But this was never the case with the music/scene of Kantner/Crosby, even in the 80s, that model/aesthetic just didn't transfer to new generations on the same scale.
― Οὖτις, Monday, October 20, 2014 3:41 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hardcore is a more easy to approach template, musicianship-wise
― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 20 October 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
I'm sure that's part of it but there's also something that seems to be eternally appealing about it to a subset of kids, beyond the "anyone can do it" factor
― Οὖτις, Monday, 20 October 2014 21:42 (nine years ago) link
Think its something to with it being the highest energy music you can do with guitar bass and drums that doesnt require more advanced chops found more in speed metal etc
― Master of Treacle, Monday, 20 October 2014 21:51 (nine years ago) link
God this is the worst fucking show ever. I vomited the entire way through and blood started shooting out my ass. Now I have a high grade fever I can't get rid of, seing these people talk about their " music" made me so angry I had to take a switch to my damn kids ass.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 20 October 2014 22:04 (nine years ago) link
Terrible post
― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 20 October 2014 23:20 (nine years ago) link
I actually think the form of this is kinda novel - looking at scenes and how they influence artists and the songwriting process etc. - but there are about 500 bands I'd rather see try their hand at it than the Foos. But then Grohl is the best-connected guy in rock, so...it's a chatch-22 of sorts.
― Simon H., Monday, 20 October 2014 23:51 (nine years ago) link
no way in hell would i watch this show after seeing that sound city doc. boomer wannabes talking about how fucking magical their precious shit stained recording gear was + the worlds shittiest jam session ft. 70 year old dude trying to seem hip and with it = i, too, had to take a switch to my damn kids ass
― sleepingbag, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 01:02 (nine years ago) link
Yeah yer right. Nobody bats 1.000
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 01:04 (nine years ago) link
talking about 80s hardcore in tones reminiscent of Paul kantner or David Crosby talking about the 60s (maaann).
Is it getting as bad as classic rock radio and the Lefsetz worshipful approach? Not in tv commercials yet, and no Big Chill movie with Henry Rollins in it yet...Maybe soon
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:09 (nine years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oSFnotAmcoA
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:11 (nine years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2jUOvxG7440
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:12 (nine years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SoSQwV0orzU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FM7PcYMH67c
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 18:13 (nine years ago) link
Watched the first half of the first ep, which was fine, but when they were tracking at Electrical Audio and someone says something along the lines of "usually it takes us weeks just to record the drums" I literally said "what a bunch of pussies" out loud to no one but our sleeping cat.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 19:38 (nine years ago) link
haha yeah I lol'd at there whole established process "first we do drums for three weeks, then we do the bass for two weeks, then we do all the guitars" etc. way to make everything sound unbelievably boring
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 19:39 (nine years ago) link
Dusty Springfield usta record one syllable at a time on occasion.
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 19:45 (nine years ago) link
iirc ian mackaye said one time when he was listening to an evens song something like "oh man that hook you just did once, we'd have to repeat it a bunch of times". for a torch-bearing rocker with a sense of roots dave grohl sure has a lot of bloated corporate shit he has to do.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 20:09 (nine years ago) link
that paraphrase is dave grohl talking about the evens, to be clear
― da croupier, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
actually i think ian didn't give the name of the big arena rocker who said that to him but i can't imagine there's a lot of other arena rockers hanging out with ian so
― da croupier, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 20:12 (nine years ago) link
Ooh special Foo Fighters club gig Friday in DC (this is their version of a $5 Fugazi gig I guess)
Fri Oct 24:: FOO FIGHTERS plus a special screening of Sonic Highways$20 Mainstage / Doors at 9:00
$20 per ticket. $3 service charge. Cash only. Maximum of 2 tickets per person. You must bring your ID. If you are buying a 2nd ticket you must provide the person's name as it is stated on their ID. Tickets are 100% non-transferable and non-refundable. On sale Tuesday October 21 at 6:00pm at the Black Cat. The Black Cat is located at 1811 14th Street NW Washington, DC.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
$20 per ticket. $3 service charge. Cash only
haha service charge AND cash only
― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 20:48 (nine years ago) link
quality service
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 20:50 (nine years ago) link
The Black Cat Club is owned by the drummer of long ago Dischord band Iron Cross & other groups (who got Grohl to invest in the original purchase way back when) btw
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link
xxxxpost, re: Grohl listening to the Evens, the thought of *him* sitting in a studio for a FF project and not being able to fight past all the frustrating bullshit squashes any hope I have for my own life
― alpine static, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 21:31 (nine years ago) link
Batshit rant from the dude who signed Hootie making the rounds. He makes some bad points, but also some good ones, not least asking (iirc) why Grohl, a good guy with a strong understanding of the industry, the way it works, and the way it is antithetical to much of the music he purports to love (in this doc and elsewhere), seems to have no prob sucking away at the corporate teat in the most corporate way possible, even though he, of all people, is in a position to say know. Is it just that he is such a nice guy he can't so no to whatever's asked of him?
In ep one, I downright winced when, after they have this eureka moment of jamming the cord in the guitar pre-solo and causing this cool crackling fuzz sound, the guitarist dude admits his biggest concern is replicating it on TV, and all the other dudes chuckle knowingly. Because they all know they'll be slumming it up on some shitty TV shows soon enough, because that's just that they do, right?
Another question never answered (not that it needs to be, necessarily): why do they spend all this time extolling the skill and genius of Steve Albini, in his own studio, and then have Butch Vig behind the board?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 27 October 2014 18:16 (nine years ago) link
http://tanteguerilla.com/bilder/produkte/normal/SST-Corporate-Rock-Still-Sucks-T-Shirt-white.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 27 October 2014 18:17 (nine years ago) link
xpost because there's no fucking way albini would produce them at this point? though to be fair with albini it's as much about him fetishizing his own "indie integrity" to a degree that's downright masturbatory as it is him having pretty good taste
― blood on the peaves (slothroprhymes), Monday, 27 October 2014 18:29 (nine years ago) link
I coasted through the first two episodes Saturday afternoon when good football was at a lull. Nothing remarkable and nothing offensive about either so far, but I'll be curious to see the Nashville episode. That shit's totally out of Grohl's element, so there should be some smdh lols.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 27 October 2014 18:29 (nine years ago) link
xpost because there's no fucking way albini would produce them at this point?
Oh please, he'll produce any band who walks in there with a certified check and their own instruments.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 27 October 2014 18:30 (nine years ago) link
don't think they actually wanted a song that sounds like albini recorded it anyway
― da croupier, Monday, 27 October 2014 18:35 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, because it wouldn't ... sell.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 27 October 2014 18:37 (nine years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, October 21, 2014 3:38 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, October 21, 2014 3:39 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i mean...unless you guys are clutching your pearls at overdubbing and think every band should be all FUCK IT WE'LL DO IT LIVE, that's just the practical no brainer way to do record rock music. unless you want to set up and mic drums and break them down again multiple times and waste a ton of man hours, or do a bunch of other instruments over a clicktrack before there are live drums recorded.
― some dude, Monday, 27 October 2014 18:39 (nine years ago) link
^ otm
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 27 October 2014 18:41 (nine years ago) link
xxxpost oh my well at least he'll take their money now even if he still probably grumbles as if he's too good for it and saves his aggression for (overrated IMO if not totally w/o merit) shellac records
croupier you're probably right
― blood on the peaves (slothroprhymes), Monday, 27 October 2014 18:42 (nine years ago) link
whoops i fucked up zee x's
― blood on the peaves (slothroprhymes), Monday, October 27, 2014 1:42 PM (46 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
bullshit
― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 27 October 2014 18:43 (nine years ago) link
which part?
― blood on the peaves (slothroprhymes), Monday, 27 October 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link
I know how recording works croup I'm just lol'ing at the length of time required esp given the material involved
― Οὖτις, Monday, 27 October 2014 18:55 (nine years ago) link
everyone i've heard who's recorded with him says he's super professional and pleasant, like just doing his job type vibe
― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 27 October 2014 18:55 (nine years ago) link
Er some dude not croup sorry
― Οὖτις, Monday, 27 October 2014 18:56 (nine years ago) link
xpost I know how records are made. I've made records myself. But there are really only two reasons it should take months to make a record. The first is if you're Peter Gabriel or U2 and GNR or whomever and it takes weeks and months to craft songs out of bit of studio improv and ideas. The other is if you're polishing things up to make it as commercial as possible. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with either approach. It just seems tacky to hear Grohl romanticise the mean, lean, fast, punk approach while he pursues the opposite for the sake of sounding slick and commercial or whatever.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 27 October 2014 18:57 (nine years ago) link
What he said
― Οὖτις, Monday, 27 October 2014 18:58 (nine years ago) link
sh@kedown i don't have the luxury of knowing him personally or knowing bands who know him, only the way his persona is sometimes presented in certain media. i didn't think a rep for saltiness was that far off the mark given some of what's been said about him and his style, but if it is, my B
― blood on the peaves (slothroprhymes), Monday, 27 October 2014 19:00 (nine years ago) link
so nashville is next? Where else are they going? Detroit? Olympia? LA?
― Οὖτις, Monday, 27 October 2014 19:04 (nine years ago) link
it's not like a luxury it's just like tons of rinky dink midwest bands no one cares about record there all the time! it's like a studio you can go to if you want to pay for it, p affordable actually for small bands for how nice it is
― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 27 October 2014 19:04 (nine years ago) link
i didn't mean "luxury" in a monetary sense. more like the opportunity to easily know stuff about him IRL beyond the established albini narratives dating back to big black
― blood on the peaves (slothroprhymes), Monday, 27 October 2014 19:06 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, Albini is pretty much a straight shooter. His reputation for prickliness stems almost entirely from his disdain for the real industry bullshit so many people put up with. He records bands, he cooks pasta, he plays poker, he likes cats and has a nice wife. If the dude was as bad as his rep he never would have meshed with Polly Harvey, or bands like Low and Bedhead.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 27 October 2014 19:07 (nine years ago) link
it's funny because Albini is basically the archetype of the "normal even-tempered professional who loves to type brutally opinionated stuff about music" message board persona that so many of us embody to some degree or another. in the '80s zine culture his invective stood out but now it seems kind of commonplace and harmless.
― some dude, Monday, 27 October 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link
eh dude's invective also used to be way more noxious - he brooks no fools but he doesn't play with hate speech to prove he can anymore, etc
i liked when dave grohl semi-acknowledged that while albini doesn't expect royalties (admirable considering it would be money taken from the band, not the label) he WILL jack up the price if you're on the major label dollar (there's that story about how he did surfer rosa for nothing but hit 'em hard for a follow-up thing elektra funded) - "he wants to be paid like a plumber...a KICK-ASS plumber". Albini also referenced figuring out how much the recording session is "worth" - that the rate obviously fluctuates.
― da croupier, Monday, 27 October 2014 19:17 (nine years ago) link
A couple of years ago:
Steve, your essay The Problem With Music and the Big Black tour diary still get referred to and reposted on forums. Do you feel vindicated or oppressed by their continued presence these days?Steve: The Big Black Tour Diary was a lark, and nobody including me or the guys who first printed it [Forced Exposure magazine] thought much of it at the time. I guess as a snapshot of the kind of loudmouth I was at the time it has value. The “Problem with Music” essay was intended to be a warning to my peers in the music scene during a period in the ’90s when the mainstream music industry was poaching bands off of independent labels with regularity. I wanted to demonstrate that it wasn’t necessarily in a band’s best interest to get involved with a monolithic industry that had no respect for them.The industry has changed pretty dramatically since then, and virtually all the figures are out of date but the principle argument, that the mainstream of the old-school showbusiness record industry is not operated for the benefit of the bands, holds up. Thankfully there isn’t much of that record industry left, so bands are almost forced to work in a more independent way, which means they are more efficient by default.Do you have any deep thoughts on turning 50 earlier this year?Steve: I need bifocals now but my cock still works. Still have my hearing, all my teeth and all my hair. I take the occasional nap. Can’t complain.
The industry has changed pretty dramatically since then, and virtually all the figures are out of date but the principle argument, that the mainstream of the old-school showbusiness record industry is not operated for the benefit of the bands, holds up. Thankfully there isn’t much of that record industry left, so bands are almost forced to work in a more independent way, which means they are more efficient by default.
Do you have any deep thoughts on turning 50 earlier this year?Steve: I need bifocals now but my cock still works. Still have my hearing, all my teeth and all my hair. I take the occasional nap. Can’t complain.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 27 October 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link