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Sparta and their crazy obvious allusions
Johnny C:
Is it better or worse that in years nobody will remember Sparta, while everyone will remember The Mars Volta as music's utter nadir?
jeph:
It happens a lot. I'm still sad that Ken Andrews from Failure and Jeff Garber from Castor/National Skyline put together Year of the Rabbit, who sounded like Failure only crappy.
Ernest:
--- Quote from: Johnny C on 21 Nov 2006, 03:43 ---Is it better or worse that in years nobody will remember Sparta, while everyone will remember The Mars Volta as music's utter nadir?
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C'mon, utter nadir is a bit much. I have to admit that Amputechture was kinda bad, but I really like De-Loused in the Comatorium, and Frances the Mute ain't half bad either. Man, Cedric and Omar really need Jim to balance out their eccentric musical style. At the Drive-In was a such a good band. The best of middlegrounds.
Ernest:
--- Quote from: tommydski on 21 Nov 2006, 02:10 ---At the Drive-In were a pretty good band. It is a crying shame that seperately they have become Dag Nasty and Genesis.
I feel sorry for how badly Jim Ward's band sucks. I met him once and he was such a nice guy. It must be even worse for him knowing that Mars Volta are filling stadiums while his predictable guitar rock is moving absolutely no units whatsoever. Literally days after AtD-i broke up I interviewed him for an old zine and he started talking about how one of his favourite bands was the Foo Fighters. My first thought was that if he was going to make such an obvious ploy for mainstream success that I hoped it worked out for him since he was a genuinely likeable person. The only thing worse than having your band be an inferior shadow of a previous group is having it fall flat on it's face. Plus losing two friends to Mars Volta. Maybe there's still time for him but I doubt it.
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Do you have a copy of that interview I can read?
Thrillho:
God, ATD-I were awful.
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