Boris

Merkaba · 03-20-2011, 03:21 PM

I bought a copy of Pink last night having got to the point where I felt it was unfair of me to just bludge off the internet as I often do. Awesome artwork btw, havent a clue what to do with the perferated pictures though (this is through the Southern Lord issue)

debaserr · 05-24-2011, 03:05 PM

so, like, wtf.

four new albums released by them in 2011 already.

edit: nevermind, they are stupendously prolific.

BastardofYoung · 06-13-2011, 03:59 AM

"Heavy Rocks" and "Flood" have to be my favorite by them thus far. Pretty good Melvins worship band.

debaserr · 06-13-2011, 10:34 AM

They are much more than that.

BastardofYoung · 06-13-2011, 11:16 AM

well, they are named after a Melvins song... so easy to say so. I know they are, but they still worshipped Melvins.

hip hop bunny hop · 02-18-2013, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by BastardofYoung

well, they are named after a Melvins song... so easy to say so. I know they are, but they still worshipped Melvins.

This explains so much. Boris have a few ok songs, but they have this tendency towards the terrible, which certainly makes sense - if you model yourself after a godawful band like the Melvins, no amount of talent will help.

RVCA · 02-18-2013, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop

This explains so much. Boris have a few ok songs, but they have this tendency towards the terrible, which certainly makes sense - if you model yourself after a godawful band like the Melvins, no amount of talent will help.

I KNEW you'd make a disparaging remark about Boris, but I wasn't expecting one about the Melvins too. Explain thyself, scalawag!

hip hop bunny hop · 04-06-2013, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by RVCA

I KNEW you'd make a disparaging remark about Boris, but I wasn't expecting one about the Melvins too. Explain thyself, scalawag!

The melvins have the same problem as the entire "alt metal" (which, really, is just another name for nu-metal but hey) sound. It's boring at its highpoint whereas it's midpoint is filled with terrible songs and groups who've conflated novelty with quality. The best songs from The Melvins sound like b-sides from Load.

Zamyotov · 06-13-2011, 12:57 PM

So?

BastardofYoung · 06-13-2011, 01:14 PM

so I am saying, my comment is based on that fact. If you called your band In Bloom and played a style of music very similar to Nirvana, you will of course be plauged by comparisons to Nirvana, and it would be no secret you started a band because you worshipped them. So my statement is still true in many ways.

03-20-2011, 03:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
Merkaba Whitewater! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,882	I bought a copy of Pink last night having got to the point where I felt it was unfair of me to just bludge off the internet as I often do. Awesome artwork btw, havent a clue what to do with the perferated pictures though (this is through the Southern Lord issue) __________________ She thinks I'm a reclusive genius, she's going to be very disappointed when she finds out i'm a reclusive wanker

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debaserr eat the masters Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5,470	so, like, wtf. four new albums released by them in 2011 already. edit: nevermind, they are stupendously prolific. __________________ Last.FM

06-13-2011, 03:59 AM	#3 (permalink)
BastardofYoung Buzz Killjoy Join Date: May 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 2,692	"Heavy Rocks" and "Flood" have to be my favorite by them thus far. Pretty good Melvins worship band. __________________ last.fm ‎"I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people." - Jack Handey.

06-13-2011, 10:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
debaserr eat the masters Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5,470	They are much more than that. __________________ Last.FM

06-13-2011, 11:16 AM	#5 (permalink)
BastardofYoung Buzz Killjoy Join Date: May 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 2,692	well, they are named after a Melvins song... so easy to say so. I know they are, but they still worshipped Melvins. __________________ last.fm ‎"I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people." - Jack Handey.

06-13-2011, 12:57 PM	#9 (permalink)
Zamyotov Groupie Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 22	So?

06-13-2011, 01:14 PM	#10 (permalink)
BastardofYoung Buzz Killjoy Join Date: May 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 2,692	so I am saying, my comment is based on that fact. If you called your band In Bloom and played a style of music very similar to Nirvana, you will of course be plauged by comparisons to Nirvana, and it would be no secret you started a band because you worshipped them. So my statement is still true in many ways. __________________ last.fm ‎"I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people." - Jack Handey.