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The Magnolias
12+ albums
Post punkindiepower popalternativepunk pop
about
The two decades since the band's inception have seen music critics call The Magnolias "Minneapolis' scruffy also-rans" and "little brothers" of more well-known Twin Cities groups The Replacements, Husker Du and Soul Asylum. And although The Magnolias were a few years younger than these bands, passage of time has revealed what fans knew since the Reagan years at their best, The Magnolias were second to none. With their twin buzz-saw guitar attack, sturdy yet flexible rhythm section, John Freeman's inimitable caterwauling and top-notch songwriting, the band created a sound that was instantly identifiable as well as enduring. Acknowledgments were hastily made by the band to their heroes the Real Kids, The Kinks, The Undertones and Buzzcocks. After that, The Magnolias were off and running with their own youthful style in the winter of 1984. Their first gig came at the Uptown Bar in the Spring of 1985 and it took just a few months for the band to become one of the Twin Cities' most beloved power-pop outfits no small feat on that burgeoning scene. Opening shows for bands such as The Dead Kennedys throughout the Upper Midwest quickly made The Magnolias a known entity in the region. It didn't take long for The Magnolias to be scooped up by Minneapolis' homegrown Twin-Tone Records, which was already the stable of The Replacements, Soul Asylum and The Suburbs. The band signed with the label in the spring of 1986 and released its first album, "Concrete Pillbox," produced by Grant Har
