From Viceland.com: a list of "seminal" and "irrelevant" bands -- hilarious, unapologetically politically incorrect (as is the rest of the site -- don't read if you're easily offended), totally off-base, and they name-check my favorite Swans:
808 State, Big Black, Swans… they look great on a T-shirt, but if that was the only CD you had to listen to on your next bus trip you’d go "aw, fuck!" and stare out the window thinking to yourself "fuuuuuck!"I love the Swans too, but I was listening to the Greed / Holy Money CD while driving down from Davis to San Francisco and pretty much thinking the same thing. (And as much as I love Merzbow... god, I need a break every now and then though. Maybe put on some James Taylor or something.) Posted by the wily filipino at May 15, 2003 12:37 PM