Wolfmother Roll Call

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by bearman:
  I have a theory about Rhett...I think he was beat up a lot as a child and now as an adult relies on the safety of an internet board in order to take jabs and ridicule the tastes of others from relative safety. His antagnoism reeks of inferiority. Personally, I think it's hilarious.

excellent diagnosis.  his concern at negatively analyzing others is astounding.  and the fact that he can go from semi-intelligent conversation to blatant ignorance and bigotry in mere sentences is surely astounding as well!

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I'll gladly meet up with you for a drink and tell you what a mediocre songwriter and flat out bad singer Bob Mould is.
 
 

Originally posted by bearman:
  I have a theory about Rhett...I think he was beat up a lot as a child and now as an adult relies on the safety of an internet board in order to take jabs and ridicule the tastes of others from relative safety. His antagnoism reeks of inferiority. Personally, I think it's hilarious.

[yinzer]

really, who gives a flying monkey's arse if whatever mtv (do they even play videos???) is supposedly hyping coincides with one's personal taste other than it will make seeing a band like wolfmother, in this instance, more difficult to see in a place like the black cat or 9:30.  it's pretty irrelevant.  the music is what it is.  love it or leave it.  either way,  it doesn't make any music better or worse.  what if jimi hendrix returned from whatever spaceship he left on and some shithead at mtv took a liking to his new album?  would it matter?

[bearman🐻]

Do you really think I care what you think of Bob Mould? The fact that you don't like him only reinforces his genius. Thanks for validating my tastes!

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by yinzer:
  other than it will make seeing a band like wolfmother, in this instance, more difficult to see in a place like the black cat or 9:30.

that was the point i was GOING to make. sure i wouldnt mind if MTV never caught wind of any bands i liked, i could see them at Sonar and 930 forever and it would never sell out!  so, yeah , that part sucks.
 
  besides, what is the difference whether you like the music MTV hypes, or you purposely DONT.  MTV is still there influencing your taste...which is why i dont watch it.
 
  and if you read Pitchfork, NME, Paste, Blender, or whatever those other magazines are, are you any different. its just different hype...and whatever you say, "hype" is all the same, no matter who it comes from....

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by bearman:
  I have a theory about Rhett...

i'd like to hear someone's theory on Dupek   :eek:

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa08:
  i'd like to hear someone's theory on Dupek    :eek:  

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[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Dupek is much fatter than that guy. Not that there's anything wrong with being fat.

[Tom Servo]

I enjoyed the show, though maybe not as much as some others.  Part of that was the setting: tuesday night, busy/stressful week at work, knowing I have to get up early the next morning and resultant 2 beer limit.  My state of mind can really affect my perception of the band, which is unfortunate for those bands that have an uphill battle to get my attention.  
 
 I caught the last 20 minutes or so from the Psychic Ills and liked what I heard.  I moved up pretty close by the time Wolfmother went on but the mini mosh pit that broke out right in front of me was enough to send me back to the bar.  Can't really complain about the mosh pit given that they were relatively well-contained and were just having a good time, though it's somewhat humorous for a band that gets a well-deserved comparison to Styx to ignite one.  
 
 Good tunes, good energy, good arena-rock presence with associated high-pitched vocal.  No real surprises given the favorable reviews here and their increased publicity.  I'm sure they'll go far.  
 
 Are we under the general agreement that the terms "derivative" and "MTV-hyped" are derogatory, unless we happen to like the band, at which point it doesn't matter?

[Bartelby]

Heard Wolfmother at SXSW and again last night; great both times.  
 
 Bags, I agree with you about Psychic Ills...I sort of liked them but to me they sounded like they played ONE song; it was 45 minutes long.
 
 No one's mentioned the show on the floor.  I fled the front when the giant guy started moshing, and the bachelor party boys started going nuts pogo-ing. I headed back toward the right bar water cooler, and, unfortunately, arrived shortly after someone barfed on the floor next to it.  How did SO many get SO drunk in such a short time? How were those guys drinking in a one hour line prior to the show?
 
 Once I found a home back by the sound booth, populated mostly by head nodders and dancers, I was happy.  Oh, and two more words:  Sausage fest.  To paraphrase Dave Matthews:  A girls dream....

[MistressKelly]

Originally posted by Bartelby:
  Oh, and two more words:  Sausage fest.  To paraphrase Dave Matthews:  A girls dream....

Hmm...  Were Andrew and the guys packing?  Jeepers!  Sorry I missed that...    
 
 Damn knee surgery!
 
 M Kelly

[helicon1]

Is it worth mentioning I thought the drums were very low in the mix?    Probably not.

[kosmo vinyl]

now that you mention it... i actually appreciated the fact that the sound wasn't ear bleeding loud for this show.  and for all the people that complain about the sound at the black cat it was great for them.  clearily sound depends partly on the person at the controls...

[BookerT]

someone didn't drink the kool-aid...
 
 Wolfmother, Tearing Into Black Cat With Reheated Rock
 
 Thursday, June 8, 2006; Page C03
 
 "Nothing's quite what it seems / in the city of dreams," sang Wolfmother's Andrew Stockdale to a sold-out Black Cat on Tuesday night. That couplet -- amazingly one of his least dippy lyrics -- and its escapist fantasy opened a window on the Aussie band's appeal. Its meatheaded rock is only tolerable in some alternate reality. Or perhaps one swamped with nostalgia: In addition to serving up reheated Black Sabbath and Deep Purple, certain passages of the trio's 75-minute set clearly evoked the fantasy sound of Stillwater, the focus of Cameron Crowe's love letter to mid-'70's rock excess, "Almost Famous."
 
 Wolfmother will probably do better than almost. The musicians' recent appearance on an iPod ad is enough proof of their white-hot momentum. Then there's the fact that utterly dull arena-rock ready-mades like "Woman," "White Unicorn" and "Pyramid" didn't drive away, but further stoked, an already raucous crowd.
 
 The trio did display a decent command of pile-driving tempo, thanks chiefly to bassist Chris Ross: His muscular playing kept the songs from falling apart. That's not saying much, since the only other thing besides high-energy sludge Wolfmother managed was a pilfering of Jack White's moves, most egregiously on "Apple Tree."
 
 -- Patrick Foster

[yinzer]

what the fuck ever.  maybe he can get his "rock" from the likes clap your hands and say yeah.  they're certainly "original."