[kj] (OT) Crabcore? What the Fuckin' HELL???

[Brendan]

Totally agree re the 90s, I'll give Isis a try then, comes well
recommended, cheers!


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> 90s had a lot of good stuff going on for sure. I was a teenager throughout

> the decade and enjoyed many of its aspects. The last dying days of thrash

> metal, the rise and conquer of alternative music, the grunge thing, that

> brief 10-minute period when everyone was gonna get some decks and be a DJ.

> It was all fun. Tons of awesome bands. Tons more shit. I'm pretty sure I

> agree that it was a more exciting decade, musically, than this one

> currently ending. Still, I'll say it again, SO many amazing, exciting

> bands happening at this very moment. Not as readily available as, say,

> Jawbox, Fugazi, Shudder to Think, Helmet, Tortoise, Quicksand, Drive Like

> Jehu, Dinosaur Jr., Faith No More, My Bloody Valentine, Jesus Lizard,

> Girls Against Boys, Melvins - all of whom were, during the 90s, enjoying

> various degrees of mainstream style exposure and playing truly weird and

> abrasive music all the while. You have to search these bands out a little

> harder but that's not

>  really such a chore anymore thanks to the internet. I'll start by

> recommending the newest release from Isis - Wavering Radiant. If you like

> Tool and you like newer Mastodon, you should check it out. It's pretty

> freakin fantastic.

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> Leigh

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>  http://www.nightruiner.com

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

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

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> ----- Original Message ----

> From: Brendan <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

> <gathering at misera.net>

> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 12:18:07 PM

> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Crabcore? What the Fuckin' HELL???

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> 90s > Last decade by a factor of at least (2*age) / 5

>

> That's my opinion. It has an equation. Attack it if you dare, it will

> crush

> you.

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> -----Original Message-----

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]

> On

> Behalf Of Leigh Newton

> Sent: Wednesday, 15 July 2009 2:04 AM

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Crabcore? What the Fuckin' HELL???

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> A few? C'mon, there's tons. No matter how bad things look on the surface

> (and things have never been worse), good music is always around. All it

> takes is a little digging.

>

> http://www.nightruiner.com

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

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

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> ----- Original Message ----

> From: Brendan <bq at soundgardener.co.nz>

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

> <gathering at misera.net>

> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 3:37:41 AM

> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Crabcore? What the Fuckin' HELL???

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> There's still a few good bands putting out music since 2000...Mastodon,

> Porcupine Tree, Tool. And the dearth of decent contemporay acts has seen a

> lot of the old timers come back...

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>>  W O R D!!

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>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: LONESTYLE at aol.com

>> To: gathering at misera.net

>> Sent: Mon, Jul 13, 2009 2:19 pm

>> Subject: Re: [kj] (OT) Crabcore? What the Fuckin' HELL???

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>> All these guys look like male street hustlers that walk Santa Monica

>> Blvd.

>> in West Hollywood at?3 in the morning! HA!

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>> It is such garbage! Music seriously blows nowadays, and has no concept

>> of what was good before in the years?before these douche bags showed

>> up on the scene! It is like the kids from the late 90's and earlier

>> 2000's are spawning the worst music ever! Sorry, but I rather be stuck

>> in the 70's and 80's for an eternity! At?least?there was real music

>> back then!

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>> ~LB

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>> In a message dated 7/13/2009 12:38:15 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

>> vassifer at earthlink.net writes:

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>> Here's what's wrong with kids. It's not that they don't wanna

>>   rock,?

>> it's that -- evidently -- they don't know how to do it

>>   properly (said?

>> like the stuffy old man I truly am). Witness these

>>   two examples of the?

>> new subgenre thus dubbed "crabcore." If I have

>>   my facts right, they?

>> combine elements of emo, metal, teen pop and

>>   eurovision song contest?

>> crapola. You MUST watch these. They are

>>   truly brain frying. Don't miss?

>> the choreography on the first one,

>>   and hold out for the inexplicable?

>> Eurodisco big

>>   finish.

>> !

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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQVpITyOdc8

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>> Oh,

>>   and evidently they're all creepy Christians. ONCE AGAIN, JESUS?

>> RUINS

>>   EVERYTHING.

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>> And if that's not enough, check out their pals in

>>   Confide as they?

>> butcher the Postal Service's "Such Great

>>   Heights"....

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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LRKw_eLSko

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>> Again,

>>   the mind fucking reels!!!

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>> Alex in

>> NYC

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