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  • From: J Neo Marvin <j_n_e_o AT hotmail.com>
  • To: "Typical Girls: Women in Punk/Post-Punk/Underground Music (Circa 1975-1980s)" <typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [TypicalGirls] Bands in the vein of YMG and Antena?
  • Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 19:13:30 -0700


My favorite-ever YMG soundalike may be the Sweater Girls track from this
list's own Rebuilding The Bridge
compilation, where they cover Stiff Little Fingers' "Alternative Ulster" and
turn it into a Young Marble Giants song. If I recall correctly, Doug plays
stylophone on that too, yes?

-J Neo Marvin

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----------------------------------------> Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 10:50:06
-0700> To: typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org> From: dbcloud AT panix.com> Subject:
Re: [TypicalGirls] Bands in the vein of YMG and Antena?>>> Not quite the
early-'80s period you requested, but there's an> early-'90s band called
Confetti who were (or must've been) deliberate> YMG soundalikes. There's a CD
on Vinyl Japan, now maybe out of print,> that collects most or all of their
stuff, I believe. One of their> singles was three Wedding Present covers
performed in the YMG style...>> Douglas>
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