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RJDG14 · 08-31-2015, 06:19 AM

I'm trying to find what the oldest LP is to have the sound of typical 80s/90s alternative rock. My current first is The Days of Wine and Roses by Dream Syndicate, which was released late 1982 (preceding REM by a few months) and still sounds marginally more modern than Murmer did. Tell Me When It's Over (among most others) has an early 90s Connells vibe to it, while Too Little, Too Late seems as if a prototype Pixies track, with hints of the more recent Panic Room (a band from Wales).

Were there any college rock bands from America with a sound like REM, Dream Syndicate or Violent Femmes on the late 70s? The earliest I can think of would be 1980, but I'm likely wrong.

08-31-2015, 06:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
RJDG14 Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2015 Posts: 157	First American college rock album I'm trying to find what the oldest LP is to have the sound of typical 80s/90s alternative rock. My current first is The Days of Wine and Roses by Dream Syndicate, which was released late 1982 (preceding REM by a few months) and still sounds marginally more modern than Murmer did. Tell Me When It's Over (among most others) has an early 90s Connells vibe to it, while Too Little, Too Late seems as if a prototype Pixies track, with hints of the more recent Panic Room (a band from Wales). Were there any college rock bands from America with a sound like REM, Dream Syndicate or Violent Femmes on the late 70s? The earliest I can think of would be 1980, but I'm likely wrong.