The Official Max Accolades Tribute Thread

[mitchables]

Use this thread to pay homage/respect/share the love bands you loved/love that split up or are no longer making music for reasons other than old age and death.

I miss Bear vs Shark (2001-2005). Underrated post-hardcore outfit that "enjoyed" a career as explosive as their tunes. Two excellent albums in four years before splitting up because of road and tour tensions. Interesting dynamics, layered instrumentalism, raw yet melodic vocals, they were making post-hardcore enjoyable right around the time all the Thursday clones sprang forth to conquer, and then disappeared.



Also, snaps for The Dismemberment Plan (1993-2003). Tremendously enjoyable indie rock, labelled by Pitchfork as "the fathers of the 1990s-2000s dance-punk movement" but really just a damn good time. Renowned for their live shows which often saw much of the audience dancing on stage with them. Ironic hipsters before being ironic hipsters was cool. Groundhog Day reference. Bonus.

Check out how much the audience loves the D-Plan:



You see that shit on produced music videos, where everybody's dancing with the band, and you're like "that never happens", but the D-Plan goddamned made it happen. All the time.

At the Drive-In (1993-2001), who broke up in tumultuous circumstances a month after their controversial (and fucking awesome) Big Day Out performance, is a wary addition to this list. Because on the one hand, if they'd never broken up, we would never have been given the Mars Volta, and I arguably like the Volta more now than ATDI, but there was a time when the angry little man in me dug the shit out of this band because of their seemingly boundless energy and ferocity and hair. And badass songs.



One of the earliest bands I really, really "got into" ever was Ben Folds Five (1993-2000). Folds' later material is great and all, but the dynamic of the three members of the Five eclipses it effortlessly. Their sound, a unique yet familiar dabbling of indie light rock or piano indie pop or whatever you want to call it, it is some of the most widely appealing and enjoyable independent music of its time. I have this live DVD of them; they are simply tremendous. Most of YouTube appears to have it, as well:





To quote my apparent new mancrush and stalking victim Jamstar, OKURTURN.

[ron the dial]

well mitch handled the dismemberment plan, at the drive-in, and ben folds five for me.

blink 182 (1992-2005) - yeah we all know who they are. and yeah they never made mind blowing music. but dammit i really like them and would have liked to see where they headed. i think no matter what i'll always like these guys.

saosin w/ anthony green (2003-2004)- not with this other fuck as the singer. get him out of here. i liked them with anthony green on the mic. sure i really like circa survive, but the translating the name ep is fucking incredible and not nearly enough material from that lineup.

bush (1992-2002) - always loved these guys. started listening to "alternative radio" in like 1994 and these guys were huge at the time. too bad gavin rossdale's recent solo effort wasn't very good.

jawbreaker (1988-1996) - solid early "pop punk" i suppose. got jets to brazil out the breakup of these guys (they aren't together anymore, either), but i don't really see that as an equal trade.

the smiths (1982-1987) - i mean i'm cool with morrissey doing the solo thing. i've enjoyed a couple of his shows. but i really would love to see the smiths lineup back together. great band either way and maybe it's better that they stopped making music together when they did.

operation ivy (1987-1989) - precursor to rancid and big rig, this is just some dirty ska punk. i love it. they didn't have a massive output (27 songs on their complete collection) but all of it was fun to listen to.

braid (1993-1999) - illinois post-hardcore/emo band. i guess sort of in the vein of sunny day real estate or the promise ring (another band that i could put on this list).

screeching weasel (on and off from 1986-2004) - pop punk influenced by the ramones just a lot more attitude. major influence on my group of friends in high school. i just liked how they could go from a melodic song about love to a breakneck song about being mad at the paperboy to a song about not giving a fuck about nicaragua.

i'm sure there are plenty more but i don't feel like doing anymore.

[The Destroyer]

I miss...

Fugazi (1987 - 2002) - they go and make one of my favourite albums of all time (The Argument) and then go on hiatus.

Sunny Day Real Estate (1992-1995, 1997-2001) - since WeX didn't, I will - sure The Fire Theft was good, I like the Foo Fighters and Jeremy Enigk's solo stuff is nice, but I'd love to hear even just one more album.

Aereogramme (1998 - 2007) - one of the few Scottish bands I can actually honestly say I like. And since I bet no-one's heard of them, here's a song. And a lovely one at that.



Failure (1990 - 1997) - Easily one of the most under-rated bands of the 1990s, and as good as Ken Andrews' (singer/guitarist) exploits since the band split have been, I want Failure back. Kind of got lumped in with the whole 'post-grunge' thing, but they're so much more than that. Another Space Song (video below) is possibly my favourite song of all time as well. Their most recent claim to fame is being covered by Paramore. Ugh.



Could add more, but then I'd be here all day.

[mitchables]

I second pretty much all of WeX's choices, and especially Fugazi and Sunny Day from Baird.

The Rising Tide was not the album Sunny Day should have finished on.