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Not even success, those are just better albums haha

 

True, even though I might be biased because of nostalgia Enema through Untitled was my favorite time period of the band.

 

Man I’m sad he put Dude Ranch so low lol

 

Me too. Makes me less hopeful we will ever get any kind of big Dude Ranch love from them.

 

You hear it from a lot of bands of the same age/stature that they're not big on their earlier work.

Dude Ranch is my second favourite album by them. But I can see how Mark feels as though it may be unpolished, juvenile and scrappy. Us fans absorb art very differently to those who created it. We don't hear/see the writing sessions, rushed chorus' and relentless in-studio takes.

Deryck's book talks about how some of his earlier stuff from Half Hour Of Power and AKNF he's not crazy about, and I just listened to a podcast with Dexter and Noodles about how surprised they are SMASH gets so much love.

That being said, Mark's wrong. Dude Ranch is elite.

 

I've also always wondered if the general reception by the public to albums affects how the artist would rank it in their discography. It has to, right?

 

Didn’t mark say he thought NINE slapped?

 

It's in Tom's contract that Mark had to rank one Skiba album under Neighborhoods

 

Anytime I've seen a Skiba ranking of Trio albums it's like solely based on how the actual recording process of the album was for him, so of course Good Mourning is always at the bottom lol

 

Generally pretty much every artist says whatever their newest release out is crushes. NINE has its place in the blink catalogue and I really came around on it in the year leading up to OMT but I firmly put it in their worst modern record. Glad it exists though and it’s always a fun listen whenever I go back to it. Would love to hear Darkside live with Tom signing on it.

I’m bummed Mark said we’ll never hear the Skiba songs post NINE.

 

After the couple Skiba demos we heard I'm fine with not hearing it really. They weren't better than Nine which mostly has what I think was the best work they could've done together. Aside from going all in on a Cure/Crimson influenced album that probably wouldn't have been well received commercially lol

 

The song could (likely) suck but I'd still want to hear it/download it. I'm too much of a completionist and the possibility of a song floating around somewhere out there makes me need it.

 

Just saw this two minutes ago and now I do kinda wanna hear the rest of it haha. Still definitely feels like a b-side though

 

And then when they were promoing OMT, he answered a question like "did you top your last album?" with "oh ... EASILY"

 

and when the next one comes out, he’ll say that again!

 

I want to know why all these unreleased songs are like 45 seconds and not the full thing

It's unfair!

 

Because they are bits and pieces leaked by people on leak sites trying to sell the song. The one guy wanted $400 for it on some leak website. He posted a clip of it to prove he had it. I'm guessing someone else has done the same to get the three tidbits we have.

 

everyone should pool the money, ill give 10 bucks

 

Definitely curious to hear that 3rd album with Matt, as well as that collab EP. I wonder how many songs they have in the can that will never see the light of day unless the Russians or Chinese hack Mark’s hard drive.

 

I'm completely fine never hearing the collab EP, but I would like to hear the 3rd album because I'm sure it's got at least a handful of cool songs on it.

 

I just dug up these tracklists I made of "deluxe versions" of some of their albums.

CHESHIRE CAT:
Cheshire Cat 1-16
17. Wrecked Him
18. Zulu
19. Does My Breath Smell? (Short Bus version)
20. Wasting Time (Short Bus version)
21. Carousel (Buddha version)
22. TV (Buddha version)
23. Strings (Buddha version)
24. Fentoozler (Buddha version)
25. Romeo and Rebecca (Buddha version)
26. Sometimes (Buddha version)
27. Toast and Bananas (Buddha version)


DUDE RANCH:
Dude Ranch 1-15
17. Dammit (single version)
18. Josie (single version)
19. I Won’t Be Home For Christmas
20. Dancing With Myself
21. Good Times
22. Waggy (Demo)
23. Lemmings (Demo)
24. A New Hope (Demo)
25. Degenerate (Buddha version)
26. Degenerate (Demo 2)
27. Enthused (Demo 1)
28. Enthused (Demo 2)


ENEMA OF THE STATE:
Enema of the State 1-12
13. Man Overboard
14. Family Reunion
15. Dead Man’s Curve
16. Adam’s Song (radio edit)
17. Aliens Exist (Demo)
18. Anthem (Demo)
19. Dumpweed (Demo)
20. Dysentery Gary (Demo)
21. Life’s So Boring (Demo)
22. Man Overboard (Demo)
23. The Party Song (Demo)
24. Wendy Clear (Demo)
25. What’s My Age Again? (Demo)
26. Mutt (Demo)
27. Wendy Clear (Original Acoustic Demo)

 

Book it. Put it all to wax on boxsets. Charge me hundred$, I'll pay

 

What’s the Wendy Clear acoustic demo? Not sure I ever heard it.

 

I really like the bonus song from NINE, even thought that record wasn’t my favorite I would have loved more from Skiba. I loved COVID era records and it could have been awesome to get one more release from them before they went dark. I know Marks Diagnosis had a lot to do with it.

I would totally chip in 20 bucks for the unreleased songs