Top 5 4AD bands

I would like to tell you about my top 5 4AD bands ... What is your list?

Dead Can Dance Cocteau Twins This Mortal Coil Pixies Clan Of Xymox

loukas ar wrote: I would like to tell you about my top 5 4AD bands ... What is your list?

Dead Can Dance Cocteau Twins This Mortal Coil Pixies Clan Of Xymox

you going to tell us about them, then?

M A R R S

The The The The The The The The

Modern English Pixies Belly

Cocteaus, Throwing Muses, This Mortal Coil, Red House Painters (first 2 LPs ONLY). Throwing Muses again. And Kristin Hersh.

Dead Can Dance Bauhaus Clan of Xymox Pixies Cocteau Twins

In a band-to-band ratio, 4AD was far better musically than Factory ever was.

i love throwing muses, the amps,breeders,etc...big fan since the late 90s of those bands

No one's mentioned Lush

Possibly cos they weren't that good, but they were fit.

Erm, that'd be Cocteaus, Throwing Muses, This Mortal Coil, Tarnation.........and give me the Birthday Party over Pixies.

Ladiesman07 wrote: The The The The The The The The

Ladyboy thats only 4

Burt Reynolds wrote: No one's mentioned Lush

Possibly cos they weren't that good, but they were fit.

I was about to say... Lush was a good band.

Cocteau Twins Modern English Pixies

and a bunch of really good singles from many of the others

Throwing Muses Pixies Cocteau Twins Pale Saints Lush

A particular 4ad highlight for me was standing next to Tanya Donnelly at a Lush gig in Brighton.

Cocteaus Pale Saints This Mortal Coil Lush Pixies

Snorri xxx

Gazman wrote:

Ladiesman07 wrote: The The The The The The The The

Ladyboy thats only 4

They're the only four I've heard of.

I don't even think they were on 4AD for long.

Mr ex's postcode ends in AD and I sometimes put 4AD by mistake. Always a good source of "You don't even know your own son's postcode" hilarity.

A subtle tweak to your user name Col and it could be an anagram of Des Lynam...

cocteau twins pixies bauhaus birthday party

all excellent

Old Blue wrote: A subtle tweak to your user name Col and it could be an anagram of Des Lynam...

Chris Nash wrote:

Gazman wrote:

Ladiesman07 wrote: The The The The The The The The

Ladyboy thats only 4

No... that's EIGHT Gaz...

Doesn't matter how many cos "The The" weren't on 4AD... they were on Some Bizarre then signed to Sony...

Theivery Corporation were a good one from the label's later years.

Steve One wrote: Doesn't matter how many cos "The The" weren't on 4AD... they were on Some Bizarre then signed to Sony...

Actually, their first single, "Controversial Subject", was released on 4AD! :p

I feel sure that Matt Johnston's solo album Burning Blue Soul was also on 4AD.

But yes, Some Bizarre rings a bell too.

Weren't The The on Some Bizarre?

Great band

Ledysman wrote: I feel sure that Matt Johnston's solo album Burning Blue Soul was also on 4AD.

But yes, Some Bizarre rings a bell too.

After The The's initial 4AD single in 1980, singer/songwriter Matt Johnson took the London-based group to the Some Bizzare label. However, he remained friendly with Ivo, who was quick to accept when Johnson offered to make an album under his own name for 4AD. The result, Burning Blue Soul, was an unusual and compelling work which mixed extensive studio experimentation with Johnson's evocative voice. It also gave Ivo his first chance to enter a studio in the role of co-producer. Although it was originally released as a Matt Johnson record, when the album was reissued on CD in the early '90s, Johnson insisted that it be retroactively credited to The The.

Quite a nice website.

Nice one JT. It is a wonderful record.

My list (for 4AD releases only):

1. Xmal Deutschland (I love this band. I'm really surprised no one mentioned it.)
2. M/A/R/R/S (one hit wonder for the collaboration but the biggest single in 4AD history)
3. Modern English
4. Tones On Tail
5. Pixies

Indeed!

Bauhaus Dead Can Dance Clan Of Xymox Cocteau Twins ............

old school 4ad

pixies cocteaus throwing muses belly the breeders

new school 4ad tv on the radio blonde redhead the mountain goats beirut emma pollock