Octopus Overlords

YellowKing wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 5:35 pm I remember the first time I heard Jar of Flies. I was in a music store and heard Layne Staley's unmistakable voice playing and immediately asked the guy at the counter what the album was. I was a HUGE Alice in Chains fan, but I didn't have a clue that Jar of Flies had been released. He picked up a copy and handed it to me and I bought it on the spot. Definitely a "shut up and take my money" moment.

I wore it out. It's still my favorite thing the band ever released. And they won't reissue the damn thing on vinyl. I'm DYING for a vinyl copy. They have been reissuing a lot of their stuff (Facelift, Dirt, and the post-Staley stuff is getting released), so I'm really hoping they're going to do a 30th anniversary pressing this year. And with their self-titled (aka Tripod) hitting 30 next year, maybe they've just been waiting.

Mutants is Mutoid Man’s third LP and channels their super fun and explosive genre-bending blast of metal, punk, hardcore, rock, prog, math and trademark wackiness into typically exuberant and inventive tunes.

In the 1970s Nomi immersed himself in the East Village art scene. He was known for his bizarre and visionary theatrical live performances, heavy make-up, unusual costumes, and a highly stylized signature hairdo that flaunted a receding hairline. His songs were equally unusual, ranging from synthesizer-laden interpretations of classical opera to covers of 1960s pop standards like Chubby Checker's "The Twist" and Lou Christie's "Lightnin' Strikes". Nomi was one of David Bowie's backup singers for a 1979 performance on Saturday Night Live.

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Nomi died at the Sloan Kettering Hospital Center in New York City on August 6, 1983, as a result of complications from AIDS. He was one of the earliest known figures from the arts community to die from the illness.

Fardaza wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 11:34 pm "What are you listening to right now?"

The ringing in my ears.

Sudy wrote: ↑Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:42 pm I'm not connecting with the new KMFDM album, Let Go, at all. Like, it's not "bad"... but it's just kind of a bland regurgitation of their career mid/low points. There are no bona fide electronic anthems or metal bangers here. There are literal lifts and samples of their earlier work, including a whole reworked/re-recorded song. Which is a KMFDM staple, it's not a bad thing. But the whole thing is just kind of meh. And I'm generally pretty critical of/bored by their post-90s stuff, but there were some real high points on 2022's Hyena, 2020's In Dub, and 2017's Hell Yeah.

The single is catchy, but it almost sounds like if someone asked AI to generate a KMFDM single lol. The live footage used in the video... it's just like a bunch of bored old people. Which, I guess is probably the majority of their fanbase these days. They keep cutting to this really sad half-assed mosh. Like the video itself could be an AI remix... it doesn't appear to be concert footage of the actual song. The banner at the back of the stage is of their previous album. I still hope to get to see them once though, for old time's sake, since they were the band of my later-high-school years.

The Surfrajetts, what a great band name!

Jaymann

Skinypupy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 07, 2024 12:31 pm If you want an industrial fix, check out the new Cyberaktif instead. It's from cEvin Key (Skinny Puppy), Bill Leeb and Ryhs Fulber (Frontline Assembly) and dropped last Friday.

It's awesome.

Sudy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 2:42 am As an aside, where do you (or anyone else here) get your new release info?

Sudy wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 2:50 am Holy shit, these vocals are insane. It's like if Busta Rhymes sang technical death metal. I should have been paying attention when you guys discussed them a couple years ago.

Archspire (Vancouver, Canada) - Golden Mouth of Ruin (Bleed the Future, 2021)