Life On The Perimeter

Smashing Pumpkins Album Review: Siamese Dream SIAMESE DREAM is a nightmare in heaven, stirred not shaken, and poured straight into a Kamikaze glass. Raucous, distorto guitars and caterwauling mean only one thing: those damned angels wanna stay up late again. - Marcia B. Merson Published in The Village Voice Paz & Jop, Volume 8 March 1, 1994 The Village Voice Cover: Liz Phair The Village Voice Music Review Creem Magazine -  Opening Riffs: Superchunk Slack motherfuckers they are not. What distinguishes Superchunk from other indie scenesters is its punky effervescence. No doubt Superchunk's melodic but abrasive dueling guitar anthems are the love seed born of the Buzzcocks and Generation X, with dollops of Dinosaur Jr. and DNA thrown in. Yet, the band manages to emerge as an original after this dip in punk's germinal pool. On stage, the band members are corduroy-clad whirling dervishes weaving and bobbing through their songs with apparent ease. The best equipment they own is p...