RISE by EXTREME

[luka]

i think what impresses me the most is the total absence of imagination. being called extreme. looking like that. having a song called rebel. its so rote its fantastic. a steadfast refusal to do anything remotely imaginative. thats what i find inspiring.

 

[luka]

The second bit of the solo when it sounds like an arpeggiator is actually pretty good lads

hektor the vektor aka the human sine wave aka phil spectre said it has terrible 'sound seperation' i dont know what that means but it impressed me. im going to repeat that opinion about loads of things.

 

[shiels]

i think what impresses me the most is the total absence of imagination. being called extreme. looking like that. having a song called rebel. its so rote its fantastic. a steadfast refusal to do anything remotely imaginative. thats what i find inspiring.

are they australian? THIS IS TOTAL AUSTRALIA

 

[shiels]

They arent but the guitarist married an australian woman, aka his muse, i can smell this stuff a mile off

 

[luka]

theyre too slick to be aussies. aussies would spend more time chasing birds, less time practicing nerd instruments

 

[WashYourHands]

It’s how technically alive it seems while being borderline Eurovision for Bristolians

 

[shiels]

theyre too slick to be aussies. aussies would spend more time chasing birds, less time practicing nerd instruments

theyll do whatever it takes to pass as human

 

[Corpsey]

Something about old men playing young men's music, esp young men's music from when THEY were young, it's the same with these 50 year old rappers still making boom bap stuff

It's sort of tragic but also admirable, these guys have never got an office job, they're playing thrash metal til the dementia kicks in

Better than what I've done

 

[luka]

@padraig (u.s.) Rate The Shred

 

[woops]

I'm not sure i would have been aware of extreme if it weren't for the guitar mags of the 90s. guitar for the practicing musician was my favourite one

 

[Corpsey]

It makes me wonder about virtuosity

Almost always terrible when it isn't subjugated in the interest of the listener/reader/watcher

But that isn't always true. A virtuosic skateboarder can be impressive to watch, for example. Or a footballer. Or whatever.

 

[woops]

I'm not sure i would have been aware of extreme if it weren't for the guitar mags of the 90s. guitar for the practicing musician was my favourite one

@poetix

 

[Corpsey]

But then there's people who are interested in technique above all else. For whom the technique is the point. People who enjoy "Rap God" by Eminem.

 

[luka]

It makes me wonder about virtuosity

Almost always terrible when it isn't subjugated in the interest of the listener/reader/watcher

But that isn't always true. A virtuosic skateboarder can be impressive to watch, for example. Or a footballer. Or whatever.

quintessential corpsey. make a statement then immeidately undermine yourself. the self-cancelling man.

 

[Corpsey]

It's because things are very complicated and I'm a man of great integrity

 

[Corpsey]

No: not integrity. Cowardice.

 

[luka]

pretty much the exactly the same video.

 

[version]

pretty much the exactly the same video.

Craner has that outfit in the thumbnail.

 

[Corpsey]

Giallo

 

[Corpsey]

Really admire these guys for not getting into Guinness and donuts like me, by their age I'll be a blob