Angus Jung wrote:I guess you have to have a weird, fucked-up band name, like Noxagt does, in order to play shows with them.

I would guess "Noxagt" is just like a slightly different spelling of "noksagt", the Norwegian word for "enough said".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American

* A person or attribute of the Americas, the lands and regions of the Western Hemisphere
* A person or attribute of the United States of America
* The 4-4-0 type of railroad steam locomotive used in the United States

They should change name. A decade and a half of being broken up is a loong time.

I like Atlas and the album just fine, but I am curious to know why they choose smurf vocals for Atlas instead of... anything else really.

and you're definitely right about "the wasted vote" argument that gets thrown around when the idea of voting for any other party than the main two is raised. my mum used to use that one a lot. it made me furious to hear that - the only wasted vote is one that isn't used. fuck that shitty argument ...

Seriously, though, what rock bands have the French produced that are at all worth listening to? I've heard good things about Chico Magnetic Band and Les Variations but that's it.

Have you looked? If you haven't looked for it, you cannot generalise about its non-existence.

A few mentioned here ...

Stellar stuff. I was happy to catch Chavez with Damon Che in Stockholm on that tour. Not only did Damon play bass, he also ate fire.

Wizball:


Fantastic thread that brings back a lot of memories, and had me, after a month of lurking, finally register on this excellent messageboard. Cheers!