All Right, Then...Taking Sides: Hoodoo Gurus vs Saints vs Hunters and Collectors

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Taking Sides Hoodoo Gurus vs the Saints vs Hunters & Collectors?

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Thursday, 20 March 2003 16:55 (twenty-three years ago)

Saints (first three albums only -- a series ending in a complete masterpiece entitled Prehistoric Hits. Brilliant songs through out, and some of the best use of horn arranges in punk ever. "Church Of Indifference" has been reverberating in my head all morning.

― jack cole (jackcole), Thursday, 20 March 2003 17:05 (twenty-three years ago)

The Scientists.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 20 March 2003 17:08 (twenty-three years ago)

now if the scientists were also choice, that would have made things a touch more difficult.

― jack cole (jackcole), Thursday, 20 March 2003 17:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Saints (ignoring scientists for now)

― tigerclawskank, Thursday, 20 March 2003 17:15 (twenty-three years ago)

I know that Saints were more important -- but damn, the Hoodoo's were funner than a barrel of monkeys.

― christoff (christoff), Thursday, 20 March 2003 17:26 (twenty-three years ago)

I used to love the Hoodoos, Dig It Up was great.

― David Allen, Thursday, 20 March 2003 17:45 (twenty-three years ago)

H & C are terribly underrated, the "Carry Me" single is amazing

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Thursday, 20 March 2003 19:21 (twenty-three years ago)

The Hoodoo Gurus first couple of albums (up through Blow Your Cool are great, but they got a bit redundant after that). The Saints first album is positively godlike. Their latter era stuff is patchy ("Temple of the Lord" being a great single, however). Hunters & Collectors started out SOOOO promisingly (Talking to a Stranger is a brilliant, weird, apocalyptic mindfuck), then got completely yawnsome later on. Hmmmmmm...... I'm going to have to go with the Saints, if not for "(I'm) Stranded" alone.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 20 March 2003 20:17 (twenty-three years ago)

I love the second Saints album, but like the Hoodoo Gurus too.

― Sean (Sean), Thursday, 20 March 2003 20:18 (twenty-three years ago)

easily the hoodoo gurus for their damn catchy, finely-written songs and inspired live shows. hunters and collectors were horrendously overrated early on (when they were allegedly making interesting music) and horrendously ponderous when they began selling records. frontman mark seymour is now a solo warm-up act at major and not-so-major australian sporting events. saints could've been anything if ed kuepper hadn't have left the band. 'know your product' remains one of the best songs to have ever come out of australia in my view.

― angelo (angelo), Friday, 21 March 2003 11:02 (twenty-three years ago)

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