Yeah, I have to agree w/ dude. I'm sure the Dungeons-and-Dragons-meets-
Daniel-Johnston packaging would scare away metal-heads. Too whimsical.

Which brings me to a question:

Are there any metal bands with a sense of humor? I'm allergic to metal so
I'm in the dark on this one. Melvins maybe? Gwar?

ironyengine wrote:

connor wrote:As to "true" metal, sir, I could not give less than a shit about what is or isn't "true metal."

This is not what you said the first time. Please reconcile with yourself whether or not you care what true metal is and return to the thread.

I never said "true metal." I said this:

connor wrote:So my point was that the messengerbagwearingskinnyassedhipsters will only allow themselves exposure to specific instances and preselected expressions of a metall-esque sound.

So, you're wrong. I was pointing out that for whatever reasons, Mastodon and Converge have not been preselected.

connor wrote:I'm not sure why they're so hipster-potable but they are.

ubercat wrote:Yeah, I have to agree w/ dude. I'm sure the Dungeons-and-Dragons-meets-
Daniel-Johnston packaging would scare away metal-heads. Too whimsical.

Which brings me to a question:

Are there any metal bands with a sense of humor? I'm allergic to metal so
I'm in the dark on this one. Melvins maybe? Gwar?

Most black metal is unintentionally hilarious. But I don't think that's what you're asking.

this seems like such a strange poll, but anyways..

Lightning Bolt don't seem to be making passionate, artful music that is going to age well. That's just my opinion though. The gnarly grotesque, ironic & distorted, Urban Outfitter, Brooklyn hipster-quotient of that band makes me predict they are all but a footnote in this dreary decade of music. Now that's not to say they don't have some good tunes I can enjoy listening to..

Dirty Three on the other hand, seem like the exact opposite.

So my vote is with D3.

mr.arrison wrote:this seems like such a strange poll, but anyways..

That was my first reaction too, but now I'm starting to think it makes sense.

mr.arrison wrote:this seems like such a strange poll, but anyways..

Lightning Bolt don't seem to be making passionate, artful music that is going to age well. That's just my opinion though. The gnarly grotesque, ironic & distorted, Urban Outfitter, Brooklyn hipster-quotient of that band makes me predict they are all but a footnote in this dreary decade of music.

I can't sit here and not be completely flabbergasted by these comments.

I can't see any "irony" in LB's music or presentation. "Urban Outfitter"? Have you seen the clothes that Chippendale wears? He makes them himself; he's also an internationally renowned comic artist. How can you not think that they're at least "artful" and "passionate"...I'd say it takes a lot of passion to build a huge art studio/playpen right in the heart of downtown Providence, only to have the cops bulldoze it. It takes a lot of passion to play a gig on the back of a truck, or right next to a 7-11, just asking for the cops to break it up. I've heard stories of their early gigs which were so heavy that people were cutting themselves to the noise and having intense emotional reactions to the music. They were heavily influenced by Throbbing Gristle; hardly "ironic".

It's so bizarre how they became popular amongst hipsters at one point, because when I think of LB, I think of a band like Flipper or the early Butthole Surfers, just completely going for the most bizarre, in-your-face, fuck-you performance they could think of.
Somewhere along the line, Lightning Bolt became popular with a whole different type of crowd, and now the two Brians are being associated with those people. That's the only way I can explain this type of reaction.[/i]

mr.arrison wrote:Lightning Bolt don't seem to be making passionate, artful music that is going to age well. That's just my opinion though. The gnarly grotesque, ironic & distorted, Urban Outfitter, Brooklyn hipster-quotient of that band makes me predict they are all but a footnote in this dreary decade of music.

Seems to me that most of this kind of noise is just the manifestation of hatred
for New York. Dudes - LB is from RISD, not NYU. Get over it already.

mr.arrison wrote: The gnarly grotesque, ironic & distorted, Urban Outfitter, Brooklyn hipster-quotient of that band makes me predict they are all but a footnote in this dreary decade of music. Now that's not to say they don't have some good tunes I can enjoy listening to..

I'm going to 'third' the complete nonsense that is this statement. At best, I suspect you could be misinformed, at worst plain stupid.

johnnyshape wrote:

mr.arrison wrote: The gnarly grotesque, ironic & distorted, Urban Outfitter, Brooklyn hipster-quotient of that band makes me predict they are all but a footnote in this dreary decade of music. Now that's not to say they don't have some good tunes I can enjoy listening to..

I'm going to 'third' the complete nonsense that is this statement. At best, I suspect you could be misinformed, at worst plain stupid.

I am probably both, as far as LIGHTNING BOLT is concerned.. I haven't studied their history or their motives. I'm just going of a first, second and third impression of hearing them.

However, I still think Dirty Three wins this poll.

mr.arrison wrote:However, I still think Dirty Three wins this poll.

Why wouldn't they?

They're easily one of the top ten shows I've ever been to.