It’s back from the dead! The TB Mega Thread.

[bigchiefbc]

Or Kitty?

Yeah they suck.

I actually didn't mind their first album. They mostly toured with awful nu metal bands, but their first album had some decent hardcore on it.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4f9L_aBIHI[/youtube]

[alexa.]

Yuki grab the soba.

MOE RULES EVERYTHING AROUND ME.

kitty, kitty ears y'all.

make an ILF version of the thread you started on TB. I'm seriously thinking about posting when I get my pedalboard fixed up, and I get a camera.
great idea too ^^

[dubkitty]

i saw moe. once. i thought they played really well, but i didn't enjoy them much. the farther "jam band" music gets from the original sources, the less it appeals to me...the music becomes less melodic and more derivative, the compositions less memorable, the singing even more of an afterthought, and the improvisation more genre-limited. as someone who literally grew up on the precursors of the "jam bands" those things really irk me because to me you need an suitable platform for interesting improvisation. i like to hear a good band blowing over a D minor chord as much as anything, but if that's all they can do they'd better have a rhythm section like Afrika 70 or i'm off, you know? and while i'm on this topic, let me just ask God to save me from ever having to listen to the String Cheese Incident ever again. thank you.

[foomanfat]

Yuki grab the soba.

MOE RULES EVERYTHING AROUND ME.

kitty, kitty ears y'all.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRFO4v3LLVk[/youtube]

[behndy]

Yuki grab the soba.

MOE RULES EVERYTHING AROUND ME.

kitty, kitty ears y'all.

make an ILF version of the thread you started on TB. I'm seriously thinking about posting when I get my pedalboard fixed up, and I get a camera.
great idea too ^^

for sure. i LURV hearing Messiness In ACTION.

here cha'go -

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[behndy]

Yuki grab the soba.

MOE RULES EVERYTHING AROUND ME.

kitty, kitty ears y'all.

Wow. I forgot all about that band. It was probably better that way.

i'm confused. i was just talking about Moe styled anime stuff. Moh-Eh. super cute for the sake of being cute? LOVE IT.

[D.o.S.]

i saw moe. once. i thought they played really well, but i didn't enjoy them much. the farther "jam band" music gets from the original sources, the less it appeals to me...the music becomes less melodic and more derivative, the compositions less memorable, the singing even more of an afterthought, and the improvisation more genre-limited. as someone who literally grew up on the precursors of the "jam bands" those things really irk me because to me you need an suitable platform for interesting improvisation. i like to hear a good band blowing over a D minor chord as much as anything, but if that's all they can do they'd better have a rhythm section like Afrika 70 or i'm off, you know? and while i'm on this topic, let me just ask God to save me from ever having to listen to the String Cheese Incident ever again. thank you.

An old guitarist/good friend of mine (who we call Steely Steve, because he's obsessed with sterile clean poppy tone ala Steely Dan) only really Hates--with a capital H--one band. That band is String Cheese Incident.

[Joe Gress]

moe. is actually one of my favorite bands. They put on one of the best shows I have seen, and their music to me is very well written and super catchy.

[dubkitty]

yeah, my critique of the genre isn't entirely applicable to moe.; however, i do find the post-Phish bands generally to be less compositionally engaging than Phish, and that's saying something since Phish were HATED by the Deadheads for the purported inferiority of their tuneage and it took me a long time to warm to them because of this.

[dubkitty]

yeah, my critique of the genre isn't entirely applicable to moe.; however, i do find the post-Phish bands generally to be less compositionally engaging than Phish, and that's saying something since Phish were HATED by the Deadheads for the purported inferiority of their tuneage and it took me a long time to warm to them because of this.

[dubkitty]

by the way, fuck bands with annoying and pointless punctuation at the end of their names which screws up my sentence structure.

[Joe Gress]

[foomanfat]

My coworker gave me a three disc bootleg of a moe. show. The songs portion is okay, I just can't handle the jam portions. I get bored.

[Grrface]

So, I'm down in Austin, and I had some time to kill, so I went over to Bass Emporium. Played a 44-01 Skyline. I'm absolutely in love. Holy crap, sounded so good, and played even better. Plus, I dig on the active/passive toggle. HMMMMMMMM.

[warwick.hoy]

yeah, my critique of the genre isn't entirely applicable to moe.; however, i do find the post-Phish bands generally to be less compositionally engaging than Phish, and that's saying something since Phish were HATED by the Deadheads for the purported inferiority of their tuneage and it took me a long time to warm to them because of this.

I think the best compositional band in the current crop of Jam Bands is Umphrey's McGee. Those guys can craft a song.

That said,...Phish's compositions were a lot more experimental,...and have a more orchestral vibe in their arrangements (especially the older stuff,...Slave to the Traffic Light,...Fly Famous Mockingbird,...Lizards,...Harry Hood etc etc). Songs where the arrangement is A,B,C,D,...or A,B,....5 or 6 other songs,...D,C,...7 or 8 other songs,....reprise. I think only Phish and the GD had that mastered.

One thing that I have a hard time with jambands is the vocal component. I've listened to quite a few Phish shows and more than a handful of Dead shows (from the 80's and 90's) and other Jam Bands. Mostly board tapes. The singing is almost always,...out of key (especially when 2 or more band members are trying to harmonize),...or hackneyed,...or just not well executed. There is always a point where I'm just like,..stop singing and jam,...like vocal performances are really just an afterthought.

The only exception has seemed to be String Cheese.

I've heard some inspired vocal performances from UM,...but also some off ones.

I think a lot of it has to do with vibe,....monitor mixes and such,....but yeah,...kinda hit or miss. I'm not a stickler for lyrics,...but if you are gonna sing,...an awful performance will turn me off to the show I'm listening to.