Which is to say, as relatively prehistoric as 10 B.C. The Boston foursome got together in 1979 and broke up by 1983. Rock fans of a certain age may remember Mission of Burma as a brief eruption of noise and flash that nonetheless echoed across the DIY scene of the 1980s: the square root of all American indie guitar bands.

The Definitive Editions I, II and III (Matador) Although its incandescent harmonies, lazily immediate songs, and crunching guitars earned it endless comparisons to vintage Big Star, Bandwagonesque is in every way a product of its own time - the thick, grungy sound of the Fannies' debut A Catholic Education remains intact for gems like 'What You Do to Me' (arguably the most brilliantly simpleminded love song ever penned) and the instrumental 'Satan,' while the lyrics of other standout moments like 'Star Sign' and 'Alcoholiday' reflect a laissez faire irony and unassuming genius even more emblematic of the moment in question. Quote The gold standard of the early-'90s power pop revival, in its own way Bandwagoneque was as much a benchmark as contemporary records like Nevermind and Loveless though not the generational rallying cry of the former nor the revolutionary sonic breakthrough of the latter, Teenage Fanclub's sophomore album nevertheless heralded the return of melody and craft, coupled with energy and spirit - hallmarks of much of the greatest rock & roll of the past, and virtues as rare as hen's teeth in the years immediately prior to the disc's release.

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