Peti said:
that happens to the ppl who got to know the band so late...
^^ Maybe more often than not, but at least with me, I only heard COB about 8 mos ago, and started really getting into then only about 4-5 months ago, I started out with FTR, and then to Something Wild, then Hatebreeder, I've yet to get TLSO, HCDR or AYDY, but have heard most of the songs off of all of the latter.
And yeah, I am really into COB now, but like the saying goes,
"You never get a second chance to make a first impression"
I can honestly say that if AYDY would have been my first exposure to COB,
I would never have ever gave the band a second listen, that album (from what I have heard so far) is so far below average compaired to previous material, that it dosent even sound like the same band.
So, Alexi can talk all his shit about the band "Not wanting to get stuck" or to keep reinventing themselves or whatever excuse he is makeing this week, but there is a biiiiiiiig difference between "Progression" and "ripped off, tired, generic wallmart garbage" that will sell in hordes to a billion 13 yr olds who will go home and stack up the copy of "Are you (rich) dead yet" right along side that copy of Slipknot, Nu-Slayer, and Snoop Dogg's latest single.
And Alexi being a very, VERY good musician should know this (and I am sure he does!) better than anyone else!