The Chart Show Indie Chart (11th November 1995)

Through the mists of britpop invading the indie charts, there was an American band from Boston (no its not the pixies !!!) who were the east coast version of Dinosaur Jr. Buffalo Tom named after Buffalo Springfield and the drummer of the band, were quite big in the indie scene in the UK early 90's.

I first heard of them on a pirate indie radio station in 1990, and their music was very different from the Madchester scene that was dominating the UK. Surprisingly Buffalo Tom were never big in the United States, let alone in the UK. Yes they did get to perform on the David Letterman show, but for chartwise, they never really broke the ice.

I really started liking them in 1992 with the song "Taillight Fades", which I thought was such a brillant song. I don't think they've ever made a better song than that, although "Tangerine" is a fantastic tune as well. Never really understood Buffalo Tom's lyrics, but I never really paid much attention to them, it was just the music that really counted.

Buffalo Tom are still together and haven't done a Verve or Blur reunion. I'm afraid I haven't really heard much of Buffalo Tom's recent albums, but I can safely say they were the band in the early 90's raising the flag against trends such as Madchester and Britpop, which many people in the UK blindly followed.