostly sounds the same, kind of industrial sounding more than anything, a little too noisy for me. I like one of their songs and it's not on this, this isn't something you NEED to listen to.

One of those albums where the music sounds pretty good but the vocals are just weak. Rockets Are Red is a head-banger except that the vocals over it sound so bland. Some other examples of this were Let Me Come Back, Learned It, Bullet Proof Cupid. It feels a little disappointing. I can't quite get to a 3, so this lands as a High 2.

The music itself is fine -- crusty erring on the side of sludgy in a grunge-adjacent sort of way. But the vocals are a drag throughout. Dude sounds like he decided to record this after shouting for 72 hours straight; much of his delivery sounds like he is mid-shit straining. I'll say there were points where this was more enjoyable than others (e.g., Rockets Are Red, Learned It, Bughouse) but in general this was sort of just noise in the background. Not specifically bad, but not specifically good either. I'd say this flirts with a 2/3 boundary. Going on the low side of the divide.

Recorded in Baltimore, cool! That was the coolest thing about this grimy drag of an album. The last 10-15 albums have been a rough stretch. Very low 2.

I feel like this guy should not be singing he sounds like something is wrong with his throat. This really didn't do too much for me. The instrumentals were cool at some points going from high energy to brooding, but the vocals over it killed much of it for me.

EDITOR: I don’t know, Robert. 1,001 seems like an arbitrary number that’ll be tough to get to. Can’t we just stop at 900-something? ROBERT DIMERY: We need 1,001! We can just add some random ones as filler. EDITOR: Okay. There’s this band Weezer. Their self-titled debut is pretty popular and has that Buddy Holly song people like, and this Pinkerton album has been lauded by critics the world over. Maybe we put one of those in here? ROBERT DIMERY: No way! This crappy Sonic Youth knockoff is way better!

Bit shouty and annoying - not particularly my thing.

Not the biggest fan of metal rock. Didn’t find most songs enjoyable to listen to.

#8 Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby ~ Girls Against Boys So Girls Against Boys is an interesting underground band that fell under the tag of 'post-hardcore' (whatever that means) and like most underground bands, the members came and go every now and then to join other bands, in particular fellow post-hardcore band Fugazi and emo band Rites of Spring. It was with Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby that a solid lineup was founded. Music-wise, it's incredibly sludgy and muddy and average, more or less what you expect from post-hardcore production. Quite interesting though is the use of two bass guitars, and I commend such unusual ideas. The vocals are pretty average, a very whispery, hazy voice that can grow up into a growl when required, more or less what you expect from an underground ground. Lyrics its all very faux-sexy like a cheesy 90s B-film. And this is where I'm stumped, because this sounds like a very competent band that has style, but barely any of the songs feel quite memorable for 2/3 of the album until you reach Bulletproof Cupid, and then I felt some semblance of a jump. Maybe a good cookup and more thought for the first half can make this album more worthwhile, but like the lyrical tone, I just feel a general sense of apathy for the album in general. Nothing very offensive about this album, just very meh. Bulletproof Cupid and 7 Seas really help this album reach the conclusion. Verdict ~ Stuck in the underground.

Third tier boring Nirvana

Kind of run of the mill 90s rock. Not bad per se.

Eh.

Mediocre is too positive a word for this album. There's nothing special about this alt-rock collection. Move along now, nothing to see here.

Boring

Not truly terrible, perhaps, but not my thing.

Day499 - sometimes i question why some albums are on this list. when no one’s heard of it there must have been a reason

I liked this up to a point, it's on Touch and Go records, which is a good thing. But it sounded like safe, by numbers U.S. hardcore, you could smell the influences from a distance of at least a mile away. If I had been a mile a way I wouldn't have heard it. The best way I can get my feelings across would be to describe this as a bunch of Big Black wannabees who had the smack over the head clout of Black Lace.

I don't know exactly why, but everything about this album sounds extremely fake.

hate the vocals leider

Seems like they’re just ripping off Sonic Youth

Very conflicted about this one. The instrumentals are SO cool. Each one sits at a nice intersection of melodic substance, compositional variation, vibrant guitar textures, and general sonic fullness. There’s this driving, heavy beat on “Let Me Come Back”, for example, thats so visceral and energetic! At the same time, the lead singers vocals are just about a deal breaker. It’s nearly tragic thinking about these instrumentals under the vocals of the Sleater-Kinney girls — listen to the background vocal refrain on “Learned It”, it’s made for them, or for any riot grrrl group worth their stuff. Where is this guys voice even sitting in “Satin Down” or “Get Down”? thats not a charming inside voice, it’s grading and creepy. The record’s apparent hit, “Bulletproof Cupid” is the best example of how close this music comes to something huge, only to be muddied by some poor vocal work. I don’t even think this is a matter of me desiring for something more poppy, I just don’t like this vocalists performances. Mourning the possibilities this album was poking at. Could’ve been 4/5 stars.

Deadass thought this was Boys Like Girls when I pulled this. Anytime an artist has fewer than 50k listens on Spotify on this list you just know someone got a favor cashed in or something. Is this the authors roommate from college or something? This is fine. Incredibly derivative. Kinda reminds me of Nine Inch Nails’ more boring songs. Why is this here.

I'd really prefer it if there was some decent music on the list. This just follows Megadeth and so all the same comments apply...

When they stop making so much noise and actually use some finesse they're not bad... 3/10

This is a pretty 90's rock album. Not really the sort of thing I would go out of my way to listen to.

Favorite Track: Bullet Proof Cupid

not for me

I can definitely hear how this might have influenced other bands, but just because something is influential doesn’t mean it’s good. This album felt so incredibly long for only being about 45 minutes. Those first few songs were a slog to get through, and I kept checking the time because they were so long. The album surprisingly ended on a high note with “Bughouse,” which I thought was actually a pretty good song and far and away the best on the album. Overall, though, this was pretty boring and just not very good.

Enjoyed this but it wasn't remarkable at all, don't really know why it's included. Bit heavier than I'd normally listen to but a nice bridge. Lyrics a bit cheesey a lot of the time

Edgy post-hardcore with no tracks standing out in particular. Tough to see why this album deserves a spot on list over, say, an additional Elvis Costello record or some British post-punk.

"I hope you don't have a good time", McCloud monotonously sings on "Satin Down". I didn't, so he must be rather pleased with himself.

Nothing I heard makes me think this album should be included in this project. Vocals are somewhere between Bush and Tom Waits. Double bass is cool, though! 2⭐️

Adjacent to things I might like, but not much for me here. EXCEPT Bullet Proof Cupid is a fantastic dumb rock song title. Do people sometimes return fire on a Cupid? With a GUN??

Good musically but I did not care for the vocals. An okay album in my view.

Forgettable rock

Not bad, but not for me.

Some songs were okayish but it didn't grab me as a whole and I really didn't like his singing. It was too dark without the songs memorable enough...

I have never heard of this band. I dunno. I guess it’s okay? But nothing really stands out to me—I don’t really find it interesting or enjoyable at all. Am I missing something here? Seems like pretty generic 90s alternative stuff to me.

I Wanna Be Your Dog on ihan hyvä biisi. Stoogesilla on parempiakin.

Thought I was going to like this better, but nothing stuck out. Spotify about the artist mentioned whiny lyrics and fugazi style lyrics, but I did not get either of those things.

Had moments but in the end its a one and done.

“noise rock” is a genre now? 😊 picks: rockets are red, bullet proof cupid

That wasn't for me. Not very melodic.

ja jo det är väl ganska bra men det känns som om dom försöker vara rätt så pretto. gött sound, påminner lite om sugar. men absolut inte lika bra. en stark tvåa.

Maybe this was more interesting in 1993 but I don't think it belongs on this list.

Don't really have the energy to dissect this that much, but it was not for me at all. Too much distortion on everything from guitars, to vocals. Too messy. No interesting hooks or melodies. Not my thing.

Really solid 90s alt rock, but I wouldn't really say it does anything super out of the box either. I dug it though.

Unremarkable 2/5

2+

Boy when I found out these guys were a bunch of ex-Fugazi hacks, I wasn't expecting much. Fugazi's Repeater was a bit of a snore. Unfortunately, this is much the same except with the added sprinkle of being fucking boring. I'm not compelled to write too much about this record, as everything I've said about Fugazi's Repeater holds pretty much true to this. It's not bad, it's not great, it's just a bowl of cornflakes for breakfast - and much like John Harvey Kellogg inventing the cereal to prevent masturbation by way of bland diet, this bland album has the same effect.

This was like the music equivalent of drinking from a plastic water bottle that had been left out in the sun for a bit. For how bland and unmemorable as it is you can probably still think of things that were equally dull but were at least more appetizing. I'd be grasping at straws to say anything particularly standout about this album

A nothing record by a nothing band with a nothing legacy apart from some of the members being in fugazi. I’m not saying this is a miserable listen but I don’t know if I would push beyond a general sentiment of “I tolerated it”. Sht is the influence of this record aside from the critic that wrote this book liking it? Dull.

We return yet again to the later years of this album where the authors had the same problem as my masters dissertation, recency bias and a need to just fill out the end with whatever the fuck will make it look like I put effort in. This album sounds like it would be used in the background of a 90s David Fincher movie cause he owes someone a favour from his days as a music video director. A Wikipedia article shorter than a bisected horse jockey, what the fuck is this shit man it's not even bad but why. I was honestly shocked to see these guys are American, thinking surely this is another case of English bias but to my surprise the reason this seems to have been included is even hackier. They did a cover of She's Lost Control and their songs appeared in Clerks and Mallrats. My feelings on this are the same as the movie Natural Born Killers, probably cool if you were exposed to it when you were 14 and/or were alive and conscious when it was released. Highlights: Go Be Delighted

Hmm.. why this one?

Post-punk music for the edgy.

Didn’t really care for it. Just not for me.

It has A good song and that's about it.

It wasn’t too offensive of listening but just didn’t offer much to me at all. 2 stars

I typically like rock but this is shit. Why is it even on this list.

Just not really a post punk girlie

It’s hard to pin down exactly what Girls Against Boys are aiming for on Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby, but whatever it is, it’s caked in grit. The band leans into a murky fusion of industrial textures, metallic guitar jabs, and slinky post-punk grooves, conjuring a sound that could be labeled “scuzz rock”—a genre you won’t find on Spotify, but feels right at home in the basement clubs this music was meant to soundtrack. There’s a sense of intentional grime to the production, like each track is being piped through busted speakers in the back of a dive bar. The rhythm section does the heavy lifting here, particularly on tracks like “In Like Flynn,” where the bass slinks around with real attitude, though the low-mixed vocals struggle to make an impact. That said, there are moments where the band finds a sharper edge. “7 Seas” picks up the pace and almost breaks through the album’s thick sonic haze, while “Rockets Are Red” and “Learned It” flirt with a sound that could be described as Henry Rollins fronting a fuzzed-out Rage Against the Machine. It's compelling in theory, but the songs rarely deliver on their potential. There are fragments of something interesting buried beneath the sludge, but Venus Luxure never quite shapes them into anything truly memorable.

Aggressively monotonous. Like Sonic Youth or Pixies with all the interesting parts amputated. This could’ve easily been replaced by a better album from one of those bands. These songs are so fucking dull to have 5-6 minute runtimes.

Rating: 5/10 Meh.

I listened to this entire album while working and very literally didn't remember one bit of it. So I guess my review is that it wasn't memorable.

Pretty boring. Channeling the least interesting elements of 80's punk/metal. Not the worst I've ever heard (or paid money to see in concert) but not worth inclusion on this list.

Another band I've never heard and after listening, don't need to hear again. This is somewhat below average alternative rock. No wonder they didn't break through.

I was thinking that it had been longer than usual since we got a mediocre alternative album, but I spoke too soon.

If I must be honest here, I did not enjoy it, but didn't hate it either, it has some heavier parts that intrigued me and caught my attention but it was more of a background kind of music vibe...

Maybe post-hardcore isn't my genre.

typical 90s indie rock

mid

The vocals aren't my favourite thing in the world. They're pretty aggressive sounding and raspy which is great, but they're so monotonous. The pitch doesn't change, just the volume. When the guitar and drums really get going and turn up their volume, they really drown out the vocals. So overall, it's just a little bit of a mess in that department. That's the bad out of the way. There are some decent riffs scattered throughout though ('Learned It' is a good example and is actually the best track on the album) and I do actually quite like the overall vibe of it. It does sound quite dark, almost menacing in places. 'Get Down' sounds very creepy, like you're being watched. This is a perfectly serviceable noise rock album. Perhaps a bit unremarkable, but I'd be happy to listen to the best tracks here.

Trying to catch up so I didn’t spend much time on this one. I think I got the gist after 4 or 5 songs.

Can't stand the vocals, otherwise decent music.

Seemed a bit regurgitated

Maso

Very abrasive. It's like shaving in the dark with a crusty old razor and a grotesque, sweaty man keeps accidentally bumping your elbow.

#449. The last three days, this app has generated Sonic Youth and Pixies albums for me to listen to. So while this is in the same category as those two bands and the genre is fresh in my mind, it's easy to see its certainly no where near as good. 2/5: meh

I wouldn't say I love Girls Against Boys' Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby, but I sure didn't hate it and I found myself appreciating how unusual it is. It's so easy (maybe a little too easy) to record and publish punk-sounding nonsense, but Girls Against Boys didn't create any nonsense. Their musical choices are creative and well thought out. And I noticed a lot of alternative sounds, which puts this 1993 album ahead of the game. 2.5

Given the genres and the relative obscurity of this band, I actually expected to hate this MORE than I did. A lot of the instrumentation here is decent in my opinion; it's got that distorted noise rock sound, but it's catchy and interesting. The vocals are what leave the most to be desired. Ultimately though, this has the same issue that a lot of albums on this project do: this doesn't bring much to the table -- other artists did this same thing, but better. Probably about a 2.5 but I don't feel inspired to round to a 3.

90s grungey alternative, it's ok but not for me. Doesn't feel like an outstanding album to be on this list. 2*

Annoying background noise

Good music terrible voice

Fuzzy bass, heavy drums, hard guitars, monotone singer? Yep, its a DC post-hardcore indie rock band screaming into the void in the wake of the Seattle grunge takeover... Nothing wrong with this album honestly, its just so one note bland at times. If this was released in 1989 we'd be talking about it in different terms, but after Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden bust the mold wide open, it mostly sounds like a bar band going through the motions. Kinda telling the most played song on this album (and their entire catalogue) on Spotify only has around 700k plays...