I always thought Nero's Rome would be at the top of my Bands You Should Have Heard Of and Been Famous But Didn't list, along with Paw, Dig, Dandelion, Greta, and Sugartooth, which I think I already posted a song of each on another post, so here's a post about Nero's Rome. They are a FANTASTIC psychedelic alternative Grunge band from Portland from the 80s and 90s that came out with their only album Togetherly in like 1995 and then broke up in like 1996 due to label trouble. I think they have a few demos too. I have the CD of their album and it's SOOOOO good, you HAVE to know about them. They have some sounds all floaty and other sounds all heavy and moshing. The whole album was on youtube, but it got taken down, but some tracks are up, and they have a music video, and some live stuff, so I'll post all the stuff I can find. The singer James Angell also has some solo stuff. I bought their album off of amazon, and I think you can hear it on grooveshark. I heard they were a europop band that sounded similar to INXS before they became a grunge band.
We Play Girlfriends
Pulling In Low
Open Secret
You are factually incorrect. Togetherly was their third record. Their first was "Labor", second was "Nero's Rome".
ReplyDeleteActually there was four almost five records. Two were shelved but sounded amazing.
DeleteOh cool, do you have any info on all that? I have since discovered their self-titled, but have never heard of "Labor".
ReplyDeleteNycolle Fernandes just posted one of their albums in my facebook group, Grunge Then & Now. I hadnt heard of them & found this post researching them. You are very much welcome to come & join the group. Members include famous musicians. everyone is just a serious fan of MODERN, and classic grunge music.
ReplyDeleteThey're not considered grunge. They were around before grunge took off, & Portland's music scene was different than Seattle's but just as good. It was a great time in music then, as now, but the groups were more local. Nero's Rome got lumped in with grunge bands, but their music was hard to categorize. They really did not get their due, but that's the music industry for you. I was fortunate to see them in concert 2 or 3 times (I have video I filmed of them at the Last Chance Summer Dance in downtown Portland at the end of August 1990). I think I bought their cassette album, Labor, at one of their shows. The quality of the tape is exceptional, & I still listen to it. Need to get it digitized before it busts.
ReplyDeleteDo you still have this footage?
DeleteContact me samfischer@me.com
DeleteDefinitely grunge later but yes they started in euro pop with a kind of hard rock tinge. They had the makings of grunge but just the songwriting and production was glossy. Later as addiction entered the fray they got into the whole Seattle sound. The real story I know extensively because I’ve been archiving and filming a documentary for 14 years!
DeleteMakes me Wonder , If This Is Where Smashing Pumpkins got their "New evolved" sound this whole time all along bc they had more of a "Cure' then other type sound before sounding the way they ended up sounding....all this time I feel this was something like a ... Sacrificial lamb band man
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