You know what we learned from Wikipedia about Material Issue? Their video for “Diane” debuted on 120 Mintues in December 1990 on the episode featuring the final apperance of Tommy Stinson and Paul Westerberg before The Replacements broke up.
“Valerie Loves Me” came from that same first album and is one of our favorite Material Issue songs. This Chicago trio created a sort of franticness on this track that will give you a real ’90s jolt.
The guys had a string of alternative hits from 1990-94, but then lead singer Jim Ellison tragically took his own life in 1996. The album the band had been working on at the time was post-humously released and the Poptopia power pop festival renamed themselves International Pop Overthrow, after Material Issue’s first album which features the single…
