Brian Jonestown Massacre

[SPARX]

Originally posted by Bubba:
   

Originally posted by SPARX:
   BJM show that I made you a copy of?I miss Jeff's witty banter with Anton.

I dont think so. I have only been to the one velvet lounge show and that was high strung, metropolitan and BJM.
 
  [/b]

Dead Meadow was the opener,boy were they boring.I was anticipating much more from them.

[jadetree]

Originally posted by SPARX:
  Dead Meadow was the opener,boy were they boring.I was anticipating much more from them.

I first saw them open for GBV and have seen them I think 4 times since, never been bored by them, too loud to be boring  

[SPARX]

Originally posted by jadetree:
   

Originally posted by SPARX:
  Dead Meadow was the opener,boy were they boring.I was anticipating much more from them.

I first saw them open for GBV and have seen them I think 4 times since, never been bored by them, too loud to be boring    [/b]

I was totally expecting a psych band and instead got mediocre  alt. country.Don't know  what happened to them that night,they weren't even loud that i can remember.Big disappointment,although BJM put on a good show that night.It was Valentines Day,and extremely cold.I have DM's live album Bomp sent me,it's yours if you want it.It won't be getting any rotation around here.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I get the feeling some people who use the term "alt-country" have absolutely no clue what it is. I think I did hear Dead Meadow once, and did think they were awful, but the weren't awful alt-country (that would be Ryan Adams).
 
 
 by Rick Kutner
 Although the three members of Dead Meadow met while attending all-ages punk shows in and around Washington D.C.'s punk/indie scene; the trio's sound draws more of their sound from such classic rock legends as Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath. The trio formed in the fall of 1998 out the ashes of local indie rock bands The Impossible Five and Coulour by singer-guitarist Jason Simon, bassist Steve Kille, and drummer Mark Laughlin. The three members set out to fuse their love of early 70's hard rock and 60's psychedelia with their love of fantasy and horror writers J.R.R. Tolkien and H.P. Love Craft.
 
 The trio released their six-song debut album in 1999 on Fugazi bassist Joe Lally's Tolotta Records and a joint vinyl release on D.C. indie label Planaria Records. Then in 2001 the band released its second album Hounds from The Hills on Tollota Records. The group's unique marriage of Sabbath riffs, dreamy layers of guitars fuzz bliss, and singer Jason Simon's high-pitched melodic croon has managed to convert both psychedelic pop/rock and stoner rock fans alike. In a reasonably short period the D.C. trio has received offers to open on tour for everyone from local D.C. hipsters The Make-Up to seedy psychedelic rockers Brian Jonestown Massacre and eventually landing the opening slot for high profile indie veterans Guided by Voices. It was shortly after the Guided By Voices tour that the group found itself inking a recording contract with the indie tastemakers over at Matador Records. The group has even had the honor of being invited to record live for long time cutting edge British radio personality John Peel for BBC Radio One.

[jadetree]

Originally posted by SPARX:
  I was totally expecting a psych band and instead got mediocre  alt. country.Don't know  what happened to them that night,they weren't even loud that i can remember.Big disappointment,although BJM put on a good show that night.It was Valentines Day,and extremely cold.I have DM's live album Bomp sent me,it's yours if you want it.It won't be getting any rotation around here.

Dead Meadow alt country?  Are you confusing them with somebody else?  I have that live album thanks for the offer though. Dead Meadow sound more like Black Sabbath than they do like alt country to me.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Maybe he is confusing Dead Meadow with Canyon. Some would call Canyon alt-country.

[Samantha]

Originally posted by bags:
  That's my problem with Superchunk, I think.  His voice is so tinny and weak, it drives me nuts, *especially* live.
 
 

TINNY!!!! WOOOHOOO monty python

[SPARX]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  Maybe he is confusing Dead Meadow with Canyon. Some would call Canyon alt-country.

Christ Rhett,do you really think i would drive 3 hours and not know who i was seeing.I'm telling you guys they were about as psychedelic as Joan Baez.So scratch the alt country reference before you blow a gasket and let me just say they were highly disapointing and were in no way rocking.Do you consider clem snide alt country?If so,they were comparable.If not,then I'm at a loss.

[SPARX]

Originally posted by jadetree:
   

Originally posted by SPARX:
 

. Dead Meadow sound more like Black Sabbath than they do like alt country to me. [/b]

Give me "We sold our souls for rock n roll" any day!!

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I like Clem Snide, but they're certainly not alt-country.
 
 If I like Clem Snide, will I like Dead Meadow?

[SPARX]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  I like Clem Snide, but they're certainly not alt-country.
 
 If I like Clem Snide, will I like Dead Meadow?

Yes,if they played as they did that night.what genre would you classify CS as?

[SPARX]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  I like Clem Snide, but they're certainly not alt-country.
 
 

From all music guide:
 Formed  in New Jersey
 Years Active  
 Group Members  Eef Barzelay  Jeff Marshall  Jason Glasser
 Genres  Rock  
 Styles  Alternative Country-Rock, Indie Rock

[jadetree]

Sparx not trying to argue with you here, but to me Dead Meadow sound nothing like Clem Snide.
 
 http://www.matadorrecords.com/mpeg/dead_meadow/dead_meadow-good_moanin.mp3

[SPARX]

Originally posted by jadetree:
  Sparx not trying to argue with you here, but to me Dead Meadow sound nothing like Clem Snide.
 
  http://www.matadorrecords.com/mpeg/dead_meadow/dead_meadow-good_moanin.mp3

I understand.I'm only telling you what i heard from them on that night.maybe they were experimenting.if so,the experinment failed miserably.I've heard alot of their music,and was anticipating their show..Why do you think i was so surprised.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Clem Snide just sounds like an indie pop/rock band to me. They're no more alt-country than the Pernice Brothers or the current incarnation of Wilco to me.