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Ok the idea here is to tell us about a band that we may not have heard about.
Doesnít matter what genre it is, just talk up a band that you think should be a lot bigger than they are and why you like them, why other people may like them.
Who are they like? Influences?
Go on, you can never hear too much music.
Iíll start:
Tool
Rock music for those that prefer thought and precision as opposed to angry little imps wearing baggy shorts and screaming at their parents for not understanding them very well.
Imagine a cross between Pink Floyd, Soundgarden, Led Zeppelin and an H R Geiger painting.
Musicianship of an outstanding ability, time signatures to make your head hurt and melodies you would never have thought of yourself.
3 albums in reverse order:
Undertow ñ Dark, brooding and full of dirty little subject matters (child abuse, fear of commitment, refusal to see the wrongdoings of a partner through gullible love, the benefits of ìbackdoor lovingî). Nasty songs done very, very well. Not the shock tactic nonsense of other supposedly ìdarkî bands like Marilyn Manson, but approached with thought, intelligence and the ability to evoke a mood through music.
Aenima ñ Not so dark, but still dealing with similar subject matter along with new ones like wishing to see LA fall into the sea after an earthquake, the evolutionary ability of man through chromosomal changes and the benefits of hallucinogenics to assist an understanding of the world. Plus a song with Bill Hicks sampled throughout.
Lateralus ñ Deals with evolving the mind and soul, not dwelling on previous traumas and the realisation that life is an illusion of your own making. Differs to previous albums by not concentrating on the nastier, bleaker subjects but imploring us to change our minds and beliefs to accept that there is more than we understand to life.
Tool strive to create a body of art, as opposed to singles to hit the radio and fade.
They use the space between songs to play frequencies designed to induce harmonious alpha-waves (ìionsî), muted conversations and on one song, the sound of a baby crying with the singerís voice distorted to almost unintelligible level (except for one line of ìShut up b****rd childî).
Not always pleasant, but always an experience and leaves you thinking afterwards.
Not for those that like Limp Bizkit at all, but for anyone that likes extremely well made music?
A must-have.
Doesnít matter what genre it is, just talk up a band that you think should be a lot bigger than they are and why you like them, why other people may like them.
Who are they like? Influences?
Go on, you can never hear too much music.
Iíll start:
Tool
Rock music for those that prefer thought and precision as opposed to angry little imps wearing baggy shorts and screaming at their parents for not understanding them very well.
Imagine a cross between Pink Floyd, Soundgarden, Led Zeppelin and an H R Geiger painting.
Musicianship of an outstanding ability, time signatures to make your head hurt and melodies you would never have thought of yourself.
3 albums in reverse order:
Undertow ñ Dark, brooding and full of dirty little subject matters (child abuse, fear of commitment, refusal to see the wrongdoings of a partner through gullible love, the benefits of ìbackdoor lovingî). Nasty songs done very, very well. Not the shock tactic nonsense of other supposedly ìdarkî bands like Marilyn Manson, but approached with thought, intelligence and the ability to evoke a mood through music.
Aenima ñ Not so dark, but still dealing with similar subject matter along with new ones like wishing to see LA fall into the sea after an earthquake, the evolutionary ability of man through chromosomal changes and the benefits of hallucinogenics to assist an understanding of the world. Plus a song with Bill Hicks sampled throughout.
Lateralus ñ Deals with evolving the mind and soul, not dwelling on previous traumas and the realisation that life is an illusion of your own making. Differs to previous albums by not concentrating on the nastier, bleaker subjects but imploring us to change our minds and beliefs to accept that there is more than we understand to life.
Tool strive to create a body of art, as opposed to singles to hit the radio and fade.
They use the space between songs to play frequencies designed to induce harmonious alpha-waves (ìionsî), muted conversations and on one song, the sound of a baby crying with the singerís voice distorted to almost unintelligible level (except for one line of ìShut up b****rd childî).
Not always pleasant, but always an experience and leaves you thinking afterwards.
Not for those that like Limp Bizkit at all, but for anyone that likes extremely well made music?
A must-have.
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Try Glassjaw.. I think I'll post a topic about them when I have time.. but here's the low down; they are a bunch of NYC hardcore rockers, in the sense of the hardcore genre, their album was produced by Ross Robinson of early Korn fame and it's pretty damn good. They fall into the angry metal, Life of Agony, Bad Brains, etc type of music. But they don't confine themselves to one genre. NME said:
"Although Ross Robinson, producer of 'Slipknot', is on board, Glassjaw share nothing of the 'Knot's caustic verse-chug-chorus-chug-verse dynamic. Rather, '...About Silence' is ruled by an ebb and flow that recalls the freeform glide of Jeff Buckley - albeit, a Jeff Buckley doused in napalm, crawling through a room full of broken glass."
The album's quite diverse, raning from the melodic "Her Middle Name was Boom" to the shout-fest "Babe". The best tracks are probably "Piano", "Siberian Kiss" and the title track, "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Silence". Be warned though, Glassjaw are the marmite of the music industry, you eith Love them or Hate them...
"Although Ross Robinson, producer of 'Slipknot', is on board, Glassjaw share nothing of the 'Knot's caustic verse-chug-chorus-chug-verse dynamic. Rather, '...About Silence' is ruled by an ebb and flow that recalls the freeform glide of Jeff Buckley - albeit, a Jeff Buckley doused in napalm, crawling through a room full of broken glass."
The album's quite diverse, raning from the melodic "Her Middle Name was Boom" to the shout-fest "Babe". The best tracks are probably "Piano", "Siberian Kiss" and the title track, "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Silence". Be warned though, Glassjaw are the marmite of the music industry, you eith Love them or Hate them...
Just let me put this now:
My favorite band ever is Pink Floyd. And Yes I do know enough about them to validly say this.
What a band, what superb albums.
People, just go and buy 'the wall'.
My favorite band ever is Pink Floyd. And Yes I do know enough about them to validly say this.
What a band, what superb albums.
People, just go and buy 'the wall'.
misterhappy wrote:
> Mike Patton is a legend.
Tis true.
> Mike Patton is a legend.
Tis true.
pb wrote:
> Right, that's me sold, I'm off to buy a Tool album tomorrow, sounds just up my
> street.
I don't really know any new or up-and-coming bands other than a few
> college bands. I always like to hear new and strange music though, and for a
> while I was into weird stuff like Mr Bungle, which few people today seem to have
> heard of. I expect you have though, Goatboy!
Mike Patton is a legend.
> Right, that's me sold, I'm off to buy a Tool album tomorrow, sounds just up my
> street.
I don't really know any new or up-and-coming bands other than a few
> college bands. I always like to hear new and strange music though, and for a
> while I was into weird stuff like Mr Bungle, which few people today seem to have
> heard of. I expect you have though, Goatboy!
Mike Patton is a legend.
Right, that's me sold, I'm off to buy a Tool album tomorrow, sounds just up my street.
I don't really know any new or up-and-coming bands other than a few college bands. I always like to hear new and strange music though, and for a while I was into weird stuff like Mr Bungle, which few people today seem to have heard of. I expect you have though, Goatboy!
I don't really know any new or up-and-coming bands other than a few college bands. I always like to hear new and strange music though, and for a while I was into weird stuff like Mr Bungle, which few people today seem to have heard of. I expect you have though, Goatboy!
Ok the idea here is to tell us about a band that we may not have heard about.
Doesnít matter what genre it is, just talk up a band that you think should be a lot bigger than they are and why you like them, why other people may like them.
Who are they like? Influences?
Go on, you can never hear too much music.
Iíll start:
Tool
Rock music for those that prefer thought and precision as opposed to angry little imps wearing baggy shorts and screaming at their parents for not understanding them very well.
Imagine a cross between Pink Floyd, Soundgarden, Led Zeppelin and an H R Geiger painting.
Musicianship of an outstanding ability, time signatures to make your head hurt and melodies you would never have thought of yourself.
3 albums in reverse order:
Undertow ñ Dark, brooding and full of dirty little subject matters (child abuse, fear of commitment, refusal to see the wrongdoings of a partner through gullible love, the benefits of ìbackdoor lovingî). Nasty songs done very, very well. Not the shock tactic nonsense of other supposedly ìdarkî bands like Marilyn Manson, but approached with thought, intelligence and the ability to evoke a mood through music.
Aenima ñ Not so dark, but still dealing with similar subject matter along with new ones like wishing to see LA fall into the sea after an earthquake, the evolutionary ability of man through chromosomal changes and the benefits of hallucinogenics to assist an understanding of the world. Plus a song with Bill Hicks sampled throughout.
Lateralus ñ Deals with evolving the mind and soul, not dwelling on previous traumas and the realisation that life is an illusion of your own making. Differs to previous albums by not concentrating on the nastier, bleaker subjects but imploring us to change our minds and beliefs to accept that there is more than we understand to life.
Tool strive to create a body of art, as opposed to singles to hit the radio and fade.
They use the space between songs to play frequencies designed to induce harmonious alpha-waves (ìionsî), muted conversations and on one song, the sound of a baby crying with the singerís voice distorted to almost unintelligible level (except for one line of ìShut up b****rd childî).
Not always pleasant, but always an experience and leaves you thinking afterwards.
Not for those that like Limp Bizkit at all, but for anyone that likes extremely well made music?
A must-have.
Doesnít matter what genre it is, just talk up a band that you think should be a lot bigger than they are and why you like them, why other people may like them.
Who are they like? Influences?
Go on, you can never hear too much music.
Iíll start:
Tool
Rock music for those that prefer thought and precision as opposed to angry little imps wearing baggy shorts and screaming at their parents for not understanding them very well.
Imagine a cross between Pink Floyd, Soundgarden, Led Zeppelin and an H R Geiger painting.
Musicianship of an outstanding ability, time signatures to make your head hurt and melodies you would never have thought of yourself.
3 albums in reverse order:
Undertow ñ Dark, brooding and full of dirty little subject matters (child abuse, fear of commitment, refusal to see the wrongdoings of a partner through gullible love, the benefits of ìbackdoor lovingî). Nasty songs done very, very well. Not the shock tactic nonsense of other supposedly ìdarkî bands like Marilyn Manson, but approached with thought, intelligence and the ability to evoke a mood through music.
Aenima ñ Not so dark, but still dealing with similar subject matter along with new ones like wishing to see LA fall into the sea after an earthquake, the evolutionary ability of man through chromosomal changes and the benefits of hallucinogenics to assist an understanding of the world. Plus a song with Bill Hicks sampled throughout.
Lateralus ñ Deals with evolving the mind and soul, not dwelling on previous traumas and the realisation that life is an illusion of your own making. Differs to previous albums by not concentrating on the nastier, bleaker subjects but imploring us to change our minds and beliefs to accept that there is more than we understand to life.
Tool strive to create a body of art, as opposed to singles to hit the radio and fade.
They use the space between songs to play frequencies designed to induce harmonious alpha-waves (ìionsî), muted conversations and on one song, the sound of a baby crying with the singerís voice distorted to almost unintelligible level (except for one line of ìShut up b****rd childî).
Not always pleasant, but always an experience and leaves you thinking afterwards.
Not for those that like Limp Bizkit at all, but for anyone that likes extremely well made music?
A must-have.
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