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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~

Spain
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Posted - 02/13/2005 :  06:08:10  Show Profile  Click to see Newo's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Anybody like these fellers? Probably the only group I like as much as FB, maybe Thelonious too. I saw them perform in Dublin in 2001, it was a really interesting setup they have live: guitarist and bassist at the front with singer and drummer in the back corners on little platforms, so the effect was you didnīt have the audience crushing up in a flying wedge towards the stage like when the singer is at the centrefront, they turned the the whole auditorium into a circle of sorts you could move around a lot more freely in, seemed to me like a much kinder type of dynamic.

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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

USA
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Posted - 02/13/2005 :  12:46:32  Show Profile  Visit VoVat's Homepage  Click to see VoVat's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Hammers and wrenches are pretty cool, I guess. And power drills.



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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <

South Sandwich Islands
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Posted - 02/13/2005 :  13:27:23  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by VoVat

And power drills.


Variable speed is essential.

And a keyless chuck.
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <

New Zealand
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Posted - 02/13/2005 :  13:28:05  Show Profile  Visit benji's Homepage  Reply with Quote
tool are ok, but ISIS are much better.
look them up, they're absolutely fantastic.
http://www.sgnl05.com


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Edited by - benji on 02/13/2005 13:29:21
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Surfer Rosa
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Posted - 02/13/2005 :  13:34:09  Show Profile  Visit Surfer Rosa's Homepage  Reply with Quote
You tell them Benji.



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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <

South Sandwich Islands
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Posted - 02/13/2005 :  13:46:04  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
But will ISIS help me drill 3/16" holes for the wall anchors that will mount my new toilet paper rack?

I didn't think so.
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

USA
5454 Posts

Posted - 02/13/2005 :  15:34:52  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Newo

Anybody like these fellers? Probably the only group I like as much as FB, maybe Thelonious too.



Thelonious Monk? Or, Thelonious Monster? I like both of them, but I know nothing about Tool.
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <

Canada
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Posted - 02/14/2005 :  01:26:37  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
i saw tool 3 times over the years, once at reading ('93), once at a lollapalooza ('95 i think), and once opening for maybe pearl jam (i can't really remember who they opened for, somebody big). they are good but all their songs sound the same to me, not really a bad thing but the song isn't that great soooooo....

is ISIS like tool?


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benji
> Teenager of the Year <

New Zealand
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Posted - 02/14/2005 :  02:28:45  Show Profile  Visit benji's Homepage  Reply with Quote
yes, ISIS are of a similar-ish vein to tool, but i think they are far superior.
well far superior as in i actually don't like tool - as with shine i find their songs very samey and boring.

isis' new album sounds more like a rather heavy combination of mogwai and my bloody valentine.
it is brilliant.

download 'the beginning and the end' and 'backlit' for a taster.


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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <

Canada
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Posted - 02/14/2005 :  02:36:03  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
i like my bloody valentine, actually i like a lot of bands albums that alan moulder produced - j and m chain, my bloody valentine, swervies, smashing pumpkins. never heard mogwai, except for your comp. song, but i didn't think it was that heavy. i can't download - long story.


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benji
> Teenager of the Year <

New Zealand
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Posted - 02/14/2005 :  02:44:03  Show Profile  Visit benji's Homepage  Reply with Quote
well if you get a chance, check 'em out.
and mogwai too - they ain't my favourite band for nothing....hehe.


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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~

Spain
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Posted - 02/14/2005 :  02:45:13  Show Profile  Click to see Newo's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Never heard of Thelonious Monster Darwin, it be Monk Iīm talking about.
Thanks for the Isis link Benji, I looked through some of their lyrics and Iīll check em out. I mainly like Tool for lyrics about the false reality, and their last record being more peaceful, first couple are pretty much stylised rage. Plus I can respect any band makes a record takes me almost half a decade to grow on me.

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benji
> Teenager of the Year <

New Zealand
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Posted - 02/14/2005 :  02:50:13  Show Profile  Visit benji's Homepage  Reply with Quote
i'm the opposite newo, i don't listen to lyrics at all for any band....thats why i like so many instrumental bands...
also handy cause isis' lyrics are 99% of the time indicipherable on the record.


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Surfer Rosa
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Posted - 02/14/2005 :  02:53:08  Show Profile  Visit Surfer Rosa's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Ooh Benji I trust you've heard Old Man Gloom.

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benji
> Teenager of the Year <

New Zealand
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Posted - 02/14/2005 :  12:21:54  Show Profile  Visit benji's Homepage  Reply with Quote
aren't they a kind of supergroup?
i've heard of them, but not heard them.
i suppose i should then?


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Surfer Rosa
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Posted - 02/14/2005 :  12:35:49  Show Profile  Visit Surfer Rosa's Homepage  Reply with Quote
They're made up of the members of Isis, Converge and Cave In and they've been described as Kyuss meets Neurosis meets Mogwai. I've only heard their instrumental stuff (I think there's some vocals somewhere but not on anything I've heard.)

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benji
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New Zealand
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Posted - 02/14/2005 :  12:46:51  Show Profile  Visit benji's Homepage  Reply with Quote
hmmm...they sound very interesting....
think i'm guna check 'em out.


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Surfer Rosa
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Posted - 02/14/2005 :  12:59:46  Show Profile  Visit Surfer Rosa's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Do it - and then let me know what you think.

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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<

USA
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Posted - 02/16/2005 :  16:47:28  Show Profile  Visit VoVat's Homepage  Click to see VoVat's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
quote:
But will ISIS help me drill 3/16" holes for the wall anchors that will mount my new toilet paper rack?


No, but she can probably help you preserve your organs after death, and mummify your body.



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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <

South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts

Posted - 02/16/2005 :  19:50:53  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hey look, it's Isis and her raven crow.

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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <

Canada
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Posted - 02/17/2005 :  02:44:54  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
did ISIS get their name from the iain bank's book whit perchance?


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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~

Spain
2674 Posts

Posted - 02/17/2005 :  03:29:39  Show Profile  Click to see Newo's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Isis was another name for Semiramis, a Babylonian war goddess, traditionally represented as having a spiky halo on her head. She pops up now and then on the Statue of Liberty and its double in France and the depiction of Britannia.

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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <

Canada
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Posted - 02/17/2005 :  13:44:46  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by shineoftheever

did ISIS get their name from the iain bank's book whit perchance?


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uhhh, did i say perchance? what a loser!


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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~

Spain
2674 Posts

Posted - 03/27/2006 :  09:56:57  Show Profile  Click to see Newo's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
New album artwork



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