The Mars Volta

geddy did it better! and even he was annoying as fuck some of the time. another problem: if they're gonna make their music sound like Rush, they could at least NOT have the singer sound like Rush... but maybe this is too much to ask.
 
i dunno, take it or leave it...vocals are usually peoples' biggest hangup with music. i have a lot of friends who say "dude i would listen to more of your stuff if it didn't have that growling crap" :(
 
depending on how they figure into the mix, they may be the hardest thing to tune out because they (generally) carry words, which are what i imagine to be something people instinctively attune themselves to when they hear them. why am i so serious tonight? need some beer!
 
singers can totally kill a great band. mars volta is not the case though, that dude's voice SMOKES. he's like geddy, but with the whole suck factor removed and soul injected in it's place. :Spin:
E-bortion said:
douchebags like Tool.
hmm, i would've pictured you a tool fan honestly. especially since you seem to like artsy fartsy stuff as long as it doesn't cross that artfag line. one look at tool's sense of humoUr and their humility would assure you they don't even approach the line, let alone cross it. :p
 
One Inch Man said:
singers can totally kill a great band. mars volta is not the case though, that dude's voice SMOKES. he's like geddy, but with the whole suck factor removed and soul injected in it's place. :Spin: hmm, i would've pictured you a tool fan honestly. especially since you seem to like artsy fartsy stuff as long as it doesn't cross that artfag line. one look at tool's sense of humoUr and their humility would assure you they don't even approach the line, let alone cross it. :p

i like this post


I also like the mars volta, and think you shouldn't confuse their music loving ways with pretentiousness or as having originality

and I don't understand why people hate bands like tool or mars volta (or the majority of bands that get trashed) and have no good reason about it other than to say how retarded the fans are, that makes you the douches 100% suckas.
 
yea, it is stupid to hate bands because of their fans, be it how MANY fans they have or how these fans act. fuck that, it's music, just listen.
 
I thank God for "Frances The Mute". It is perfect. I started listening to it almost a month ago, and i liked, then i put it in my stereo again some days ago and i almost listen only this album in the last days. What Nad says about it, is true. It is one of the best albums ever. Listening to it with headphones is an unearthly experience.

321423234213432 times better than "De Loused.." btw.