Music, musings and miscellanea

Holy shnikes, look what I just found on youtube. Okay, it’s not the usual, embarassing “oh God I remember them!” entry. More like a “wholly shit this is rad!” one. This is the original promo clip for Vancouver proto-grunge group Slow‘s “Have Not Been the Same.” These guys were contemporaries of Green River and as you can probably tell from listening to the tune, they shared more than just a little in sonic similarities. 

The tune is from their “Against the Glass” EP which now goes for about $75 when you can find a copy. These guys played a show at the Plaza of Nations during Expo 86 but a riot quickly broke out and the crowd stormed the BCTV onsite stage. Though they signed a US record deal, they never released an LP. Instead they morphed into Circle C, then Copyright, a rather proggy mid-90s canrock act who are a lot more fitting to the usual Canrock 90s entries. Interestingly enough, this song provided the title for an excellent book about Canadian rock music.