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Post by riley on Oct 15, 2004 11:02:08 GMT -5
...learn to swim
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Post by riley on Oct 15, 2004 11:03:11 GMT -5
Is it dodgy if John Oates Dog votes for TOOL? He's a huge fan.
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Post by pissin2 on Oct 15, 2004 11:15:13 GMT -5
Can I get a witness on Alice In Chains?
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Post by riley on Oct 15, 2004 11:32:19 GMT -5
If TOOL wasn't on the list, Alice In Chains would get my vote, if that counts for anything.
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Post by pissin2 on Oct 15, 2004 11:46:08 GMT -5
That only counts in horshoes and hand grenades.
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Post by luke on Oct 15, 2004 12:17:59 GMT -5
These boards will always be havens for Pumpkins fans, goddamnit! We own around here!
As for AIC, well, I listed them second. Only band I'd probably put in front of them are STP, but they're not on the list, so oh well.
As much as I love Alice In Chains, though, I like that Mad Season album better than anything AIC did, even the mighty Dirt. I'm just not that much of a Cantrell fan. I think he gets a bit too butt rocky at times with the music, and other than "Heaven Beside You," I'm not a fan of any song where his vocals are dominant. His lyrics also look very weak next to Staley's.
I much prefer Staley beside McReady. The music has a darker, smokier, more despairing feel that captures an area of Alice In Chains better than they ever did themselves.
I think that that abyssmal noise Cantrell makes on his solo albums accentuates my point, IMO.
However, Mad Season can't rock out like AIC, and while they can sound just as insane, they never sound as wild. But then Mad Season only made one album...
I'm being nit-picky, though. I mean, I love a LOT of bands, and to put Alice In Chains in third place over ALL of those bands, well, that means I love them quite a bit. They have been the soundtrack to my lowest low and my scariest highs. An excellent, excellent band.
Even at their most popular, they were still underappreciated. Until Staley died, of course, but that always gets a band its due.
I was lucky enough to ALMOST see AIC live, when Staley came in for a few songs during a Cantrell show in Tallahassee during Cantrell's first solo tour. It was everything I'd expect and more. I wish I could have seen the whole band, though, and heard more than just five or so songs.
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Post by luke on Oct 15, 2004 12:22:14 GMT -5
Mad Season, though...fuck, man, you've got members of Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, and the Screaming Trees all meeting in fucking rehab...if that isn't the recipe for one of the greatest, most insane, depressing albums of all time, I don't know what is.
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Post by samplestiltskin on Oct 15, 2004 12:39:00 GMT -5
Oh man that was hard. That was not right. I should not be asked to choose a favourite between TOOL, AIC, and SP.
Ended up picking TOOL, although I could just as easily have said AIC or SP. Mostly I felt sorry for Riley.
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Post by riley on Oct 15, 2004 12:54:42 GMT -5
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by samplestiltskin on Oct 15, 2004 13:27:02 GMT -5
 Can I change my mind?
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Post by pissin2 on Oct 15, 2004 13:37:27 GMT -5
yeah change it to AIC
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Post by Thorngrub on Oct 15, 2004 14:49:02 GMT -5
I just voted for Soundgarden . . .  |
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Post by Proud on Oct 15, 2004 14:54:52 GMT -5
i guess zwan's bombing didn't affect the loyalty of pumpkins fans! zwan was a completely different approach, anyway...
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Post by Galactus on Oct 15, 2004 15:07:27 GMT -5
That's a really tough question...in the end it was between Tool, SP and PJ...A really hard choice...
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Post by Thorngrub on Oct 15, 2004 15:11:50 GMT -5
Oh yeah, we luuuuuuurrrrrrvvvvved ZWAN, with a passion even. And I wouldn't say Zwan "bombed" so much as simply being shot out of the sky. By that bitch.  |
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