they are another band
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 15 October 2007 17:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Anything else and you're either having a laugh or a pitchfork reader who hasn't heard the other albums.
the true answer is that they're kind of a mediocre band. let's not get all ANGRY METALHEAD about a band that really doesn't deserve it, unless you're going to be consistent and start posting angrily in food threads and shit.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Monday, 15 October 2007 17:42 (sixteen years ago) link
also: PINK, not having a laugh, don't read pitchfork, welcome to cognitive dissonance.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Monday, 15 October 2007 17:49 (sixteen years ago) link
take a deep breath
― Zeno, Monday, 15 October 2007 17:53 (sixteen years ago) link
BUT I AM FILLED WITH INTERNET RAGE
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Monday, 15 October 2007 17:56 (sixteen years ago) link
I really like Amplifier Worship and plenty of other bits and pieces I've heard/got, but they've always been a band whom I'm just happy that they can keep on keepin' on without feeling the need to buy into the whole collector scum thing
― DJ Mencap, Monday, 15 October 2007 18:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Sorry, but "Dronevil" on vinyl played at a volume that is too loud for anything beats "Amplifier Worship." Maybe it was just the speakers, though.
― suprematist, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 04:30 (sixteen years ago) link
-- GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Monday, 15 October 2007 17:42
who else does their peculiar mix of doom/stoner/punk?
not snark, actual curiousity.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 04:41 (sixteen years ago) link
no one - doesn't make them 'great' in my mind. who else sounds like gogol bordello? nobody, still a shit band.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 05:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Such an original band clearly chose a name like Boris out of thin air!
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 06:04 (sixteen years ago) link
oh, right, the melvins.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 06:09 (sixteen years ago) link
"If the name appears as "Boris" or "boris," then, the music is most likely an experimental recording.[1]"
As on Akuma no Uta, but is that really one of their more experimental recordings?
― sonderangerbot, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 12:27 (sixteen years ago) link
haha touche
xxpost
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 17 October 2007 15:49 (sixteen years ago) link
btw there's TWO different versions of Vein (I have both) 1 of them is a 2 track "noise" version" and the other is a 12 track "hardcore" version. The 2 track was mailed only to those people who live outside N America. So that it would take a week for people to find out that Boris had screwed everyone over by making 2 different versions (i think there's 1100 of the US version and 400 of the Euro. I got lucky and got mine for what my friend paid for his which was the standard price. It's handy knowing people who can get me ltd us only stuff. This albumw as $100+ on ebay at the time.
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 18 October 2007 22:10 (sixteen years ago) link
oh and sorry for pissing off all you *Pink fans. I think I've been on the Southern Lord board for too long!
*Still not the best album though :)
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 18 October 2007 22:12 (sixteen years ago) link
definitely flood for me - its really the only boris album i like, which calls into question whether i really like boris
― 69, Thursday, 18 October 2007 22:25 (sixteen years ago) link
the keiji haino one or flood...
― ryan, Thursday, 18 October 2007 22:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Thursday, 18 October 2007 23:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Flood was amazing live when i saw them play it this year. best 40 mins of a gig I've seen in a looong time.
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 18 October 2007 23:46 (sixteen years ago) link
If I am a fuck who likes Farewell from Pink the best, which LP do I listen to next?
― caek, Thursday, 18 October 2007 23:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Akuma no Uta.
― W4LTER, Thursday, 18 October 2007 23:53 (sixteen years ago) link
it's got an awes cover too. http://www.stonerrock.com/store/images/covers/ath-2761.jpg
― W4LTER, Thursday, 18 October 2007 23:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Pink is so totally gonna win this you guys
― stephen, Friday, 19 October 2007 00:22 (sixteen years ago) link
feedbacker is fuckin huge but i like blackout on pink and a lot of the faster thrashin tracks with the dueling leads pump me up
voted feedbacker though
― trashthumb, Friday, 19 October 2007 00:52 (sixteen years ago) link
The 2 albums with Merzbow are missing too. But the live album is shit anyway. Terrible sound on it. I doubt anyone would've voted for either of them anyway. I don't see Vein getting (m)any. The album with Sunn o))) I do enjoy a lot yet there's plenty who don't so I'll be interested to see if it gets any votes.
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 19 October 2007 00:57 (sixteen years ago) link
-- caek, Thursday, October 18, 2007 11:49 PM
akuma
other suggestions:
conqueror by jesu The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw by pelican
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 19 October 2007 01:00 (sixteen years ago) link
BIG HOOS, that's what I meant when i posted "Akuma No Uta" below caek's post.
― W4LTER, Friday, 19 October 2007 01:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Not that I was voting for it.
But I think i did vote for it anyway.
right, i gathered, just seconding.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 19 October 2007 01:13 (sixteen years ago) link
The songs on Heavy Rocks and Akuma No Uta are better than the songs of a similar style on Pink. So You have to check out Heavy Rocks and Akuma No Uta.
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 19 October 2007 01:13 (sixteen years ago) link
exactly.
― W4LTER, Friday, 19 October 2007 01:15 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm glad someone agrees.
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 19 October 2007 01:49 (sixteen years ago) link
So… Nothing from them this year? How odd.
(I've only got Feedbacker, Pink and Akuma No Uta, and I think I like Akuma most).
― I eat cannibals, Friday, 19 October 2007 02:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Try Heavy Rocks then. But really, the early stuff is untouchable. They've released so much in the past few years the quality control has suffered. There has been lots of ep's in the past year. Another lp with merzbow is out next week I think.
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 19 October 2007 02:41 (sixteen years ago) link
2 Songs that piss all over the garage rock type songs on Pink http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t3dHC2qcBc Korosu from Heavy Rocks and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb14rWGRYp4 Ibitsu from Akuma No Uta
wish i could find some footage of dyna soar and Flood (apart from a 1 min excerpt of Flood)
Check all this footage anyway http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=boris+japan&search=Search
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 19 October 2007 02:48 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb0xkgE97b8 Heavy Friends! from Heavy Rocks.
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 19 October 2007 02:51 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzwK2IioX-c Naki Kyoku from Akuma No Uta
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 19 October 2007 02:52 (sixteen years ago) link
fuck yeah! Feedbacker live! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siwV1pFgIKs&mode=related&search=
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 19 October 2007 02:57 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0zidXo7AgE&mode=related&search=boris%20live%20shimokitazawa%20shelter%20japan%20drone%20doom%20stoner%20sludge%20noise%20metal%20rock%20heavy%20rocks%20pink%20akuma%20no%20uta watch all 9 parts. A track off Amplifier Worship here "huge"
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 19 October 2007 03:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Hah I just realised "Sun Baked Snow Cave" isn't in the poll either. Do you hate Merzbow? ;)
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 19 October 2007 03:07 (sixteen years ago) link
or the split 2xlp with Doomriders!
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 19 October 2007 03:08 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2007/04/24/js24w_yeltsin_wideweb__470x343,0.jpg http://www.tenisturkiye.com/v2/files/becker-boris-photo-.jpg
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 19 October 2007 08:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I didn't know both their surnames were Album, Geir.
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 19 October 2007 18:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Sun-baked Snow Cave is pretty cool, actually. I don't listen to it often, but when I'm in the mood it works.
― Mark Clemente, Friday, 19 October 2007 18:12 (sixteen years ago) link
It's the best of the with Merzbow releases.
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 19 October 2007 18:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Are we going to have a shock winner? Will justice be done and Heavy Rocks and Akuma No Uta beat Pink? Or is it a landslide for Pink?
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 19 October 2007 21:40 (sixteen years ago) link
only 6.25 hrs
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 19 October 2007 21:41 (sixteen years ago) link
i am metal with anticipation
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 19 October 2007 21:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Vein (hardcore version).
― jim, Friday, 19 October 2007 21:47 (sixteen years ago) link
― Herman G. Neuname, Friday, 19 October 2007 21:48 (sixteen years ago) link
there was a new single last month too, kind of a tie-in with a boris guitar pedal that earthquaker devices just launched
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTpFrv_Cr-o
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Saturday, 11 December 2021 19:42 (two years ago) link
New one, W, is great! Love how it builds from like this almost subdued, hazy dreampop vibe and builds the noise and sludge as it goes along.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 9 February 2022 17:49 (two years ago) link
And a new new one announced
https://boris.bandcamp.com/album/heavy-rocks-2022
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 17 May 2022 15:08 (two years ago) link
Said new album fucking rules, of course.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 13 August 2022 02:37 (one year ago) link
I agree. This is great. All these 'Heavy Rocks' are imo
― gman59, Friday, 19 August 2022 15:13 (one year ago) link
Weird that the 2002 one hasn't gotten a formal rerelease yet. (Glad I have a rip, of course.)
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 19 August 2022 15:17 (one year ago) link
Little late in getting to it but, Ned and gman are correct, the new Heavy Rocks fucking rules.
Would love a rerelease of the 2002 one!
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 13 September 2022 22:16 (one year ago) link
was delighted to discover "rainbow" was available to stream after i'd lost my cd copy and couldn't bear to break the seal on my vinyl copy.
also lol, but perfectly in character with the band, that there are two different boris bands with selective sections of their discography on spotify.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Wednesday, 18 January 2023 06:47 (one year ago) link
I'm hoping for some sort of physical release for Fade.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 18 January 2023 16:04 (one year ago) link
Hello, per PR email just now:
Boris To Release Heavy Rocks (2002) Reissue via Third Man Records, Announce Tour with MelvinsThe album, never-before-released on vinyl or digital formats, will be available 8/18 (DL) and 9/8 (CD/LP).
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 5 June 2023 14:53 (one year ago) link
Also doing a tour of that album with Melvins (who are doing Bullhead).
August 24 Los Angeles, CA @ Belasco TheaterAugust 25 Pomona, CA @ Glass HouseAugust 26 Fresno, CA @ Strummer’sAugust 27 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall August 28 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music HallAugust 29 Petaluma, CA @ Mystic TheatreAugust 31 Portland, OR @ Roseland TheaterSeptember 1 Seattle, WA @ The ShowboxSeptember 2 Spokane, WA @ Knitting FactorySeptember 3 Bozeman, MT @ The ELMSeptember 5 Fargo, ND @ The Hall at Fargo Brewing CompanySeptember 6 Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity TheaterSeptember 7 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave IISeptember 8 Chicago, IL @ The MetroSeptember 9 St. Louis, MO @ Red FlagSeptember 11 Indianapolis, IN @ The VogueSeptember 12 Grand Rapids, MI @ Pyramid SchemeSeptember 13 Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews HallSeptember 14 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom & TavernSeptember 15 Pittsburgh, PA @ RoxianSeptember 16 Maspeth, NY @ DesertFest NYCSeptember 18 Albany, NY @ Empire LiveSeptember 19 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock ClubSeptember 20 Bethlehem, PA @ MusicFest CafeSeptember 21 Philadelphia, PA @ Brooklyn Bowl PhiladelphiaSeptember 22 Washington, DC @ The Howard TheatreSeptember 23 Virginia Beach, VA @ Elevation 27September 24 Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s CradleSeptember 26 Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl NashvilleSeptember 27 Atlanta, GA @ Variety PlayhouseSeptember 28 Savannah, GA @ District LiveSeptember 29 Birmingham, AL @ SaturnSeptember 30 New Orleans, LA @ Tipitina’sOctober 2 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live - StudioOctober 3 Austin, TX @ MohawkOctober 4 Dallas, TX @ Granada TheaterOctober 5 Oklahoma City, OK @ Beer City Music HallOctober 6 Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s BallroomOctober 7 Lawrence, KS @ The BottleneckOctober 9 Denver, CO @ SummitOctober 11 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine TheaterOctober 13 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee TheatreOctober 14 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 5 June 2023 14:59 (one year ago) link
Double rerelease ahoy of two of the Merzbow collaborations, Klatter and 04092001:
https://borismerzbow.bandcamp.com/music
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 15:15 (eight months ago) link
Are those both new or reissues?
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 3 October 2023 16:13 (eight months ago) link
reissues
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Tuesday, 3 October 2023 16:13 (eight months ago) link