Official Rock music thread

[mb625]

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Only heard the first one when they released it and I felt the same way.

Sounds like the lead vocalist is losing that edge. Similar thing happened to Rise Against's Tim McIlrath. There's a hint of that grittiness to his vocals still, but it's not the same as the first couple of albums. That's what pulled me in to PBC because I loved RA's original music and it was almost a replacement of sorts.

That's what got me into PBC as well... I really hope they don't go down the same path Rise Against did. Again, not bad music, just not what I expect from them... It's a bit frustrating.

[Stroehms]

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Currently listening to:
New Cage the Elephant- Awesome.
New Red Fang- Just great rock n roll.
Old Mastodon (Crack the Skye)
Raconteurs- really hoping for a new album.


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Josh Hommes in a suit? Playing the piano?

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If Fall Out Boy made an album that sounded like "Take This To Your Grave" or "From Under the Cork Tree", it would sound like State Champs' "The Finer Things." Love this album, could be my favorite of the year. There were some pretty great releases this year.

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That's what got me into PBC as well... I really hope they don't go down the same path Rise Against did. Again, not bad music, just not what I expect from them... It's a bit frustrating.

Streaming the new album now... I can hear it on some notes, but it's just not always there. It almost sounds like a completely new vocalist. Like when bands replace their lead, but try to keep it somewhat similar. If I didn't know better, I'd say that's what happened to Polar Bear Club.

I guess those type of vocals kill your throat, he probably couldn't keep it up. But it's pretty much completely gone, this is more radical then Rise Against's gradual change.

Probably my biggest disappointment of the year. It almost feels unfair, because musically the rest is fine, it's just losing that one piece that made it stand out.

[slickdtc]

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All that said, Bayside has announced their 6th album, finally entitled, "Cult"

Can't wait. The most solid band of the past 10 years. Never a let down. First single off it, same old Bayside. Awesome.

[mb625]

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Streaming the new album now... I can hear it on some notes, but it's just not always there. It almost sounds like a completely new vocalist. Like when bands replace their lead, but try to keep it somewhat similar. If I didn't know better, I'd say that's what happened to Polar Bear Club.

I guess those type of vocals kill your throat, he probably couldn't keep it up. But it's pretty much completely gone, this is more radical then Rise Against's gradual change.

Probably my biggest disappointment of the year. It almost feels unfair, because musically the rest is fine, it's just losing that one piece that made it stand out.

Yeah... just got all the way through it and I'm really conflicted. On the one hand, I love the album. The music is good, great at times and overall it is a solid album... BUT, on the other hand, it's an extremely disappointing album, because it's not PBC. There were glimpses of what they were (For Show, parts of Upstate Mosquito, which has grown on me, parts of When We Were College Kids) and some other songs that I did really like (WLWYCD, Graph Paper Glory Days) despite the fact that they weren't really in that old style.

I don't hate it. In fact, I really like it as an album, and to be honest, if the cover said anything other than "Polar Bear Club" in the band name slot, I'd love it and it'd be one of my favorites of the year. But, as it stands, it's a fine album, but, at the same time, a major disappointment.

[slickdtc]

Official Rock music thread

Explanation: http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthre...medium=twitter

Basically, it was a voice change as I suspected. That sucks, but it weirdly made me want to go back and listen again. I do think the music has changed a lot though. Apparently, they had to replace practically the whole band leading up to this record. It all makes sense now. If I can disassociate their old stuff with this new one, I think I will be able to enjoy it more. There are only a few bands that I've said the old cliche that the old stuff is better than the new (All Time Low, I'm looking at you...), so I'm not one of those people. It wasn't just the old stuff though, that raspy vocal style was just such a nice throwback.

Death Chorus is officially out today.

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Surprised how good the new Stryper CD is:

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I enjoy watching TMS with Eddie Trunk. He brought back in the public, Jake E. Lee, after tracking him down in Vegas.

Jake E. Lee was the lead guitarist on a couple of albums in the early 80's after Randy Rhodes died. Jake had big shoes to fill. He's a bit miffed at Ozzy and Co because he wrote some songs on Bark at the Moon and has never received credit for them. He doesn't want the money, just the credit.

So, Jake formed a band and this is the first song released. Band is Red Dragon Cartel and Feeder is the first song. He has a few guest vocalist and this is one of them, Robin Zander from Cheap Trick.

NSFW as their is a bad lyric that is publicized and sung.

The album comes out in late January. Thoughts?

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[mb625]

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Explanation: http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthre...medium=twitter

Basically, it was a voice change as I suspected. That sucks, but it weirdly made me want to go back and listen again. I do think the music has changed a lot though. Apparently, they had to replace practically the whole band leading up to this record. It all makes sense now. If I can disassociate their old stuff with this new one, I think I will be able to enjoy it more. There are only a few bands that I've said the old cliche that the old stuff is better than the new (All Time Low, I'm looking at you...), so I'm not one of those people. It wasn't just the old stuff though, that raspy vocal style was just such a nice throwback.

Death Chorus is officially out today.

That sucks, I hate to hear that... but stepping back from it, I don't think the new album is necessarily "worse" than the previous ones. Just different. It'll take some getting used to, but he's completely right, it didn't change the edginess of the lyrics at all.

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Really digging the new STP with Chester Bennington at vocals!

[l3ulvl]

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Really digging the new STP with Chester Bennington at vocals!

Been waiting for them to release something, had no idea they already put out an EP over 2 months ago lol. Gonna have to check that out

[mb625]

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Really digging the new STP with Chester Bennington at vocals!

I'm not a fan, personally. STP just doesn't feel the same without Weiland doing the vocals.

[Segagendude]

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Been waiting for them to release something, had no idea they already put out an EP over 2 months ago lol. Gonna have to check that out

One of my faves:

http://youtu.be/yQgiSAIzmHY