Originally posted by Trapped
Okay... i'm listening to it right now..... What exactly am i looking for?
It starts off with 'original' dissonace, goes into 'orignal' bass'n'drums bit, then the 'original' guitars come in.... OHH!! Here we go! This is what i'm talking about man, ONE NOTE!! ONE FUCKING NOTE over and over again.
These guys really ARE talented.
The bass isn't bad, but he isn't "The best fucking bassist in the world' like was said earlier. The guitaring is beyond idiotic, in fact, i would say childish.
The dude's voice is fucking terrible. He's got an okay clean voice, but that 'growl' thing he tries to do is.... is.... amusing.... to say the least.
Great lyrics too: "I divorce iniquity in this mother fuckin' bullshit life, Just want it all to go away, Just want to run away to die, take it, myself, my life Text book fucking mental, off me and pitch me in a hole"
And we can't forget the ever popular 'im so twisted, dont step into my head' attitude of the lines "Run now get away from me if I can get my grip I'll pull you down into the hell I call my head you'll never get away"
I fail to see the appeal? The bassist is a step above other nu-metal and rock bands, but that says nothing for the quality of the music or the rest of the band...
If the bass is 'the reason' why they are supposedly 'so good', then have you heard of Roger Patterson or Tony Choy?
The problem that I see with 'nu-metal' bands is excessive 'cussing'.
I am not one to bitch about 'vulgarity' in language, but the way it is used.
"Fuck you fuckers".
That takes a lot to think of.
I don't think their 'bad' words, but mis-used words.
Okay, the word 'fucking' can be used adjectively. Prevalent in mainstream bands, it's used in
substitution.
Apart from what I believe to be mis-use, is the theme. "Let's have sex" "Let's get high" et cetera, is just stupid. "The world revolves around me" and "I'm too good for you" just results in a lot of arrogant/egotistical listeners that adopt it in their attitudes (If you don't believe me, come to my school.).
Music is expression, and an art form, but that is just stupid.
Now, back to Mudvayne.
The lyrics are good, minus the bad use of 'vulgar words'.
The guitarist is good, but compared to bass/drums, he's nothing special.
The bass is above par (as I said before), and I don't believe he belongs in a 'nu-metal' band.
The drummer is a bit more 'extreme' than other 'nu-metal' drummers. That being said, a lot of my friends have been 'blown away' when I first play Mudvayne, then show them Darkane (Peter Wildoer) or Opeth (Martin whicheveroneisthedrummer).
Some/most of their songs still use a fairly common structure (verse/chorus/bridge et cetera), but their arrangements are different. Their timing is quite a step from a lot of other mainstream bands.
I was listening to them before they became 'big', and it's a lot like System of a Down to me.
I've talked to 'big SOAD fans' and brought up something like, "Spiders is such a great song" or "Suggestions really show's Serj's vocal capabilities", and some responses I've gotten have been "Yeah? What band?"
After the release of L.D.50, Mudvayne we're suddenly 'well known'. If you talk about 'Kill, I Oughta' nobody has a clue what you are on about.
That is what I believe to be the worst thing about Mudvayne. The instant popularity brought on by the media.