Let the end of the year list season commence! MTV has now released their top ten list of the best Wizard Rock groups this year. While we at Leaky proudly salute all who WROCK, the MTV list is as follows:
Hey, I like the ‘Remus Lupins’, best, myself. But I’ve never heard the ‘Switchblade Kittens’. Anyone else got a “druther”???
also not sure about the order…but wrock is awesome—just shows how creative the fandom is :) looove it!
I like the Remus Lupins and I like the Whomping Willows too! You guys WROCK!!!
remus and the lupins the best! non heard about kittens before, so i can trust in the one who has created that list…
I guess I must not be that into wrock becuase I’ve never heard of Switchblade Kittens either… but I do believe Harry and the Potters will always be number one. After all, they started this didn’t they?!
I have to say, I’m rather partial to Oliver Boyd and the Rememberalls myself.
Never heard of Switchblade Kittens. How did they usurp Harry and the Potters? Not sure about the order here either, but it’s still fun, I guess!
I’ve heard Switchblade Kittens…. they’re really a great group, one of the first to ever release a “Wizard Rock” song (if not THE first to do so), so maybe their spot at #1 has to do with that and their musicianship.. but not necessarily their recognition by name.
The Switchblade Kittens wrote what was arguably the first Harry Potter themed song, “Ode to Harry Potter,” which I remember being passed to me on a tape (ON A TAPE!!) in early 2002. But they’re not an actual Harry Potter band. So that’s a little weird. But, good list. It’s weird to see the WizRock community ranked, they seem to resist such things.
While one could quibble about the order (and that while certainly pioneers, Switchblade Kittens aren’t really wrock), they certainly got it more right than I’d ever have expected.
Next year, it will be different…
Switchblade kittens aren’t a dedicated Harry Potter band, about 95% of their songs are completely unrelated to Harry Potter; so to give them the number one spot is nothing short of madness!
Where’s Oliver Boyd? He’s amazing.
The Switchblade Kittens are also unofficially called “The Weird Sisters” and they really made their name as wrockers, though they started as a Muggle band. Episode 21 of the podcast “WZRD” has an interview with the one of its members.
hmm… well… I went to their websites to listen and I have to say I think they did their best work on the Jingle Spells cd.
not too sure about that order, but congrats to all of wrock as a genre!! :)