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Combichristoffersen

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MattyH said:
No mention of nightwish?
i mean i know they are still around but they really changed after tarja left and i mean for the worse
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If anything they got better once ol' cheekbones left. Don't get me wrong, Tarja was good (and in terms of pure technique, she was better than Anette), but her vocals got fucking annoying if you listened to more than three songs in a row. Anette is far more pleasant to listen to, as she's not locked in constant wailing mode.
 
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-Eddman-

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Meh, if we're going to mention girly "goth scene girl" metal bands, we should better cry for Liv Kristine's departure from Theatre of Tragedy.
 
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MattyH said:
No mention of nightwish?
i mean i know they are still around but they really changed after tarja left and i mean for the worse
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Yeah, well, they were already changing for the worse after Ocenborn. They were trying to make Tarja's voice sound less operatic but she just doesn't have the skill. That's the reason why they booted her and chose Anette. If only they could somehow get Floor Jensen to join. She's trained to sing in different styles. After Forever split-up and she has a new band called Revamp. Here is how Nightwish would sound with Floor:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNB5KdLaogY


with tarja for comparison

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6AVawLh_sI&feature=related




Sounds the same but Floor can sing without an operatic voice and Tarja can't.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjm4BrNAf6s

Can you imagine Nightwish with Floor's powerful Voice? She's second to no one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HKKGrmiHtA#t=70
 
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-Eddman- said:
Meh, if we're going to mention girly "goth scene girl" metal bands, we should better cry for Liv Kristine's departure from Theatre of Tragedy.
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Did you know she got kicked out of the band for getting married? What of bunch of fucking idiots. They were never the same after that but at least we got Leave's Eyes and they are better than Theatre of Tragedy.
 
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Always-honest

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brianjones said:
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velvet underground original lineup with john cale.. would have loved to seen what they came up with after white light/white heat
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must say i'm quite happy with the amount of audio we have from them.
I also like many of the solo projects they did afterwards. I went to the reunion concert, and while it was great, i also thought they split at the right time back then. The Velvet Underground is still my favorite band ever i think.


fake edit: Was Jimi hendrix mentioned? I heard he had plans to play with orchestras jus before he died. would have liked to hear what that was all about. He was very ..Orchestral.. in his own mixes (sometimes recording himself many many times).
 
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MattyH

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see i love after forever so i agree that she would of been perfect to replace tarja but i cant properly get into newer wish stuff as much as i did with oceanborn and once
so i see it as two seperate generations for the band
 
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Veal

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shagg_187 said:
Only one real and true answer: Failure. They are the best kept secret of rock, in my opinion.

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Everyone in the band was/is super-talented and went on to create some of the greatest music on and off Failure. Too bad the band came out on the wrong place with the wrong name at the wrong time and after releasing 3 albums, it finally died off and they decided to split. Members went on to represent other bands and projects like A Perfect Circle, On, Year of the Rabbit, Autolux, Queens of the Stone Age, Enemy, and a really great tribute album Replicants.

They gave life to a dead genre "Space Rock" and made it their own. Sadly, 90's was the era of Grunge, Shock Rock and Alternative and they were out of the map.

Albums:
* Comfort (1992)
* Magnified (1994)
* Fantastic Planet (1996)

Tracks to look out for:

Bernie (Great, haunting song with a weird, soothing progression): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3I7sOuwGtM
The Nurse Who Loved Me (Later covered by A Perfect Circle. IMO, this version is a gazillion times better than APC's cover): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_BCvV9_I4I
Stuck On You (Later covered by Paramore. Again... Fuck Paramore, this is THE SHIT!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cntLoJ8nCs
Daylight (Greatest and epicest closing song for a band's last album ever. Ever!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NON4mQmCts
Screen man (One word. EPIC!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36nU6fmtz8Y
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Magnified was a GREAT album!
 
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Always-honest said:
must say i'm quite happy with the amount of audio we have from them.
I also like many of the solo projects they did afterwards. I went to the reunion concert, and while it was great, i also thought they split at the right time back then. The Velvet Underground is still my favorite band ever i think.
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Their best album came after John Cale left the band, so it ok in my books.
 
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Shin_Kojima said:
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Pop Will Eat Itself.
Loved their style and weirdness. Clint Mansell (the guy with the hair fountain) went on to do awesome soundtracks like Requiem for a Dream though.
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THIS. THIS. THIS.

A million times.

I came in here to post this and can't believe someone else did. PWEI was *criminally* underrated.


I'll add a more recent one instead: Bloc Party, unless they actually come off of hiatus at some point.
 
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Cindres

Vied for a tag related to cocks, so here it is.
I came in to say At The Drive In and Neutral Milk Hotel. Glad i'm not alone here.
 
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Pacbois

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Ride

One of the greatest shoegazing band. I was hoping for a reunion after the Oasis split (Andy Bell was the Oasis bassist) but as he decided to stick with Liam, it's not for now :/
 
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jay

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Phobophile said:
Acid Bath

Two brilliant full-length albums and they break up after the bassist dies.
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I used to talk to Duet on AIM. He says they were continuing in the stylistic direction (smoother, less raucous-y) they seemed to be on so maybe it's ok that they broke up. Plus the Agents of Oblivion album is great, and if you can find it the demo version of the Deadboy demo is excellent.
 
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brianjones

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Always-honest said:
must say i'm quite happy with the amount of audio we have from them.
I also like many of the solo projects they did afterwards. I went to the reunion concert, and while it was great, i also thought they split at the right time back then. The Velvet Underground is still my favorite band ever i think.
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the reunion concert was long after they split and was just embarrassing.

Lou Reed's solo career is like 90% garbage.. John Cale's is a little better but nowhere near VU material.
 
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TheLastCandle

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Combichristoffersen said:
If anything they got better once ol' cheekbones left. Don't get me wrong, Tarja was good (and in terms of pure technique, she was better than Anette), but her vocals got fucking annoying if you listened to more than three songs in a row. Anette is far more pleasant to listen to, as she's not locked in constant wailing mode.
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Sweet, someone who agrees with me. Even as a huge fan of Oceanborn, it's pretty damn obvious that Anette's voice fits their newer direction far better. And I'm totally stealing that "ol' cheekbones" line.
 
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negreenfield

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Glad someone mentioned Pharcyde.

But for me it would be Digable Planets. The second album was much different than the first so it was little off-putting but after a few listens it's a pretty amazing album. Too bad they stopped there.
 
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djtiesto

is beloved, despite what anyone might say
ShadyMilkman said:
Do Sasha and John Digweed count?

Northern Exposure III was years ago and they haven't done shit together since as far as I know.
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They frequently play at festivals together. Communicate (came out in 2001 I think?) was the last LP they released together though.

I am getting so psyched to see John Digweed this weekend at Electric Zoo!
 
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ShadyMilkman

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djtiesto said:
They frequently play at festivals together. Communicate (came out in 2001 I think?) was the last LP they released together though.

I am getting so psyched to see John Digweed this weekend at Electric Zoo!
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Too lazy to look it up, but wasn't Communicate prior to NEIII?

And, you lucky bastard. It seems no one comes to Southern California anymore. Albeit, I will be going to Monster Massive and Diggers will be there.
 
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Combichristoffersen

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TheLastCandle said:
Sweet, someone who agrees with me. Even as a huge fan of Oceanborn, it's pretty damn obvious that Anette's voice fits their newer direction far better. And I'm totally stealing that "ol' cheekbones" line.
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Oceanborn is ace, but I really dig their new stuff too (and Anette definitely fits their new stuff better than Tarja would). Also, Anette was smokin' on the song she did with Pain, Follow Me
 
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Melchiah said:
The True MayheM, when their songwriter Euronymous was stabbed in the back by Christian Vikernes.
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Mayhem must be the most fucked up band ever :lol First, the singer kills himself, then the guitarist takes some pics of the corpse and makes necklaces from the pieces of skull, pics get leaked on the cover of a bootleg album. Then the bassist kills the guitarist and goes to jail because of the murder and some ancient churches burned. Now the bassist is free and preaching some white-supremacy stuff, and has a new project, Burzum.

Just wow... :lol
 
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Combichristoffersen

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-Eddman- said:
Mayhem must be the most fucked up band ever :lol First, the singer kills himself, then the guitarist takes some pics of the corpse and makes necklaces from the pieces of skull, pics get leaked on the cover of a bootleg album. Then the bassist kills the guitarist and goes to jail because of the murder and some ancient churches burned. Now the bassist is free and preaching some white-supremacy stuff, and has a new project, Burzum.

Just wow... :lol
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Burzum isn't exactly a 'new' project though, he's been releasing albums under the Burzum name since the early 90s :lol
 
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-Eddman- said:
Mayhem must be the most fucked up band ever :lol First, the singer kills himself, then the guitarist takes some pics of the corpse and makes necklaces from the pieces of skull, pics get leaked on the cover of a bootleg album. Then the bassist kills the guitarist and goes to jail because of the murder and some ancient churches burned. Now the bassist is free and preaching some white-supremacy stuff, and has a new project, Burzum.

Just wow... :lol
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It was the greatest band ever. :D


BTW, there's a pic, which can be found via Google, where the guitarist licks the ear of the deceased vocalist.
 
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Zozobra

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Melchiah said:
The True MayheM, when their songwriter Euronymous was stabbed in the back by Christian Vikernes.
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Hey man, I thought Ordo Ad Chao was a great album. But I'll agree that I miss what De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas-era Mayhem could have produced as a follow up.
 
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Melchiah

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Zozobra said:
Hey man, I thought Ordo Ad Chao was a great album. But I'll agree that I miss what De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas-era Mayhem could have produced as a follow up.
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I liked OaC as well, in fact it was the first release after DMDS which I liked. But I think it isn't the same band; the songwriting differs greatly from Euronymous' style, as do the vocals (if we're comparing to Dead's style) and the lyrics, not to mention the overall atmosphere. Maniac's departure and Attila's return made the band better though, as I witnessed two months ago when they played in Finland.
 
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koam said:
Even the image is perfect
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Don't think it would have lasted long even with Kurt alive. I was watching the "About a son" documentary the other day and he was really tired of the band and the music business as early as 1992. Then add the crazy wife and you have a recipe for disaster.
 
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vatstep

This poster pulses with an appeal so broad the typical restraints of our societies fall by the wayside.
I agree with At the Drive-In (Relationship of Command isn't my favorite ATDI record, but it was definitely a step in a really promising direction) and City of Caterpillar (only one album and it was fucking unbelievable — I actually listened to it today and it still blows me away). I disagree with Isis (though maybe because I'm more a fan of their older stuff) and Refused (The Shape of Punk to Come is a quintessential swansong record — if they stayed together it would've completely cheapened it, and their legacy).

My nominations:

Burning Witch (legendary doom/sludge band that only released two albums — pre-Sunn O))), Khanate, Goatsnake)
Ex Models (great post-punk band that transformed into an even better noise rock band, and then quickly went silent — they didn't officially break up, but it's pretty clear that they're done)
Majority Rule (oft-overlooked hardcore band that released two intelligent, genre-bending albums — I'm sure they would've put out even more great stuff if they'd stayed together)

Hellcrow said:
Also Gospel and Circle Takes The Square.
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Gospel recently got back together!
 
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LaserBuddha

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Throwing Copper was some awesome shit, really just on a level above everything else and I never felt like they got their due credit. That unreleased track that they used in Zack and Miri Make a Porno was awesome too.
 
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