System Of A Down
Discussion
My thoughts on SOAD in chronological order:
Ahhhhhhh... I've heard of them. Maybe I'll buy Toxicity.
Mmmmmmmm... Interesting.
Good, even.
Hmmmmmmmm... Singers voice is a bit irritating - Sounds like an angry Jim Henson creation, and kinda looks like one but it works...
Errrrrrrrr... I'm getting bored now. Lyrics are a bit lame (this is particularly true of Mesmerize).
That bass player has a dodgy beard. Anyone with a beard like that is clearly a cock.
"Hey, ma, look at me rocking out..." And now I'm getting irritated.
Now it sounds like crap.
F*ck it, I've had enough.
So you could say I went off them fairly quickly!
>> Edited by DanBoy on Tuesday 22 November 22:49
Ahhhhhhh... I've heard of them. Maybe I'll buy Toxicity.
Mmmmmmmm... Interesting.
Good, even.
Hmmmmmmmm... Singers voice is a bit irritating - Sounds like an angry Jim Henson creation, and kinda looks like one but it works...
Errrrrrrrr... I'm getting bored now. Lyrics are a bit lame (this is particularly true of Mesmerize).
That bass player has a dodgy beard. Anyone with a beard like that is clearly a cock.
"Hey, ma, look at me rocking out..." And now I'm getting irritated.
Now it sounds like crap.
F*ck it, I've had enough.
So you could say I went off them fairly quickly!
>> Edited by DanBoy on Tuesday 22 November 22:49
The most curious band for several aeons, a veritable plethora of things that should be outlawed - goatees, stupid tatooes everywhere and duck billed platypae hairstyles and yet...and yet I can't help releasing a small channel of dribble when encountering them between episodes of 'Cribs' on one of those surely illegal popular musak digital channels.
A bit like Slipknot, they are so bad they batter home a negative reality inversion and end up seeming oddly acceptable, in a sort of sheepish, 'Jesus, I hope the missus doesn't see me air raqueting in the grundies to this' kind of stylee.
Ultimately, they do resemble a bunch of special needs patients with instruments.
A bit like Slipknot, they are so bad they batter home a negative reality inversion and end up seeming oddly acceptable, in a sort of sheepish, 'Jesus, I hope the missus doesn't see me air raqueting in the grundies to this' kind of stylee.
Ultimately, they do resemble a bunch of special needs patients with instruments.
derestrictor said:
A bit like Slipknot, they are so bad they batter home a negative reality inversion and end up seeming oddly acceptable, in a sort of sheepish, 'Jesus, I hope the missus doesn't see me air raqueting in the grundies to this' kind of stylee.
Slipknot are my favourite band-that-i-dont-admit-to-liking. A few of the songs off their first album were absolute megaton monsters. There's a definite air of armageddon-through-the-medium-of-instruments about their stuff that I just find addictive.
I have a basic rule I have about musicians; play like you really mean it. Slipknot definitely tick the box.
derestrictor said:
The most curious band for several aeons, a veritable plethora of things that should be outlawed - goatees, stupid tatooes everywhere and duck billed platypae hairstyles and yet...and yet I can't help releasing a small channel of dribble when encountering them between episodes of 'Cribs' on one of those surely illegal popular musak digital channels.
A bit like Slipknot, they are so bad they batter home a negative reality inversion and end up seeming oddly acceptable, in a sort of sheepish, 'Jesus, I hope the missus doesn't see me air raqueting in the grundies to this' kind of stylee.
Ultimately, they do resemble a bunch of special needs patients with instruments.
Have you listened to the third Slipknot album? Streets ahead of the first two IMHO, its almost prog-rock in places. Joey is one of the best metal drummers of all time as well. Saw him play with 'tallica at Download and basically play the songs better than Lars would have. I have seen Lars play live as well.
As for SOAD, I think they are the most original metal band there is at the moment. Don't understand why mesmerize/hypnotize had to be released as two separate albums though, neither are very long.
dieseljohn said:
Have you listened to the third Slipknot album? Streets ahead of the first two IMHO, its almost prog-rock in places. Joey is one of the best metal drummers of all time as well. Saw him play with 'tallica at Download and basically play the songs better than Lars would have. I have seen Lars play live as well.
As for SOAD, I think they are the most original metal band there is at the moment. Don't understand why mesmerize/hypnotize had to be released as two separate albums though, neither are very long.
I've never been quite sure about SOAD. I have a few of their albums, which I like, but they aren't exactly a band that likes to experiment. They may be an original band in the metal genre, but they do like to do the same stuff over and over again. Also while they have some monster riffs and some great songs, they also have recorded some utter shite in their time.
Not heard Hypnotise yet, but listened to Mezmerize and just thought it was the same old stuff, just a bit more of a commercialised slant.
Speaking of which, the new Korn album is very commercial and very crap!
Not heard Hypnotise yet, but listened to Mezmerize and just thought it was the same old stuff, just a bit more of a commercialised slant.
Speaking of which, the new Korn album is very commercial and very crap!
DanBoy said:
My thoughts on SOAD in chronological order:
Ahhhhhhh... I've heard of them. Maybe I'll buy Toxicity.
Mmmmmmmm... Interesting.
Good, even.
Hmmmmmmmm... Singers voice is a bit irritating - Sounds like an angry Jim Henson creation, and kinda looks like one but it works...
Errrrrrrrr... I'm getting bored now. Lyrics are a bit lame (this is particularly true of Mesmerize).
That bass player has a dodgy beard. Anyone with a beard like that is clearly a cock.
"Hey, ma, look at me rocking out..." And now I'm getting irritated.
Now it sounds like crap.
F*ck it, I've had enough.
So you could say I went off them fairly quickly!
Correctness.
yertis said:
I don't even understand their name. "System of a Down"? A system is down? Our system is down? - get that all the time. Understand them. Is it to do with the ecological system of Downlands, but in the singular? I can't think of any other instance where "down" is a noun.
I always assumed it meant that 'The System' ie the government, is enough to put everyone on a 'Down' ie a downer, pi55ed off, etc etc
SOAD are the most original metal band around at the moment, but i fail to see the comparisons with Slipknot - maybe i need to give them a listen again. As for the lyrics of SOAD, i think they are deliberately corny at times, and must have some underlying meaning which is beyond me thats for sure. They are indeed a warped bunch who somehow churn out some great tunes. Saw a video of them live, and the guitarist/main songwriter is indeed absolutely mad!
MY COPY OF MESMERISE...
is bought from the CD section of the WalMart in Gatlinberg, Tennessee.
This section is one aisle away from.. the GUN section.
Why was I in tennessee, you may ask?
The world conference on Forensic Psychiatry. You know, about mad people in prison.
The album has the swear words edited out, obviously because people in Tennessee are God-fearing, respectful souls.
Great album. Great band. This from a man who listens to Dance and hiphop more than other stuff.
is bought from the CD section of the WalMart in Gatlinberg, Tennessee.
This section is one aisle away from.. the GUN section.
Why was I in tennessee, you may ask?
The world conference on Forensic Psychiatry. You know, about mad people in prison.
The album has the swear words edited out, obviously because people in Tennessee are God-fearing, respectful souls.
Great album. Great band. This from a man who listens to Dance and hiphop more than other stuff.
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