Really more than anything this song/band represents a sort of transition between the "college rock" of the 80s and a lot of the post-grunge, acoustic-heavy alternative bands of the mid-90s (ie. Gin Blossoms, Counting Crows, hell, even Better Than Ezra to an extent).
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
1990: "Doesn't Anyone Believe", The Sidewinders
Tucson's Sidewinders never quite figured out whether they wanted to keep the fading jangle pop thing going, ply their trade in MOR-ready frat rock or emulate late period Replacements (choices which are not necessarily incompatible, mind you). "Doesn't Anyone Believe" finds them going the former route to decent if not stellar effect. Shortly afterward the band would find itself in a protracted lawsuit with a group that went by Sidewinder (note the singular) and would eventually change their own name to the Sand Rubies.
Really more than anything this song/band represents a sort of transition between the "college rock" of the 80s and a lot of the post-grunge, acoustic-heavy alternative bands of the mid-90s (ie. Gin Blossoms, Counting Crows, hell, even Better Than Ezra to an extent).
Really more than anything this song/band represents a sort of transition between the "college rock" of the 80s and a lot of the post-grunge, acoustic-heavy alternative bands of the mid-90s (ie. Gin Blossoms, Counting Crows, hell, even Better Than Ezra to an extent).
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