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Famous Alternative Rock songstress Alanis Morissette is back in music!

JR T. @StyleWithSense (1954) 3 Feb 20

If you’re born in the 90’s when music was not completely altered with special effects and mellow and stripped down vocals were a thing and impactful. Then, her name isn’t new to you. I’m talking about Alanis Morissette. She was...

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Favorite "State" Songs #6 - "United States"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43645) • Denver, Colorado 23 Jan 19

AWAHOOOO! That's really all that needs to be said! I am counting down my favorite songs with "Town," "City," "State," and "Country" in the title. This is today's "State" edition, and we are at #6: "United States" by Smashing...

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Favorite Bands with Colorado Ties #2 - The Czars

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43645) • Denver, Colorado 30 Dec 18

Yep, it's a beautiful day here in Denver, sunny and a high of 51°. Seems as good a time as any to continue my countdown of my favorite bands with Colorado ties. We are at #2: The Czars. Alternative rock band The Czars were from...

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Favorite Bands with Colorado Ties #4 - Stuart Davis

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43645) • Denver, Colorado 25 Dec 18

Haha! Many Coloradans are in a foul mood this morning after their beloved Denver Broncos got their asses handed to them by my beloved Oakland Raiders last night, but the game did wonders for my morale! On with my countdown of my...

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Girlfinder Songs #20 - "What's a Girl to Do?"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43645) • Denver, Colorado 10 Nov 18

Time to get out the old girlfinder. It's just a musical series consisting of songs that I like that happen to be sung by girls. We are at #20: "What's a Girl to Do?" by Bat for Lashes. Bat for Lashes is the stage name of London...

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Play it Again, Sam #1b - "Kingdom Come"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43645) • Denver, Colorado 16 Oct 18

When I first introduced Play it Again, Sam, I promised a few curveballs, which consisted of an occasional, second cover version. However, here we are at the finish, #1b, the "cover," with the biggest curveball yet: The Mission...

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Play it Again, Sam #19b - "Purple Haze"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43645) • Denver, Colorado 7 Jun 18

Okaley dokaley. Jumping right in, we are at #19b, the "cover" portion of today's Play it Again, Sam, and it's one that I absolutely love: The Cure's cover of "Purple Haze" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. In 1993, Reprise Records...

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Favorite "Of" Bands #7 - Course of Empire

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43645) • Denver, Colorado 15 Apr 18

My countdown "of" my favorite bands with "of" in their name rolls on. We have reached #7: Course of Empire. Percussion-heavy Course of Empire was a post punk, post industrial alternative band that formed in Dallas in 1988,...

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Favorite "Color" Bands #11 - The Ocean Blue

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43645) • Denver, Colorado 18 Mar 18

Unless you were watching 120 Minutes on MTV or listening to college/alternative radio in the 1980's, I wouldn't blame you at all if "?" is your reaction to #11 in my countdown of my favorite bands with a color in their name: The...

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Favorite "Color" Bands #15 - Silversun Pickups

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43645) • Denver, Colorado 13 Mar 18

A few of us have done music series' involving songs with color in the title here on MyLot. I figured that it was high time to take it a step further, and celebrate my favorite bands with a color in their name. I'm going with 15,...

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Favorite Side Projects #7 - The Creatures

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43645) • Denver, Colorado 22 Nov 17

If you think about it, there are a lot of musical side projects that have been formed over the years. I am counting down my favorite side projects, and we are at #7: The Creatures. Formed in 1981, The Creatures were a project by...

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Into the Groovy #27 - "Sister Europe"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43645) • Denver, Colorado 13 Apr 16

The Psychedelic Furs are a London-based post-punk band led by brothers Richard (vocals) and Tim (bass) Butler. The band is probably best-known for performing the title song for the soundtrack for the movie Pretty in Pink. The...

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Top 10 Songs by The Cure - "Just Like Heaven"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43645) • Denver, Colorado 12 Apr 16

I don't know if @JohnRoberts knew what he'd unleashed when he did his Top 10 Linda Ronstadt Songs series, but a couple of us have picked up the ball and run with it. @FourWalls has done an Elton John Top 10, is in the middle of...

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Into the Groovy #20 - "Blues from a Gun"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43645) • Denver, Colorado 8 Apr 16

Thanks to their use of loud, distorted guitars, pretty much every shoegazer band on Earth has named The Jesus and Mary Chain as a major influence. The Scottish band is led by brothers Jim and William Reid, who, themselves, can...

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Into the Groovy #17 - "Light in the Tunnel/Human Race"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43645) • Denver, Colorado 6 Apr 16

Led by vocalist/guitarist Tom Cochrane, Canada's Red Rider is probably best known for their song "Lunatic Fringe," (Cochrane also scored a solo hit with "Life is a Highway".) The band is a multiple Juno winner with eight, and...

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Got You (Where I Want You)

allen0187 @allen0187 (59828) • Philippines 4 Apr 16

'Got You (Where I Want You)' is a song by the band The Flys from their second studio album 'Holiday Man' . If you need a refresher of what the song is, look for the song and music video on-line . If you need further motivation to...

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Into the Groovy #13 - "Cuts You Up"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43645) • Denver, Colorado 1 Apr 16

The Groovy continues now with the man nicknamed "The Godfather of Goth." What to do when your band, Bauhaus, most often credited with inventing goth, breaks up? While the other three band members (guitarist/saxophonist Daniel...

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From the iPod #32 - "Return of the Roughnecks"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43645) • Denver, Colorado 31 Mar 16

The Chameleons (known as The Chameleons UK here in the States) were an alternative guitar band from Manchester (yet another great band that city has produced.) They were one of those bands that did not get the recognition they...

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From the iPod #14 - "Myrrh"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43645) • Denver, Colorado 12 Mar 16

Hailing from Australia, The Church is best known for their shimmering 1988 hit "Under the Milky Way." What a lot of fans of that song don't know is that the band has been creating great alternative guitar rock for decades. Take...

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What's good music for people like me?

LAVO101 @LAVO101 (29) • Belgium 18 Feb 11

Hey guys, I looooooove alternative music as Papa Roach and Muse,... But I'm getting an Ipod Touch so I'd like to find some more groups to get my 32GB full with music =) Thanks for helping me out, Lorenz

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