as long as they aren't total pricks if/when i ever meet them in person,
I've met them, and they seem nice. The Windor Castle guy is nice. Prison too. Nate seemed cool too. I've just heard things from people who know them better. I've heard Nate is full of himself and thinks he writes better tunes than Robert Fripp. You have to take KC into context. They're not the best prog band ever (not even in my top 10), but they did this shit over 30 years ago. For someone to come around 30+ years later and say their stuff is better, well, I think that's a crock. And if you read my other posts, I'm currently in a "heated" debate with the capnreverb about the "greatness" of KC...
The thing I prefer about KC over Oxes, is that KC wrote balanced compositions. Oxes just stick with noisy/angular metal stuff, so it's very one dimensional. I really dig Cheer-Accident, becuase they know when to rock and when not to rock. I think they blow KC out of the water, but Thymme would probably never ever think or say that... They continue to be a great band because they don't let their greatness go to their heads. They work hard (for the past 25 years) and never rest on their laurels.
But hey, in rock music, that's not too uncommon. They probably have a couple groupies that kiss their ass, and going from getting wedgies and swirlies in high school to that would really effect someone. They're young.
Still, they have a lot of filler on their albums, and their gimmics aren't that spectacular. If you're into gimmicks, check out Sleepytime Gorilla Museum. They're very talented too, but the costumes, makeup, and home-made instruments are kind of gimmicky, but in a well thought out and "we did a lot of hard work to do this" sort of way. Plugging in a geetar to a wireless box and dancing around isn't that revolutionary.
I voted not crap, mind you, but I'm a critical person. This is what happens when you hang with Fugazi on the Canadian leg of their 1993 tour. I guess that experience made me a bit full of
myself.