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Post number 19150

nstop — Wed, 14 Aug 2002 09:09:54 -0800

Trouserpress.com is back! After a hiatus of over two-and-a-half years, Trouserpress.com was re-launched today. The site contains just about all of the band profiles and album reviews from editor Ira Robbins' comprehensive and informative Trouser Press Record Guide book series from the 80s/90s. Since all but the most recent "90s rock" book are out-of-print, it's great to have this amazing indie/new wave/punk/alt rock music reference available once more.

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Wed, 14 Aug 2002 10:09:36 -0800

If you'll pardon the expression, that fuggin' rocks! I love the Trouser Press guides; I've got both of the paperbacks. And the redesign is nice, because the old site was not so good.

By: sudama

sudama — Wed, 14 Aug 2002 10:10:01 -0800

I nominate this for post of the year.

By: nstop

nstop — Wed, 14 Aug 2002 10:26:04 -0800

Just realized I should have also included this link to the FAQ which has a bit more history and explanation of the guide contents. There were actually four editions of the original guide, but since artists were dropped/added in each one, the early volumes are just as essential. Based on my cursory review of the site, it looks like there are a bunch of artists missing who appeared in the original book, perhaps because the reviews might seem, in retrospect, too dismissive (such as the one for post-punk female group The Mo-Dettes). Or it could be that only the material from the subsequent books was easily convertible to web-ready form. Another point of note: some of the band entries on the site contain more information than in the latest version of the corresponding Trouser Press guide, such as the Mission of Burma entry. So even if you do have one or more of the books, the online entries are worth checking out.

By: BarneyFifesBullet

BarneyFifesBullet — Wed, 14 Aug 2002 10:48:02 -0800

This is great news,although I kinda enjoy flipping through the books. I like the site design, it's slick.I suppose all that space on the right will soon be home to screaming GIFs, though.Gotta pay for it some how.

By: spilon

spilon — Wed, 14 Aug 2002 10:53:28 -0800

Go Ira.... Go Ira....

By: hackly_fracture

hackly_fracture — Wed, 14 Aug 2002 11:23:34 -0800

. . . and bang goes the last few minutes of work time actually devoted to work. nstop rocks.

By: maurice

maurice — Wed, 14 Aug 2002 11:59:45 -0800

Very cool. I still have stacks of the old Trouser Press magazine from back in the day. Wish they'd start putting the old articles on the site....

By: DenOfSizer

DenOfSizer — Wed, 14 Aug 2002 12:48:43 -0800

Any reference that can remember the Acoustinauts has got my vote; but no Friendly, Singing Spoons or Sisterhood of Convoluted Thinkers? The dream of the truly comprehensive archive of this endures... but never again will i sit in front of limewire and wonder "what next?" Thanks, dude/ette!

By: MrBaliHai

MrBaliHai — Wed, 14 Aug 2002 13:09:44 -0800

[sniff] I miss Trouser Press magazine almost as much as I miss Creem.

By: fuzz

fuzz — Wed, 14 Aug 2002 14:00:43 -0800

Seeing Byron Coley's name reminded me of Forced Exposure, which used to beat up Trouser Press every day in the playground after school. Anyone know whether any of Albini-Cosloy-Meltzer-Coley's old FE stuff is up on the Net? My Google skills seem to be lacking.

By: xian

xian — Wed, 14 Aug 2002 22:45:19 -0800

this is great news

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Thu, 15 Aug 2002 01:54:11 -0800

Ah, anything that give me more information about The Loud Family and Guadalcanal Diary is a truly great thing. Thank you, nstop. Your are a gentleman and a scholar.

By: 88robots

88robots — Mon, 19 Aug 2002 09:36:21 -0800

I believe nstop is a gentlewoman. And rumor has it that the TP site will soon add many entries from the "Bands not in 'Trouser Press'" issue of Badaboom Gramophone.