The Dream Syndicate
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The Dream Syndicate – Then She Remembers
Biography
Los Angeles, United States (1981 – 1989)
1. The Dream Syndicate was a guitar-driven band from L.A. from 1981 to 1989, originally associated with the paisley underground music movement.
While attending the University of California, Davis, Wynn and Smith played together (with future True West members Russ Tolman and Gavin Blair) in The Suspects. Moving back home to Los Angeles, Wynn recorded a single under the name 15 Minutes (as in “of fame”) as his intended farewell to music. He did not follow that course. Rehearsing in a band called Goat Deity, Wynn met Precoda, who had answered an ad for a bass player, and the two joined to form a new group, with Precoda switching to guitar. Smith came to play bass, and brought in drummer Dennis Duck, who had played in the locally successful, Pasadena-based Human Hands.
Duck suggested the name “The Dream Syndicate,” a reference to Tony Conrad’s early 1960s New York experimental ensemble (better known as The Theater of Eternal Music), whose members included John Cale.
On February 23, 1982, The Dream Syndicate performed its first show at Club Lingerie in Hollywood. A four-song EP was recorded in the basement of Wynn’s house, and released on his own Down There label, and the band quickly achieved local notoriety for its often aggressively long, feedback-soaked improvisations – obvious sources were The Velvet Underground (the Dream Syndicate might be styled an early adopter of Velvets revivalism) and Television, but echoes of the Quicksilver Messenger Service and Credence Clearwater Revival could also be discerned.
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The Days of Wine and Roses
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Out of the Grey
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SapientSutler
My Old Haunts and Drinking Problem are my faves.
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Flashstep
Good lord, the "Complete Live at Raji's" document blows away nearly everything else they've done. I swear, the fretwork nearly made my speakers burst into flame. BOSTON <3
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matt_white
so indie it hurts
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IanCurtis13
it's underrated as fuck, it sounds nothing like Jeffrey Pierce
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Gaffes
Although Steve Wynn voice in "The Days Of Wine & Roses" seems too much to Jeffrey Lee Pierce by The Gun Club, expecially in the title track... Anyway the album is great, just a bit overrated by some critics.
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Amanes2
In a Piero Scaruffi's(famous musical critic) top albums of 80s: 13. The Dream Syndicate: The Days Of Wine And Roses (1982)
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CalloohCallay
@rtom87 I was just thinking the same thing. I the start of "Tell Me When It's Over" reminds me of "Don't You (Forget About Me)".
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piribolygo
tell me when it's over
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Amanes2
Хорошая группа, одобряю.
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rtom87
I don't know why, but this music always reminds me of some John Hughes film.
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beccaofawesome
These guys are pretty awesome.
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andyisdead
yea, this band does represent my dreams
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jim2873
@Peggy_Flew John Cale was in a project called Theatre of Eternal Music in the 60s, which was sometimes also called The Dream Syndicate. They did name this band after that 60s project so that's a connection but John Cale was never involved with this band.
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Peggy_Flew
Was John Cale engaged in the project or am I misslead...
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Stretchead
The Days of Wine and Roses is a classic LP. Never really liked anything else by them though
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mesmeriseme
I love the additional tracks on the Days of Wine and Roses reissue! They have a slightly more lo-fi feel to them, which I think fits them really well.
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Tron1276
original/pre-VU John Cale-assisted 'Dream Syndicate'= JAMMMZ
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phoenix-99
My favorite radio station of all time (KUKQ) used to play "I Have Faith" all the time and that song brings back many great memories. I miss that song :(
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LouisZypher
You are right about many not knowing TDS, and that they are recognized, yes yes.
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wooden_indian
Being recognized is not the contrary to being underrated. To be underrated is to be under-appreciated by those who can recognize the band. The set of people listening to the band may be very small or very large. Thus a band can be both underrated and "VERY recognized."
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