During the height of college radio in the 80’s there were only a handful of dominant labels. One of those that is no longer with us is Twin/Tone (contemporaries included SST and Homestead). Of course Twin/Tone’s bread and butter were the early Replacements releases. But those releases did more that simply put Twin/Tone on the map. They supplied the label the artistic and monetary capitol that allowed them to release a lot of other great records. Here’s what little video I could find from some of these groups.
Agitpop “Stop Drop and Roll” (does anyone else remember these guys? – it’s timeless shit)
The Magnolias “Pardon Me”
The Replacements “Johnny’s Gonna Die” (Twin Tone is hosting tons of great video from a show in 1981; here’s “Something To Du” and “Careless”
The Suburbs “Waiting”
Poster Children “If You See Kay”
I’d never seen that video for “If You See Kay” before. I might as well have, tho, since the first time I tripped on mushrooms nearly 12 years ago The Poster Children were playing live right outside my dorm room window. No, seriously, that wasn’t the hallucination part.
I remember Agitpop. I saw ‘em at The Cowhaus in Tallahassee back in ‘89 or so. I sorely miss their CD.