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Buffalo, United States (1989 – present)
Mercury Rev is an American rock music group, that formed in 1989 in Buffalo, New York. Original personnel were David Baker (vocals), Jonathan Donahue (vocals, guitars), Sean “Grasshopper” Mackowiak (guitars, clarinet), Suzanne Thorpe (flute), Dave Fridmann (bass) and Jimy Chambers (drums).
With their debut, Yerself Is Steam, the band gained an underground following, particularly in the UK. 1993’s Boces was critically acclaimed for its alternative sound, and the band’s next album, See You on the Other Side, begins a shift away from the extremes of sonic experimentalism towards the elaborately-orchestrated classic rock blueprint of their later work.
With their early records, Mercury Rev offered experimental, psychedelic rock, which gradually shifted to a melodic, ornate sound. Mercury Rev is often compared to The Flaming Lips, and in fact share close ties: soon after the band’s formation, Donahue also joined the Flaming Lips as second guitarist and appeared on two of their albums; and since the 1990 album In a Priest Driven Ambulance, Dave Fridmann has co-produced every Flaming Lips studio album to date except 1993’s Transmissions from the Satellite Heart.
Despite considerable critical acclaim, their early releases never gave Mercury Rev more than cult popularity, though they appeared on the smaller second stage at some 1993 Lollapalooza stops. Baker left after their second record, Boces (1993), citing musical and personal disputes; he later recorded an album as Shady.
With their debut, Yerself Is Steam, the band gained an underground following, particularly in the UK. 1993’s Boces was critically acclaimed for its alternative sound, and the band’s next album, See You on the Other Side, begins a shift away from the extremes of sonic experimentalism towards the elaborately-orchestrated classic rock blueprint of their later work.
With their early records, Mercury Rev offered experimental, psychedelic rock, which gradually shifted to a melodic, ornate sound. Mercury Rev is often compared to The Flaming Lips, and in fact share close ties: soon after the band’s formation, Donahue also joined the Flaming Lips as second guitarist and appeared on two of their albums; and since the 1990 album In a Priest Driven Ambulance, Dave Fridmann has co-produced every Flaming Lips studio album to date except 1993’s Transmissions from the Satellite Heart.
Despite considerable critical acclaim, their early releases never gave Mercury Rev more than cult popularity, though they appeared on the smaller second stage at some 1993 Lollapalooza stops. Baker left after their second record, Boces (1993), citing musical and personal disputes; he later recorded an album as Shady.
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All Is Dream
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szwety wrote:
is that a thing?
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jms190194 wrote:
What if... both Deserters Songs and Yerself Is Steam are good albums?
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gazad-jewerdin wrote:
All is Dream is A+ fucking stuff
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Erythromycine wrote:
The charts indicate that few people can deal with the superior taste of finding that yerself is steam is better than the poppy overproduced deserter's song !
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Sosen wrote:
The charts would seem to indicate otherwise, Erythromycine!
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Erythromycine wrote:
seriously deserters songs sucks. yerself is steam is the REAL deal ...
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szwety wrote:
Not sure if I like this band as a whole, but Deserter's Song (Instrumental) is right up my alley! Wish they did more stuff like that. Great tunes though!
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ElectroSamurai wrote:
So amazing!
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Sosen wrote:
I'm loving the love for Yerself is Steam in this shoutbox!
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dreamy-grass wrote:
I'll tell nobody how I love them
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zrsullivan wrote:
That was not a duck, that was Jordan blowing his nose!
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sleeplesstown wrote:
y'all buttmad
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reckkoner wrote:
i can't remember and i can't decide what was the season and the colour of your eyes
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Harry_01 wrote:
Glad I discovered them.
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CupidsQrushdEgo wrote:
Oh My FUCKING GOD.... ----> "Spoke in the old ways of the new days rising with my ol' fiend Wayne... We are talkin' bout performing 'The Pink Album'(In A Priest Driven Ambulance)...as a whole, live in concert, you know a look ahead to the past kinda thing... Maybe if you like this idea and LP you will encourage us both through the various channels> hint *He Loves Twitter>>> and this is my first facebook writing---> i hope i did ok ... - <Jonathan Donahue>"
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snowbleed wrote:
v I wholeheartedly agree. I don't care much for anything after, but SYOTOS is undoubtedly their zenith.
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optimistic_tour wrote:
sick of seeing all these parroting morons say only Yerself and Boces are great. See You On The Other Side is at least as good if not better than those two. Say what you will about the rest..
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AnCoconuts wrote:
HOLES.
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mutantoverlords wrote:
Yerself is steam and boces are fantastic albums, shame the rest of their discog i mediocre as fuck.
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RHiscox wrote:
Car Wash Hair was their finest moment http://teenshoegaze.blogspot.com/2010/01/mercury-rev-yerself-is-steam.html
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