OK yeah it was just my phone at the time.
― Evan, Friday, 6 October 2023 13:24 (six months ago) link
I've listened to XI half a dozen times over the last few days, it's absolutely one of their best. As grandiose and prog as anything they've done but not unleavened with humour (fuck the potatoes!), a dash of punk, a flirting with psych / krautrock. 22 songs, impeccably sequenced, no duds, nothing superfluous.
― behold the thump (ledge), Monday, 9 October 2023 09:06 (six months ago) link
That ATP show was pretty amazing all told, I only saw them a couple of times outside that including a really early show (I think the s/t had just come out, or was about to) where they were pretending to trash their kit at the end of the set and a guy got up on stage and actually did push all the amps over, which led to a giant fist fight between the band, their roadies, and some of the crowd.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 9 October 2023 11:23 (six months ago) link
lolll i saw them in new york once where they “trashed” their gear and i remember thinking that i would know them by the trail of unimpressed roadies
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 9 October 2023 11:36 (six months ago) link
I've been a fan the whole ride, really bummed if this is truly it for them but that tour does sound rough. The only time I caught the, live was at Lollapalooza one year when they played early in the day's blistering heat but they still put on a killer set.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 9 October 2023 15:18 (six months ago) link
i was technically brother-in-law to their touring guitar tech for a while and he had some wild war stories from the road. this was back in the late 2000s-early 2010s.
one for the "when you like the wrong album" thread: i will always have a soft spot for the worlds apart and so divided material. even though i don't know the whole catalogue that well, i have to agree with ledge in that i've always been impressed by their consistency. crazy the amount of hype they had at one point.
― the adventures of Yari and ixa. (Austin), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 00:12 (six months ago) link