[potsie]

Is that thesis posted anywhere? I'm kinda surprised GD would be this undemocratic, even if he is clearly the best writer. It would have obviously changed the personality of the band but Smalltown Bringdown is a decent enough written song by GS and PL's solo albums have proven him a decent lyricist as well.

Here it is: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="https://ecommons.usask.ca/bitstream/handle/10388/etd-08112010-144224/PaulAikenheadETD.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y">https://ecommons.usask.ca/bitstream/han ... sAllowed=y</a><!-- m --> And my apologies, it's a master's thesis, not a doctoral thesis. Admittedly I've only skimmed the document but there are Rob Baker quotes sprinkled throughout. The quote I'm directly referencing on song writing is on pages 34 and 35. There is also some interesting discussion of the FC recording process and Rob talks about how Looking for a Place to Happen was banged out in a matter of 2 hours in the basement at a Kingston house party in the winter of 1991/92. Would have loved to have been there!