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Post by Cholo Molester on Aug 8, 2023 12:36:57 GMT -5
Scowl sucks, Artificial Joy rocks.
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Post by tandoori jones on Aug 8, 2023 13:06:00 GMT -5
Total Control playing a set at the Sydney Opera House with orchestral accompaniment was probably the coolest more ambitious/artistic thing Iβve seen a current punk or punk-adjacent whatever band do in recent memory. Much cooler than whatever Turnstile or whoever else is hyped today. Edit: also, not a huge fan of Trash Talk or Ceremony, but you gotta be kidding me if you think Scowl is as legit as either of those bands. Or, shit, even Code Orange by a laaaaarge margin. One time when I was 15, Code Orange played my hometown and crashed at my parents' house, ate our food, used our bathrooms, etc. They had a large crew of people with them so there were like 10-15 people all over the place, on every single piece of open floorspace and furniture. I sent them all friend requests and the only one who accepted was the shirtless bassist, Joe. We talked about Masakari and Heartless for a while at my folks' house lol Definitely a terrible band but they 100% did their tenure and toured like savages for years yeah mliw slept on my college apartment floor right after witness came out in 2005. they told me their guarantee was $200 at that time. they were nice appreciative dudes back then |
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Post by johnny two cool on Aug 8, 2023 13:14:31 GMT -5
Total Control playing a set at the Sydney Opera House with orchestral accompaniment was probably the coolest more ambitious/artistic thing Iβve seen a current punk or punk-adjacent whatever band do in recent memory. Much cooler than whatever Turnstile or whoever else is hyped today. Edit: also, not a huge fan of Trash Talk or Ceremony, but you gotta be kidding me if you think Scowl is as legit as either of those bands. Or, shit, even Code Orange by a laaaaarge margin. One time when I was 15, Code Orange played my hometown and crashed at my parents' house, ate our food, used our bathrooms, etc. They had a large crew of people with them so there were like 10-15 people all over the place, on every single piece of open floorspace and furniture.Β I sent them all friend requests and the only one who accepted was the shirtless bassist, Joe. We talked about Masakari and Heartless for a while at my folks' house lolΒ Definitely a terrible band but they 100% did their tenure and toured like savages for years I booked them on a show at a weird time in my life where I booked bands βfor the sceneβ whether or not I really liked itβ¦? They hopped on a gig at a hole in the wall spot I did for some band on No Sleep that had a guarantee n shit like that because I got an email from a booking agent. Looked it up. Former Thieves??? I cannot remember what that band sounded like off the top of my head at all. I remember Reba being a pleasant person, I dunno if I talked much to anyone else but I think Jamie had their email. They came back and played Indianapolis several times and just kept getting bigger, which was kinda cool to watch but not my bag at all. Traded the 7β for dense nuggs of fat buds and someone stole the tape of theirs I had. |
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Post by Ted Mujint on Aug 8, 2023 13:19:22 GMT -5
One time when I was 15, Code Orange played my hometown and crashed at my parents' house, ate our food, used our bathrooms, etc. They had a large crew of people with them so there were like 10-15 people all over the place, on every single piece of open floorspace and furniture. I sent them all friend requests and the only one who accepted was the shirtless bassist, Joe. We talked about Masakari and Heartless for a while at my folks' house lol Definitely a terrible band but they 100% did their tenure and toured like savages for years yeah mliw slept on my college apartment floor right after witness came out in 2005. they told me their guarantee was $200 at that time. they were nice appreciative dudes back then The fact that they were still touring and hitting New Brunswick/NJ as often and as late into their "fame" as they did always garnered mad respect from me. But MAN they should have stayed dead. Were you at that Asbury show where he basically told everyone that public policy has never affected anyone's lives, so we should all just stop caring about Trump? |
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Post by Ronaldo Artest on Aug 8, 2023 13:24:26 GMT -5
yeah mliw slept on my college apartment floor right after witness came out in 2005. they told me their guarantee was $200 at that time. they were nice appreciative dudes back then The fact that they were still touring and hitting New Brunswick/NJ as often and as late into their "fame" as they did always garnered mad respect from me. But MAN they should have stayed dead. Were you at that Asbury show where he basically told everyone that public policy has never affected anyone's lives, so we should all just stop caring about Trump? the initial reunion was fun, but like most bands the flame dies very quickly. if you're gonna do the reunion thing, play a few shows and then dip. have heart did it right, judge didn't. |
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Post by drinkman on Aug 8, 2023 13:29:32 GMT -5
yeah mliw slept on my college apartment floor right after witness came out in 2005. they told me their guarantee was $200 at that time. they were nice appreciative dudes back then The fact that they were still touring and hitting New Brunswick/NJ as often and as late into their "fame" as they did always garnered mad respect from me. But MAN they should have stayed dead. Were you at that Asbury show where he basically told everyone that public policy has never affected anyone's lives, so we should all just stop caring about Trump? They came through after Midnight in America came out and complained about the venue not allowing smoking the entire set. It kind of turned me off of them until I saw their "reunion" at TIHC. |
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Post by Ted Mujint on Aug 8, 2023 13:29:42 GMT -5
One time when I was 15, Code Orange played my hometown and crashed at my parents' house, ate our food, used our bathrooms, etc. They had a large crew of people with them so there were like 10-15 people all over the place, on every single piece of open floorspace and furniture. I sent them all friend requests and the only one who accepted was the shirtless bassist, Joe. We talked about Masakari and Heartless for a while at my folks' house lol Definitely a terrible band but they 100% did their tenure and toured like savages for years I booked them on a show at a weird time in my life where I booked bands βfor the sceneβ whether or not I really liked itβ¦? They hopped on a gig at a hole in the wall spot I did for some band on No Sleep that had a guarantee n shit like that because I got an email from a booking agent. Looked it up. Former Thieves??? I cannot remember what that band sounded like off the top of my head at all. I remember Reba being a pleasant person, I dunno if I talked much to anyone else but I think Jamie had their email. They came back and played Indianapolis several times and just kept getting bigger, which was kinda cool to watch but not my bag at all. Traded the 7β for dense nuggs of fat buds and someone stole the tape of theirs I had. Former Thieves played my HS band's first show in New Brunswick(the city I live and book shows in)in 2010. they sounded like typical '00s melodic HC kinda thing. Nice guys, they were friends with a couple people in town too. Not really my thing either though. Even as a 16 y/o they didn't leave too much of an impression on me. |
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Post by jimmyspudboy on Aug 8, 2023 13:39:39 GMT -5
I saw World Peace and Terror Cell Unit last night. The one local opening band I managed to catch was pretty good--reminded me a little bit of Dystopia and other Slap-A-Ham bands. The crowd was mostly younger people, though there were a couple of older heads (me included). It was a decent turnout for a Monday night.
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Post by killedbyboard on Aug 8, 2023 13:43:51 GMT -5
Finally getting around to listening to that Exhibition LP that came out earlier this year and it's pretty sick. Heard almost nothing about it despite their being on Triple B.
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Post by not Worship on Aug 8, 2023 13:57:02 GMT -5
Finally getting around to listening to that Exhibition LP that came out earlier this year and it's pretty sick. Heard almost nothing about it despite their being on Triple B. album rips, but they weren't really playing super heavily off it when i saw em recently. didnt paly my fave track hmph |
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Post by guttertech on Aug 8, 2023 14:01:55 GMT -5
I've been listening to this recently. dudes were completely hammered and concluded their set by blasting Many Men Wish Death when I saw them. definite rockers |
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Post by mouthofinfinity on Aug 8, 2023 14:16:39 GMT -5
I saw World Peace and Terror Cell Unit last night. The one local opening band I managed to catch was pretty good--reminded me a little bit of Dystopia and other Slap-A-Ham bands. The crowd was mostly younger people, though there were a couple of older heads (me included). It was a decent turnout for a Monday night. How was the reaction to TCU? Goddamn we need a new Total Control record. |
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Post by jimmyspudboy on Aug 8, 2023 14:55:18 GMT -5
I saw World Peace and Terror Cell Unit last night. The one local opening band I managed to catch was pretty good--reminded me a little bit of Dystopia and other Slap-A-Ham bands. The crowd was mostly younger people, though there were a couple of older heads (me included). It was a decent turnout for a Monday night. How was the reaction to TCU? Goddamn we need a new Total Control record. I think they were well-received. The venue had fog machines and lights and that really added to their set. |
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Post by Talentless Elvis Costello on Aug 8, 2023 15:05:29 GMT -5
thing in common between EVERY band mentioned last few pages is that they toured relentlessly - obviously timelines differ & context is vastly different
Scowl has played the PNW at least five times since 2019, that just isn't a thing most bands of any genre are willing to do
MG was immediately popping, covid reallllllly got their hype going and was parlayed perfectly into being on of the first bands back - people also undervalue how crazy RJC toured prior to that, ian def made inroads and had hella good will off that
it's mostly a case of right place right time for both bands, but they set themselves up to be in position to say yes when the questions came aimed their way
the convo on quality is valid but different, the turnstile wave that had been cooking since 2018 was always going to carry some other band(s) with it
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Post by Talentless Elvis Costello on Aug 8, 2023 15:11:59 GMT -5
Trash Talked toured in ways that almost no other punk / adjacent band ever has, would not be hyperbolic to say they prob averaged 200 shows a year between 2007-2009
while exposure like that is no duh critical, their peak was still only like 60% of where Turnstile is now
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Post by johnny two cool on Aug 8, 2023 15:12:46 GMT -5
You write a demo, break up, and then start a βnewβ band that is almost all the same members but now you play a slightly different version of the same shit. You do this until you realize itβs not going to happen for you.
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Post by Aaron on Aug 8, 2023 15:20:50 GMT -5
Krimewatch walked so Scowl could run
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Post by anointed on Aug 8, 2023 15:35:22 GMT -5
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Post by AL πβ¨π¦ on Aug 8, 2023 15:43:11 GMT -5
I guess we're just supposed to act like the Scowl Burger at Coachella was a totally normal thing
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Post by Talentless Elvis Costello on Aug 8, 2023 15:48:02 GMT -5
forgot to mention one critical detail: corniness
that pabst ad shit was at the initial up turn of scowls big push but goddamn was it a bad look, so eager to shill & do it in such a goofy manner peeyew
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Post by crobssssss on Aug 8, 2023 15:51:46 GMT -5
itβs not the best nj band iβve ever heard(black kites) but itβs pretty good. thanks for sharing Black Kites was sick. Tom Schlatter is a legendary musician. |
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Post by yosupbro on Aug 8, 2023 15:51:50 GMT -5
Alex fav band is skowl
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Post by nastyy on Aug 8, 2023 15:53:03 GMT -5
I guess we're just supposed to act like the Scowl Burger at Coachella was a totally normal thing damn forgot about their $25 burger ($35 meal)...... not enough talmbout this |
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Post by crimsonotter on Aug 8, 2023 15:54:12 GMT -5
Letβs not forget the video for the first song off their first ep.
They were corny from the start
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Post by nastyy on Aug 8, 2023 15:55:37 GMT -5
all hardcore music videos suck though
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Post by crimsonotter on Aug 8, 2023 15:55:48 GMT -5
Seeing entry tomorrow night.
Band rules so much
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Post by anointed on Aug 8, 2023 15:56:51 GMT -5
all hardcore music videos suck though false blast furnace by fugitive is good |
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Post by not Worship on Aug 8, 2023 16:04:03 GMT -5
Seeing entry tomorrow night. Band rules so much Sara g supremacy |
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Post by ππππππππππππ on Aug 8, 2023 16:04:26 GMT -5
all hardcore music videos suck though  |
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Post by Cholo Molester on Aug 8, 2023 16:10:00 GMT -5
all hardcore music videos suck though I bet you feel dumb as hell rn |
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