Complete is an EXCELLENT name for a band. It puts most other band names absolutely to shame.

this is completely true.


i seriously wrote that and for a second did not realize the pun. i'm leaving it.

My girlfriend does not like Complete. She hates it a little bit that I like Complete. I tried to explain to her (in the manner T-Donk tries to explain to us) where this comes from, as I can figure it. It is a difficult thing to describe, but not completely unfamiliar to me.

In 1976, I first heard the Ramones. They startled me and amazed me, and I didn't know if they were terrible or not. They appeared to be attempting to play a kind of music I understood, but the actual music they made was unique and utterly theirs.

Complete is one of a very, very few bands to give me this same sensation. Mudhead, End Result, Whitehouse, Naked Raygun, Chrome, Throbbing Gristle, Your Food... a short list of some of the most distinctive bands ever, some of whom are also among the best.

Complete deserve to be in that company because they are indescribably unique, and they are 100 percent into what they are doing. I am rooting for anybody who dives-in like this, and I am instantly charmed by a band I see un-self-consciously doing their own thing with no brakes.

you know, i bet there are mimes real into what they do, but that doesn't mean i'm gonna stick around and watch.

and i don't even have to hear them.

that damned fly wrote:you know, i bet there are mimes real into what they do, but that doesn't mean i'm gonna stick around and watch.

and i don't even have to hear them.

You should watch Jacques Tati do his "sports" routine. Greatest, most hilarious miming ever.

matthewbarnhart wrote:

tmidgett wrote:

matthewbarnhart wrote:When I finally track these fuckers down and re-release their album, I want to use this for the liner notes.

Did they actually put out a record?

They mention a recording during their interview, but I don't know if it ever came out. I haven't seen anything about them in old copies of Harder Beat (local heavy metal shit-rag), but my search so far hasn't exactly been exhaustive.

To clarify an earlier statement: musically, I don't think they're like Stick Men With Ray Guns. They just have the same effect on me.

I've been wondering whether they had a record since I first saw their clip. I just presumed they were only a live act for some reason.

I also loved the two-note bassline. Only two-notes, but what a great two notes.

The interview is reassuring, when they talk about their intentions.

Cranius wrote:The interview is reassuring, when they talk about their intentions.

yeah the interview seals the deal. they're incredibly earnest.

i've often wondered if they had a 'mysterious' backer. i put to you:

a) it looks like they've got new-ish equipment, along with their logo emblazoned on the bass drum.

b) also, they probably paid a hefty sum to have a crew videotape their show.

c) and they were working on an album in a studio

it doesn't look like they were drawing huge crowds. how'd they pay for all this? hell, i know i'm judging from their image. they could be NASA scientists for all i know.

the band ive just quit reminded my of being in complete sometimes. except that no one enjoyed it. however, complete look like they absolutly love what they doing. hoogie boogie land genuinly has a nice message behind it. the way he sings that song man...im not sure if it is something to laugh at because ihe could possibly have some mental issues that he is dealing with, but it is a very pure and heartfelt thing.

also, i just watched the full 29 minute behind the music thing by the guy who recorded this on vhs and he seems to be a real dick, and i want to smack him. he looks like dexter from offspring too.

steve wrote:They appeared to be attempting to play a kind of music I understood, but the actual music they made was unique and utterly theirs.

Complete is one of a very, very few bands to give me this same sensation.
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they are indescribably unique, and they are 100 percent into what they are doing. I am rooting for anybody who dives-in like this, and I am instantly charmed by a band I see un-self-consciously doing their own thing with no brakes.

Yes, this is why.

I don't think about any of this while I am listening to it, which I did yesterday and will do again today.

But this is why.

I don't like hearing people think. If I can hear the thinking, small chance I'll really like it. I like hearing people go for it.

This, and, whatever else one might say about it, this is not boring music.

Why doesn't someone just call up the singer and ask about the record? There's a listing for a 42 year-old Curtis Brumbalow (I think 'Brumbalon' in the video credits is a mispelling) of Fort Worth, TX.

My guess is that they have a box of CD's they never got around to selling and would be flattered that people were taking an interest in their band ten years after the fact.

Just don't be a douche.

connor wrote:Why doesn't someone just call up the singer and ask about the record? There's a listing for a 42 year-old Curtis Brumbalow (I think 'Brumbalon' in the video credits is a mispelling) of Fort Worth, TX.

My guess is that they have a box of CD's they never got around to selling and would be flattered that people were taking an interest in their band ten years after the fact.

Just don't be a douche.

I can't find this.

Could you PM the number?

THX
TM

EDIT: FYI, you have to pay some private-eye web thing money to get this guy's unlisted number etc. There are other Brumbalows in Ft Worth, but I'm not going to go creeping people out in search of this record.

If anyone find one, though, please let me know.