Material Issue - Diane

[@jakevoluntaryist6233]

Grew up listening to MI. Almost every song they have ever written is genius! Great hooks, great riffs, fantastic music! Never really given the credit I think they deserve. RIP Jim Ellison, you are sorely missed!

[@stevencorsoe9575]

So sad...i recall the story of the lead singer of this great band taking his own life.Such greatness and such loss.

[@spookerz35]

Yup, they say suicide is the permanent solution to temporary problems. However no one knew what went on inside his head. Very sad. Love this song.

[@tyrekecantrell5941]

I’ll always miss Jim. Never knew the guy, but his music spoke volumes for how heartfelt he seemed.

[@roberthansen2008]

I definitely remember this song from the early 90s. Back in the day when we had a decent FM radio station in Chicago. Before alternative was ruined. Never saw this Band in concert but I definitely remember this band. Stuff was pretty decent back then. A happy time in life.

[@clappingpig]

They are a Chicago band.

[@thirstycadaver4799]

Robert A. Hansen there was a couple of halfway good college stations in south Chicagoland,I think I heard this on wlra the Lewis university station in Romeoville,or maybe wxrt.

[@davidcoleman913]

thirsty cadaver I was listening 25 plus yrs ago. Awesome college music . Better than drivin n crring

[@thirstycadaver4799]

David Coleman Sometimes I put my headphones on and for a while I'm 25 years younger.

[@brendendesimone9278]

Robert A. Hansen I liked Driving and crying

[@Itsyaboy88]

this song is actually based on my aunt diane. Jim lived in the same subdivision/neighborhood as us. i was too young at the time. My uncle and his friends told me about this song. Pretty cool.

[@bbyface7145]

What neighborhood/subdivision was this?

[@Itsyaboy88]

@@bbyface7145kings point in Addison IL

[@mattyfresh101]

Did she have a helicopter and a submarine?

[@jetpilot3714]

@@Itsyaboy88 I was in college when this came out. I loved this band and I loved that song. Didn’t expect to see a comment like that, but that’s really cool.

[@drinkclintons2058]

Your comment reminded me that there’s a documentary called “There’s something wrong with aunt Diane”, but it’s messed up and not about this band.

[@reallyluckyoaklawn8306]

My favorite song by Material Issue. Saw them play a free concert in a field on the side of U of I's Assembly Hall in May or June 1991 or 1992 (date corrections appreciated!) at some sort of campus open house event at University of Illinois. Tremendous power pop! Great HiWatt sound. One of my favorite concerts! Very cool free show! Sorely missed band. God rest your soul Jim. Anyone who was there and remembers this concert. Please reply.

[@mirandaremington6751]

Was leaving the Park West in June after seeing a Imelda Mar perform there (my first trip back there since '93 for Concrete Blonde) and they played this song over the sound system as people left. MAN... I went into a sentimental time warp. Loved this band so much. Been listening to them in my jeep lately while I traveling the country, pretending I'm 22 again.

[@scottleipski1015]

I think I love you Miranda Remington!!!! Your beatiful too!!!!!

[@davidkruse3258]

U have the best vibe

[@robertstanford9177]

We saw Concrete Blonde at the Park West back in that time frame too. They opened for Nick Lowe (I believe) and the was one of the best shows we have seen.

[@santinocorleone1204]

I would bet you listen to 'xrt.

[@LANTOR317]

I totally forgot this song...damn, I miss the 90s

[@LPJack02]

RIP Jim Ellison (April 18, 1964 - June 20, 1996), aged 32 You will be remembered as a legend.

[@MRADefeat]

Jim had talent and an amazing voice.

[@ge2623]

Legend? How? He had the world by the balls and offed himself over a woman? Thats not being a legend. It's being weak, short-sighted and selfish. His music is to be admired and loved but the other? It's throwing away a gift.

[@welcomeskateboards]

😢

[@DianaMartini]

Still kicks ass 30 years later!

[@benjamingilliland1376]

Who is the lady playing Diane in the video? She absolutely knocks it out of the park! Y

[@MartyKelly-yd2dw]

Yea man. These were good times. Dig this I’m 58 and still listen to material issues regularly

[@musiczar]

Great! I got to spend a lot of time with these guys when I was with Mercury Records in the 80's and 90's. I first saw them work out of an old Van then Alabama's old tour bus (we crashed into an old gas station, due to brake failure} and on to headlining. Jim's death was quite a waste to the music world. All great guys with extreme talent and personality.

[@MeganBecker]

I remember hearing the news when it happened and I was numb. RIP, Jim.

[@michaeldonnelly3814]

Just what this world needs....

[@patdisaster8543]

They were booked down in Laredo,Texas 1990.. ...they saw a bunch of rock starved punker....goth...metal and skate kids so they tuned down fuzzed out and speeded up the jam....mosh pit crowd surf....we snuk in booze....we were all under age ....I'm late 40s now.....wow.

[@ValaBlake]

I love this song! Material Issue was such a great band. The lead singer had a great voice too! Thank you for posting!

[@autokid311]

Looks like a lot of people still listen and groove to this band. Nice man

[@rogersachs9]

It's extraordinary watching this thirty years(!) later. I wish I could have met Jim. It was a good time--the music and whole pop culture were so much better and vibrant than now.

[@DDRUMM7]

May 4th, 1994. Material Issue plays Metro. I was there. Great show. Nice to see other Chicagoans who saw them at Metro as well. 30 years, an eternity.

[@richardmorales3555]

One of The Bands I liked in The 90's.

[@scottleipski1015]

My god, it took me forever to remember these guys, and this song! So glad I finally found it! So worth the effort!!!!! I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!! This is so kickass!!!!! Now maybe I can survive this fuckin virus. Thank to members of this overlooked band! You made my year!!!!!! Great fuckin tune, play this one LOUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so HAPPY im crying!!!!!!!!!! Shoud have been HUGE!!!!

[@diamonddave8693]

Bless Jim Ellison. What a great moment in time, just wasn’t their time. Sadly. But what a band!!!

[@sarys73]

One of the best albums ever. I love you bro, and I miss you mucho

[@davidhlavac3704]

One of the tightest live bands I've ever seen. RIP Jim

[@fredlinne]

Another great Chicago band

[@tombeckner404]

Who is still listening in 2022?

[@arober2]

2024 still …..

[@stevencorsoe9575]

Sometimes the happiest souls are the saddest...a note from someone who lost someone that way many years ago.And she still is very missed in my life.

[@abdc916]

I met this dude

[@boaunit32]

Knew these guys back in the day. Our bands shared a lotta bills in Chicago.

[@bbyface7145]

Who was your band?

[@PeaceEpieces]

celebrity deathmatch Dianne vs Valerie vs Kim the Waitress

[@mjlotus]

And Renee

[@ejsinner1520]

Money on lil Christine?

[@deehappy1698]

Voting Valerie

[@kevincampbell5785]

The rules of Power Pop: Most songs must be about girls and possibly contain a woman's name in the title.

[@stevencorsoe9575]

Stupid,Where did that come from...there is no honor with dumb jokes like that for such musical geniuses.

[@rachels.8673]

Had this MI cassette and played it a lot! Remember seeing them at a KUKQ outdoor concert with several other bands in 1991, in Arizona.

[@gcarraig]

Was a photog for my college paper, my writer buddy and I hung out with them backstage after their set. I really wish I’d held onto those negs. Also wish I stuck with rock photography (though I’m sure I’d be deaf at this point.) Loved MI. RIP Jim.

[@shaunlewis1827]

None of the Dianes have lived up to this Diane.

[@abdc916]

Met them years ago. Still rocks and still hurts.

[@dianamaye7064]

I love this song....

[@diannereed8000]

I love this song!

[@louismatassa9105]

👍 song me too!

[@TheFuzzieWuzzie]

This song breaks my heart

[@robertpreston2220]

Great band from a great city!

[@PrestigeWorldWidePWW]

It was a great city. Now it's a socialist hellhole with high taxes.

[@robertpreston2220]

@@PrestigeWorldWidePWW Sadly I cannot argue with that

[@bbyface7145]

@@PrestigeWorldWidePWW socialist lol

[@babymoondancer]

I think I kinda have a little crush on Jim Ellison now. I wish I'd been old enough to when he was alive. Depression just doesn't give a shit, does it?

[@freakinsweet07]

Chicago's Finest

[@roberthansen2008]

freakinsweet07 I think I think I have seen this album at wzrd Radio it at Northeastern

[@raulgarcia8063]

Booooooooooooo....they suck

[@lorettasantos9419]

Material Issue played at the Laredo Center for the Arts......they saw the punkers ,metal folk and got the vibe roughed up a bit .....we had a slam going....90 or 91.....at that time we had nothing going on....so it was a fun Sunday night.... pat disaster

[@jimmycerf]

Cool song!

[@bmb108]

Such a great band and my favorite to come out of Chicago in that era. Proof that power pop never goes out of style!

[@santinocorleone1204]

Thank God for WXRT in Chicago!!!

[@angrycorvair]

OMG forgot all about this song! Used to get played on WHFS a good bit back in the day. What a great band!

[@ChrisB-jl7er]

New years eve 93 or 94 in champs..buzzed off puppy bowls played this song alot. Sort of an anthem for any party situation, very cool loud in a bar or loud anywhere. Youth!

[@1lowlife]

What a great band....

[@TheJohnny928]

i knew a 65 Diane💜 Diane Smith ❤

[@J_Ab]

Habían buenos one hit wonders a finales de los 80. Lástima que ya no recuerde sus títulos. Mientras tanto, bailaré al compás de Diane.

[@stormdiane9764]

Wow, this song is about me. :D

[@miklo6907]

Why does everything have to be about you 😅

[@raulgarcia8063]

Who cares

[@Lamia7609]

I remember when this came out...mostly because my name is Diann. I really loved them. So sad about his untimely death.

[@amerocker]

This is only the second Material Issue song I've ever heard and I like it. I think this is the song that got it all going for them. Good tune.

[@dianelogan8822]

This is gonna stay in my head all day. 😆 Great name though 😜

[@motomxify]

Saw them in Santa Clara Ca. years ago. Good show.

[@frankA0302]

Where would they play in Santa Clara? I could understand San Jo or (fuck I forgot the name of the club I would go to) in Palo Alto.

[@eamonhealey1019]

One Step Beyond. Palo Alto had Keystone I think?

[@ralphlazio505]

Wow…. First time hearing this lyric…. Wow

[@elisamiller-burda8013]

Such a great tune

[@dianecarter4882]

love it xxxxx

[@fleadoggreen9062]

Nailed it

[@toddm4229]

Loved this group!

[@liamnewman3260]

This song is amazing!! It makes me think so much of Diane Howe x

[@michellelekas211]

Miss Jim Ellison Love their songs

[@louismatassa9105]

Totally back in the day and still fun to 🎶 too!!!!!

[@johnmartell807]

yes

[@BasswipeNC]

What kind of guitar is the double neck guitar Jim plays in this video? It looks just like a old Univox Hi-Flyer guitar I own. These guys were great. I saw them in Atlanta when they toured for IPO. Loved every song they played.

[@dannork1240]

BasswipeNC It’s a Mosrite Joe Maphis or a Combo (depending on when it was made) The Univox Hi Flyer was a copy of the Mosrite Ventures model. And I just realized how old this comment is... oops

[@mgmt73]

they never made it big but mariah carey has 101 music videos the world sucks

[@PeaceEpieces]

Lol ikr

[@notoriouszig]

+nirvana grungie They're big to the *right* people. Let's keep the Mariah Carey fans at bay; this should be a safe place.

[@jlynneia]

+nirvana grungie That's the truth! But we who love them truly love them and we aren't just flash in the pan fans!

[@johnc.2556]

Material Issue made it.big enough to have videos on MTV and play MTV spring break in Daytona Beach.

[@javiercarlos5186]

Cardi B. 'Nuff sed

[@BigmanTEXAS23]

Song reeks, im just watching the broad with short hair...Love that hair style 💓 Always a sucker for a pelona 😂

[@its1110]

I got the Earworm Hard-on for this one!

[@BriansArtforAnimals]

pop perfection!

[@a4user1]

Recuedo cuando vi este video en DISCO CLUB en Julio del 1991, en Lima, en mi televisor Emerson Blanco y Negro, uff!!

[@artemissofia]

my name is diana and i like the song

[@Dmillerstage72]

I love the dark/upbeat contrast in the songs on this album. Losing Mr. Ellison is a shame. No he wasn't a theatrical '"look at me vocalist", but JUST as on top of what he was doing vocally, as the ones who are paid millions to sing via harmonizer.

[@madtownband]

@hectorsalinasisback Cheap Trick would probably disagree with you, as Rick Nielsen played on Material Issues 3rd record. The Romantics and The Knack had maybe two hits a piece tops. And I'm not sure why you think they sound like Christian rock? How many records have you sold?

[@kromedome0101]

A perfect song & video.

[@gesundheit602]

Does anyone know the name of the actress in the video?

[@georgemangen2013]

It was rumored to be Linda Evangelista who went on to be a super model.

[@gesundheit602]

@@georgemangen2013 It’s definitely not Linda Evangelista.

[@richardweber5521]

I'm telling Valerie you like Diane now😮🤔🤫🤭😉

[@blueschewy2558]

@ZapNuuk That's Diane of course.

[@ustheserfs]

Chicago really was a musical breeding ground which only rivaled Seattle then, add Pumpkins, Urge Overkill and Liz Phair.

[@santinocorleone1204]

...plus Veruca Salt and Wilco

[@valerieaguilar2909]

Valerie Aguilar Loves Brandi Bell

[@TheRealMrLofasz]

Diane’s pretty cute.

[@jackohobo674]

Oh, my goodness… if a girl who had a helicopter AND a submarine AND could shimmy like that!!!……oh, wow!!!

[@ge2623]

As Joe Strummer said when asked about Kurt Cobain offing himself said: "If you want to stop being a rock star, just stop being one"

[@its1110]

OH Yeah!! So good!!!! Al those "live" versions just suck so much. Needs that vocal to pop out!

[@DizCarpenter121]

I always thought Cindy Crawford mimicked this woman's image.....

[@Sanguelto]

diane grew up to be the chicago party aunt

[@PeaceEpieces]

sad when i first heard this i didnt hear Dianne i heard die in die in die in die in. RIP Jim... and shit Princess Die anna too... shit whats this song about?! my head. the feels. too much : (

[@TheFuzzieWuzzie]

Tragically.

[@eduardoteodorobracamonteal397]

neo rock

[@chrissmith256]

Do you guys remember Loud Lucy?

[@phayzyre1052]

I know I might piss some people off with this comment but I’m going to say it anyway. If you don’t like it well…lump it! I heard this song today for the first time in over 30 years and was immediately teleported back to the spring of 1991 when I first heard it. The first time I did hear this song I was immediately blown away by it and thought to myself “wow, this is going to be the sound of the 1990s!“ Unfortunately later on that year Nirvana released that album “Nevermind“ and that was when music for me started to go to hell. Here we are decades later and all the talentless garbage we have to show for exemplifies that. Of course like everybody else I to embraced Nirvana but after about two years of listening to that apathetic Seattle misery music I had to put it down and walk away from it for good. As for Jim Ellison and Material Issue grunge rather quickly eclipsed his wonderful talent as well as many others from the 1990/1991 timeframe making pretty much all bands like his mere footnotes in the history of music. Of course we will never know but I can’t help but wonder if that’s the reason why Jim killed himself. Once again, if you’re offended by this well then you can just be offended! Grudge killed many awesome bands at the beginning of that decade and I will forever say that!

[@gregsmith2122]

I've been saying basically the same thing for many years. I personally think, grunge murdered many amazing groups such as material issue, neds atomic dustbin, etc that would have gone so much further. I pine for 90 91 times. Very creative music quickly overshadowed and forgotten.

[@phayzyre1052]

@@gregsmith2122 Greg, my friend I don’t know where you are in the world but I wish I could shake your hand and buy you a pitcher of your favorite beer! You said a mouthful. From about 1989 to 1991 that was what I thought was going to be the dawn of a new era of music and I was really looking forward to the post modern movement of but when that piss ant whiny Kurt Cobain hit the airwaves in the fall of 1991 bellyaching about how miserable his life was and all of the gloom, doom and angst filled crap going up there around Seattle it did not take me long to put that bullshit down for good! A friend of mine who feels the same way said it best: “grunge was like a fart…it came on loud and strong, created a stink then disappeared!” Apart from that one thing I’ll give credit where credit is due because at least a lot of bands from the 1960s, 70s and 80s are still together and making music. A lot of people can name artists from that time period and the songs they wrote but name any grunge musician and people are like “who?” And where are all of the grunge pioneers who were once so revered when grunge hit the scene? Either one of two things: dead or have all but disappeared! Sure, grudge had its moment in the sun but its moment was about like a shooting star burning brightly yet very briefly.

[@phayzyre1052]

@@gregsmith2122 Oh, one more thing I forgot to mention in my reply to you: don’t know if you ever saw this video or not but def Leppard‘s lead singer Joe Elliott, excoriates 90s music in this video here. I remember seeing it years ago and I wholeheartedly agree with him! kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5OYdniKpLl_aNEsi=M-RBMGvLvNTAz8Y1

[@DianaMartini]

Is the model Linda Evangelista?

[@georgemangen2013]

It was rumored to be.

[@culwin]

Twin Peaks

[@drunkroku4054]

LOL

[@Heinz-uf2kp]

Jim was really murdered he was going to start another band and Ted wasn't going to be in it

[@Lamia7609]

When I read this I heard Peter Griffin in my head.

[@joealberti7762]

Great song by a great band. Really a shame MI got overwhelmed by the grunge scene. The entire Chicago scene was way better then 95% of grunge. Who listens to grunge any longer anyway? Nirvana excepted - the one great grunge band.

[@joealberti7762]

Forgot to add - Urge Overkill sucked really bad though. I'd rather listen to the 95% of shit grunge than UO.

[@abdc916]

Sad

[@JL-rc9ro]

Diane has the "Can I speak to the manager?" haircut.

[@620NA]

It's a Mosrite. Univox copied them.

[@TheFuzzieWuzzie]

Did Jim owe you money or something? You seem to have an agenda, jest sayin'

[@Nic1973KISS]

Hector Salinas knows nothing about power pop. Absolutely NOTHING.

[@crapple009]

Totally agree with you!

[@frankA0302]

Found his comment, I agree with you.

[@JFKHaircut]

Die Anne Die Anne Die Anne

[@ozaernajim4315]

I dont care for Diane's hair.

[@hectorsalinasisback]

These guys didn't have good songs like legendary power pop groups such as The Romantics, The Paul Collins Beat, Cheap Trick and The Knack. That first Paul Collins Beat LP and that first Romantics LP are solid albums of perfect power pop. Material Issue sounds like Christian rock or elevator music.

[@Scott-DJ]

I think you need to listen to the opening 3 tracks of Freak City Soundtrack before you make a statement like that...