[kj] INEPSY Re: In Defense of Hosannas

[Per G Olsson]

Oooops!
I suck!
;)

/Per


25 aug 2007 kl. 15.23 skrev B. Oliver Sheppard:


> This relates to Hosannas, but it also relates to someone asking  

> what some good contemporary metal bands were/are:

>

> INEPSY:

>

> http://www.myspace.com/inepsy

>

> If you don't like it, you suck. Any of these songs could easily go  

> on a mix tape with KJ's "Implosion" and Motorhead's "Ace of Spades."

>

> -Oliver

>

>

> B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:

>> Actually, I love Hosannas but feel like I come from more a punk  

>> background, not a metal background -- hardcore punk, instead of  

>> just neon-glow colored UK Subs-y '77 melodic punk, though.

>>

>> (You can be punk without being hardcore punk, but you cannot be  

>> hardcore without being punk -- anyone who says otherwise doesn't  

>> know history).

>>

>> Hosannas is a great slogging, sludgy album that coincidentally  

>> sounds like a lot of underground hardcore punk being made these  

>> days (minus the orchestral parts in some of Hosannas). KJ BOASTE  

>> it was being made on '79-era analog equipment, in a dark cold  

>> dungeon in Eastern European. It is not some ProTools, slick, affair.

>>

>> When I say Hosannas coincidentally reminds me of contemporary  

>> hardcore DIY underground punk, even some crust, what I'm talking  

>> about is the trajectory of punk that is along the lines of Amebix,  

>> Nausea, and more recently Born Dead Icons and their side-project  

>> The Complications (who are named after a Killing Joke song and  

>> whom I interviewed: http://www.cultpunk.com/?m=20061117 ),  

>> Tragedy, World Burns to Death, Zygote, and some Japanese dark  

>> hardcore.

>>

>> I know that Jaz, Geordie, et. al., are probably totally unaware of  

>> these bands and don't listen to them at all. But that they made an  

>> LP that in many respects ends up sounding like some of these bands  

>> anyway -- that's what really brought my full attention back onto  

>> KJ, who of course like anyone into punk I'd heard of off and on  

>> over the months and years. A tendency in a lot of underground  

>> hardcore now is to incorporate a heavy Motorhead influence. Born  

>> Dead Icons do this; Inepsy do this; The Complications do it; Black  

>> Panda does it. (Look these bands' MySpace profiles up - esp. Inepsy).

>>

>>

>> Track 1 - "The Tribal Antidote" is a great, churning slogfest of a  

>> song. It reminds me of Amebix, but also has shades of "Absent  

>> Friends" off Democracy -- very similar riff.

>>

>> Track 2 - "Hosannas" -- a d-beat song! Sounds like it'll be a by- 

>> the-numbers thrash vehicle, but Jaz adds in melodic vocals that  

>> remind of the dark British post-punk band The Mob. It's nice to  

>> hear KJ belt out something folks can really circle pit to. Also,  

>> it bears a resemblance to the very early Venom song "Sons of  

>> satan," which had an impact on late 80s crossover punk-metal thrash.

>>

>> "Implosion" -- total Motorhead worship all the way on this song!  

>> What's not to love? Seriously? If you like Motorhead-style NWOBHM  

>> stuff, why isn't this good?

>>

>> I have no problem with Jaz exploring the more Lemmy-esque side of  

>> hs vocals. He cand o it great. I wish I had his vocals. He can go  

>> fromt hat to sounding like the same New Romantic British guy  

>> crooning out "New Day." How manyf olks have that vocal capability?

>>

>>

>> And that this is all coming from a band that played with Joy  

>> Division in the dog days -- it's just kind of incredible.

>>

>> There is another band I've recently gotten into -- Bone Awl -- who  

>> come from the black metal scene. Coincidentally, they sound like a  

>> lot of Japanese and Scandinavian hardcore, though they probably  

>> have no idea they sound like this, so coincidentally they've begun  

>> to attract a punk following, which they must be scratching their  

>> heads about. That's how I feel about Hosannas. It sounds like a  

>> lot of the very good underground hardcore being put out by some  

>> cool bands now (seriously, look up Inepsy, for example), but KJ  

>> are probably oblivious to this fact (I can't imagine Jaz sitting  

>> down with Tragedy's _Nerve Damage_ LP, or World Burns to Death's  

>> _Totalitarian Sodomy_ though I think he would actually like them),  

>> which sort of makes it even cooler.

>>

>>

>> -Oliver

>>

>>

>> Brendan wrote:

>> No, come on! Invocation is epic, Gratitude is epic and a half,  

>> upsized

>> with extra cheese and sparkles, Death and Ressurection show is  

>> cool...um,

>> and some of the lyrics in the other songs are pretty cool...

>>

>> I think the main difference is that it appeals more to people with  

>> Metal

>> sensibilities vs you filthy punks...? =)

>>

>> PS: Alex did you get around to descecrating Appetite for Destruction,

>> after your Patti Smith rant I'd love to read it, even though I am  

>> a big

>> fan of Appetite. I can take it...I think. =)

>>

>>  With the utmost respect to Oliver and the contingency he represents,

>> let me just say this:

>>

>> HOSANNAS is far and away the WORST THING Killing Joke have ever done.

>> YES --> worse than OTG.

>>

>> Heh.

>>

>> Alex in NYC

>>

>>

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