Paw – Dragline…
Due to the big grunge explosion in the mid nineties, Paw got snatched up by A&M records in hopes to make a few bucks off of the success of the genre at the time. Unfortunately for Paw, that never really happened as the group from Lawrence, KS only had a few minor hits. Practically all of those came from their excellent debut album Dragline, which still stands for me to be one of the most overlooked gems from that era. It’s such a solid album. Although labeled “grunge”, Paw were quite a bit more melodic and just overall more pleasing to the ears than a lot of the related bands that were around at the time. The group released another album called Death to Traitors before eventually being dropped by A&M. They regrouped in 2000 with a couple new members to record a third album called Home is a Strange Place that was released on Koch.
Paw – Gasoline [MP3]
Paw – Sleeping Bag [MP3]
Paw – Couldn’t Know [MP3]
Although Dragline is long out of print, you can still find many available used copies on Amazon for fairly cheap. I highly recommend dropping two or three dollars to get this.
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October 19th, 2007 at 5:27 am
I highly agree this one of the most overlooked bands. I first heard of these guys when I use to get these video tapes in the mail of new and upcoming artist back in the early to mid ’90s. The song that first turned me on to them was “Jessie”. When I heard that, I immidately picked this album up and I am glad that I did. At the time of the grunge movement, this album contained some forward thinking medolies that the other bands was not utilizing.
January 25th, 2009 at 3:45 am
Paw made amazing music. Anyone I’ve ever knew, who listened to Paw enjoyed. They couldn’t believe they had never made it big. I also agree it’s shame that they are labeled as grunge. They had there own seperate sound ,as did many of the bands of the day ,but where all labeled grunge.
March 8th, 2010 at 8:19 pm
I LOVE this band. I bought this album when I was 12 years old in 94. Dragline still remains one of my favorite albums of all time.