tbh i have earth 2 and like having it in my collection but i've prob never even made it through the whole album
― mark cl, Friday, 17 July 2009 20:27 (fourteen years ago) link
latter day earth is much better imo
"tbh i have earth 2 and like having it in my collection but i've prob never even made it through the whole album"
Good lord it's barely an hour long.
― He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Friday, 17 July 2009 20:41 (fourteen years ago) link
dunno, even though there's crossover obviously, I think of the 21st century Earth as a whole different band than the 20th Century "Earth 2" band. So this'll be tough, guess it'll have to be either Earth 2 or Bees. Earth 2 is soooooooo good. But Bees is sooooo good in a different way.
― tylerw, Friday, 17 July 2009 20:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, no Extra Capsular is kinda weird, voting for 2.
― ian, Friday, 17 July 2009 20:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Actually I guess it's 70+ minutes, but still.
― He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Friday, 17 July 2009 20:50 (fourteen years ago) link
only got the last one. . . . thankfully, its fucking monster of an album so i suspect even if i had heard more, it would still be the one for me.
Cosign.
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 17 July 2009 20:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Pentastar - but the best album overall is that Extracapsular Extraction thing
― Bizarro Morbius (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 17 July 2009 21:00 (fourteen years ago) link
did anyone ever digitize the vhs that came with extra capular? that was totally amazing at the time, i have no idea where my copy went.
― (*゚ー゚)θ L(。・_・) °~ヾ(・ε・ *) (Steve Shasta), Friday, 17 July 2009 21:02 (fourteen years ago) link
I voted Pentastar btw
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Friday, 17 July 2009 21:02 (fourteen years ago) link
I have one track on one side of a lime lizard cassette.
So, voted that (from Earth2)
― Mark G, Friday, 17 July 2009 21:05 (fourteen years ago) link
torn between 2 and hex. probably listen to the latter more these days, but the former had a much greater impact upon my life.
have to go for 2, I think.
― m the g, Friday, 17 July 2009 21:42 (fourteen years ago) link
2! Although I never thought it needed to be remade, let alone give birth to an entire genre.
― Matt #2, Friday, 17 July 2009 22:08 (fourteen years ago) link
I didn't either, but the new Sunn o))) album has convinced me I was wrong.
― He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Friday, 17 July 2009 22:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Bees Made Honey... for me.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 17 July 2009 23:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Pentastar is one of my favorite albums by any band. 8 songs 7 riffs!!!
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 18 July 2009 04:13 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost (Herman and I have the same favorite track)
― Nate Carson, Saturday, 18 July 2009 04:14 (fourteen years ago) link
It's interesting to read the positive comments about Pentastar. I bought that one several years ago, and never really got into it. I must give it another try.
I too am torn between 2 and Bees. Never heard the first EP, mind.
― Duke, Saturday, 18 July 2009 12:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Hex by a nose over 2 and Bees
People who've heard fewer than half of a band's releases and voting in a poll anyway = dud
One of the greatest bands ever!
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Saturday, 18 July 2009 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Blimey, poll needs a week?
― Mark G, Saturday, 18 July 2009 19:09 (fourteen years ago) link
why not? chat dies once results come in so i like to have it ending a bit later so there's more chat.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Saturday, 18 July 2009 19:40 (fourteen years ago) link
in theory at least
Which of their records is the "prettiest"...or you know...the most melodic?
― SourPatchCorpse, Saturday, 18 July 2009 19:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Are you Geir?
― He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Saturday, 18 July 2009 20:12 (fourteen years ago) link
was torn between 2 and Bees, but I chose Bees because I think that I'll still be listening to it when I am an old man.
― mr. me too (rockapads), Saturday, 18 July 2009 20:35 (fourteen years ago) link
2
― CosMc (Raw Patrick), Saturday, 18 July 2009 20:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Nah, I'm me...and I generally like noisy shit. I have 2. Dig it, dig their sound, but friends have told me the later stuff is more accessible.
― SourPatchCorpse, Saturday, 18 July 2009 20:51 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 27 July 2009 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
vote!
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 27 July 2009 23:13 (fourteen years ago) link
now
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 11:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Voted a second time.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 15:44 (fourteen years ago) link
second time?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 16:11 (fourteen years ago) link
ilXor.com
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voted 2 because, come on, that's really it.
― MORBID RANGEL (D-NY) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 16:25 (fourteen years ago) link
For some reason most ILM polls let me vote once before the final 24 hours, then again in the hours preceding the results. Never have been sure if I'm getting to vote twice, or just erasing/changing my previous vote... but it's fun!
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 16:46 (fourteen years ago) link
maybe you are on a different comp?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 16:48 (fourteen years ago) link
i hope the old albums are well represented here since I assume most people only know the reformed line up albums.
bees for me, although i have a weird soft spot for phase 3.
― squirrelbait, Tuesday, 28 July 2009 17:12 (fourteen years ago) link
i really am not sure what will win this, but i get a sneaking feeling Bees might.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 17:21 (fourteen years ago) link
It'll be 2.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 28 July 2009 17:31 (fourteen years ago) link
i voted bees
― mark cl, Tuesday, 28 July 2009 17:34 (fourteen years ago) link
An hour left to vote.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 21:53 (fourteen years ago) link
I want to know more about the love for Pentastar, cos I don't get it.
― Duke, Tuesday, 28 July 2009 21:58 (fourteen years ago) link
I think it'll be Bees just over 2, with the others trailing. Personally I voted for Phase 3, although all of these are great.
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 22:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Because Pentastar was awesome, that's why.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 22:11 (fourteen years ago) link
earth 2
― EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT SHIT POPPIN OFF (latebloomer), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 22:12 (fourteen years ago) link
i love pentastar. most people can't make albums that cool or they would have done it by now. loved that last album too though. more than i thought i would even. at first, i just fell in love with the fancy deluxe vinyl package. turns out it was an album worth the fancy packaging.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 28 July 2009 22:14 (fourteen years ago) link
The thing with "bees" is that the live versions on the radio earth lp are superior to the studio versions.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 22:28 (fourteen years ago) link
8 minutes...
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 22:51 (fourteen years ago) link
bees will win this
― wax onleck, wax affleck (jjjusten), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 22:54 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.angelfire.com/punk3/reynirvana/earth.htm
Is this what you are talking about?
― He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 23:26 (fourteen years ago) link
that's it! i can't find mine... it is WILD
― (*゚ー゚)θ L(。・_・) °~ヾ(・ε・ *) (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 23:29 (fourteen years ago) link
If you find it I am guessing it is worth $$$. Not on youtube AFAICT.
― He was only 21 years old when he 16 (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 23:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Never seen it.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 29 July 2009 00:44 (fourteen years ago) link
only 100 copies? fuck, i wish i could find it....
― (*゚ー゚)θ L(。・_・) °~ヾ(・ε・ *) (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 29 July 2009 00:54 (fourteen years ago) link
that's the video that's just, like, old footage of semi-nude women with the music over it?
― MORBID RANGEL (D-NY) (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 29 July 2009 01:06 (fourteen years ago) link
since i'm apparently letting ILM polls dictate what i post on my blog, I've just upped a 2006 Earth show over yonder: http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/
― tylerw, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 02:12 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm glad i wasn't the only person to vote for phase three; that album's really underrated. the opening track alone's a masterpiece of epic concision: two guitars, three chords, totally majestic.
― cb, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 09:23 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm glad i wasn't the only person to vote for phase three
Hi dere!
― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Wednesday, 29 July 2009 13:23 (fourteen years ago) link
I want to know more about the love for Pentastar, cos I don't get it.― Duke, Tuesday, 28 July 2009 22:58 (Yesterday)
― Duke, Tuesday, 28 July 2009 22:58 (Yesterday)
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 29 July 2009 14:53 (fourteen years ago) link
^ epic but nothing else on the album comes close.
― ledge, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 15:52 (fourteen years ago) link
I like songs.
― girlish in the worst sense of that term (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 29 July 2009 16:16 (fourteen years ago) link
dang. missed this. would've voted pentastar. frequently use it to zone out and code stuff at work. the head-nodding repetition is key.
probably not what earth intended, but hey.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 16:22 (fourteen years ago) link
^ epic but nothing else on the album comes close.― ledge, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 17:52 (2 hours ago) Bookmark
I personally think it lacks the epic quality of other Earth stuff. To me it sounds like a reasonably conventional rock band instrumental. And definitely the most interesting song on the album.
― Duke, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 18:54 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfYaSKrM4xo
― Dr. Phil, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 19:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Did everyone buy the "bible" vinyl of Bees?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 29 July 2009 23:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Extra Capsular was recorded at Smegma studio and has some Cobain on it. I still like Pentastar best though.
― Nate Carson, Thursday, 30 July 2009 01:34 (fourteen years ago) link
psyched that these dudes are coming to my neck of the woods this fall! never seen them before. www.thronesanddominions.com/dates/
― tylerw, Friday, 24 August 2012 21:42 (eleven years ago) link
i'm seeing them tonight. first time for me too. the anticipation is setting in in a major way.
― charlie h, Thursday, 13 September 2012 04:15 (eleven years ago) link
* The Bees Made Honey in the Lion's Skull (2008) 10* Hex; Or Printing in the Infernal Method (2005) 4
This doesn't make sense to me. Is this the consensus apart from ILX, too? I remember Hex being touted as a kind of undisputed masterpiece at the time, and it's still my favorite (maybe by far?). Maybe I need to listen to TBMHITLS again...
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Saturday, 28 June 2014 19:06 (nine years ago) link
Also, these vinyl reissues look mighty fine. Not a lotta Earth talk on ILX these days, huh? Been jammin' the drcarlsonalbion soundtrack thing quite a bit lately, love the new Earth single, think dude's on a roll. Just me?
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Friday, 4 July 2014 03:05 (nine years ago) link
New Earth album Primitive and Deadly out in September. I agree with you about Hex and I think he's kind of lost his way a bit since then.
― goth colouring book (anagram), Friday, 4 July 2014 08:29 (nine years ago) link
the last two doomy country outings were not very exciting.
― 3kDk (dog latin), Friday, 4 July 2014 10:16 (nine years ago) link
I'm biased but the new one is VERY different to the 2 Angels records. If I had to compare it to anything from the back catalog I'd say Bees meets Pentastar
― Oblique Strategies, Friday, 4 July 2014 15:12 (nine years ago) link
Bees meets Pentastar
hello
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 4 July 2014 15:18 (nine years ago) link
I thought the last two records were good, the addition of the cello was interesting, but agree they don't hold up as compared to earlier stuff. Stoked there's a new one coming though!
― Barry Gordy (Neil S), Friday, 4 July 2014 15:20 (nine years ago) link
total heavyosity! [devils horns]
― kraudive, Friday, 29 August 2014 19:57 (nine years ago) link
new album is hott
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 29 August 2014 21:02 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, it is really beautiful. I've only heard it a couple of times but it's a bit different while obviously still being Earth.
― kraudive, Friday, 29 August 2014 23:59 (nine years ago) link
I'm writing badly because I don't want to spoil. I guess. Mnerg.
― kraudive, Saturday, 30 August 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
got the latest album yesterday.bloody hell its good.the band need to make a full album with rabia.so, have now ordered, hex (and have it already via the auto rip groove), and angels of darkness pt 2.this is perfect dark nights music.
― mark e, Friday, 12 December 2014 18:34 (nine years ago) link
latest album hits the ilm metal top 10 and this is the extent of love.
cannot wait to get angels of darkness pt2 (f*ckin' xmas post !) ..
2 options :
full length with the bug.full length with rabia.
no mix-n-match, one or the other.
― mark e, Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:18 (nine years ago) link
angels of darkness pt 2 is okay but i haven't really been down with an earth release since the bees made honey
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:22 (nine years ago) link
i got part 2 just to fill the gap in the collection, i realise its not up there with the rest ..
― mark e, Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:23 (nine years ago) link
still, a whole album of bug/earth would be fucking insane.
― mark e, Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:25 (nine years ago) link
totally agree.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:28 (nine years ago) link
i have written to the label and told them to lock the fellas into a studio until they sort it out.
― mark e, Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:53 (nine years ago) link
Surprised by the Big / Earth love. Found that Black Friday release sorta blah
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Friday, 19 December 2014 01:49 (nine years ago) link