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« on: 22 Jan 2007, 00:56 »

Mine would be Sleater-Kinney.

This is a band whose last three albums in my opinion were all their best yet.  They kept getting better and better, and when I saw them in 2005 it was probably the most fun I've ever had at a show.

Then I heard they were breaking up after their last tour and they weren't even coming to New England.  I was really pissed off.
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Re: Most mourned breakups
« Reply #1 on: 22 Jan 2007, 01:08 »

sleater-kinney is definetly a tragic one.
neutral milk hotel, although i guess they never technically "broke up"really did break up and it's damn tragic.
the unicorns :( one lp and they're gone. and don't tell me "blah blah blah islands blah blah" b/c islands aren't the fucking unicorns and you know it.
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Re: Most mourned breakups
« Reply #2 on: 22 Jan 2007, 01:09 »

Botch, Pg. 99, City Of Caterpillar, Orchid, and Curl Up And Die are all bands that I never got the opportunity to see before they called it quits.  And then of course, my own band calling it quits was a downer...
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Re: Most mourned breakups
« Reply #3 on: 22 Jan 2007, 01:42 »

i feel like grandaddy should be added to this slowly growing list. i never really loved 'em but their music always made me happy. A.M. 180 and the nature anthem always make me  :-)
while they weren't amazing, tis very sad that they are gone.
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Re: Most mourned breakups
« Reply #4 on: 22 Jan 2007, 01:43 »

I don't really hold it against any of the bands I mentioned above; they did their thing and when they were ready to do so, called it a day.  It bums me out more that I never knew anything about these bands when they existed, and didn't really have any appreciation for them until long after their demise.  It's more a case where I beat myself up for being so far behind the curve.
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« Reply #5 on: 22 Jan 2007, 01:46 »

i agree with that. i don't blame any band for breaking up. all bands that do have a reason for doing so, i'm sure and i don't feel any anger towards them. it's more regret that a good band will not be making new music anymore, and that everything they've done is all they're ever going to do. and that's a sad feeling

another band: arab strap. great band, sad lyrics, awesome scotish accents.
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Re: Most mourned breakups
« Reply #6 on: 22 Jan 2007, 02:13 »

I think certain bands broke up before their time, but a lot of that was due to premature deaths.

There are some bands that I think broke up at the right time, but I think it would be fascinating to see where they would've gone next; The Beatles and Refused in particular.
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Re: Most mourned breakups
« Reply #7 on: 22 Jan 2007, 02:18 »

The Minutemen
Pixies
Pavement
Phish
Beta Band
Sleater-Kinney (at least I got to see them live...)
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Re: Most mourned breakups
« Reply #8 on: 22 Jan 2007, 03:33 »

Pixies

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Re: Most mourned breakups
« Reply #9 on: 22 Jan 2007, 03:51 »

The Beatles
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Re: Most mourned breakups
« Reply #10 on: 22 Jan 2007, 03:57 »



noooooo!

bastards. if it weren't for that we might be enjoying the beatles' 8th final farewell tour as i type this.
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« Reply #11 on: 22 Jan 2007, 04:14 »

While I've always been sad that John died too early for everyone's likings and crushed any hopes of a reunion I think it's better that the Beatles stopped while they were ahead.  I really would not have wanted them to end up like ugly Mick Jagger's band.
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Re: Most mourned breakups
« Reply #12 on: 22 Jan 2007, 05:26 »

bastards. if it weren't for that we might be enjoying the beatles' 8th final farewell tour as i type this.
*cough*Harrison*cough*
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Re: Most mourned breakups
« Reply #13 on: 22 Jan 2007, 07:26 »

Actually, John Lennon not getting shot would have created a new worldline in which George Harrison was still alive.
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Re: Most mourned breakups
« Reply #14 on: 22 Jan 2007, 07:30 »

You guys uh, you guys know the Beatles were very broken up, right?

I miss Fugazi. What Canty and Mackaye are doing now is pretty cool but not as cool as what they did as a team. I also miss Sleater-Kinney.
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Re: Most mourned breakups
« Reply #15 on: 22 Jan 2007, 09:21 »

I echo Johnny's sentiments.
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Re: Most mourned breakups
« Reply #16 on: 22 Jan 2007, 09:26 »

The Dismemberment Plan....by far the band I would love to see get back together the most.
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Re: Most mourned breakups
« Reply #17 on: 22 Jan 2007, 10:09 »

Acid Bath, broke up because they lost their bassist in a car accident. Incredibly unfair. Deadboy and the Elephantmen are some sort of continuation, but Acid Bath were just on a different planet.

Not broken up, but Martin Walkyier quitting music was the saddest thing ever. Though, that said, he's already come back for another Sabbat re-union tour since then, so you never know...
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Re: Most mourned breakups
« Reply #18 on: 22 Jan 2007, 10:25 »

Man, the Deadboy and the Elephantmen song I heard was a terrible White Stripes knockoff. I was so disappointed I didn't bother seeking out anymore. At the same time, I sort of understand why Dax Riggs would want to make a band like that. I figure after all this time he'd like to make some money as a musician.
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« Reply #19 on: 22 Jan 2007, 10:43 »

It's also something of a logical musical continuation, Acid Bath were pretty damn bluesy at points. I admit though, all I've heard from them hasn't been inspiring in one way or another. It could just be too much fucking drugs though, of course. I remember reading an interview with Dax where he was asked what his sources of inspiration were, and he said he had many sources, and gave as an example Paegan Love Song, which he wrote after a homeless man shared a bottle of peyote and vodka with him on a beach.
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« Reply #20 on: 22 Jan 2007, 11:22 »

I've only heard one Deadboy and the Elephantmen song - a live performance - and it was so bad I couldn't believe it.  Two chords, the simplest drumbeat possible, and the same lyric repeated over and over.  The only guy-girl duos since The Vaselines that I've had any patience for are Windy & Carl and The Kills.  And I think it sucks that the whole White Stripes blowup didn't create record sales for The Kills because they are awesome.

Oh, but on topic: Stone fucking Roses.  Second Coming is one of my favorite albums of all time and if they hadn't broken up the world may have been spared Oasis.
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« Reply #21 on: 22 Jan 2007, 11:55 »

I never got to party with Dimebag Darrell. 

or go to a Windir show.
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Re: Most mourned breakups
« Reply #22 on: 22 Jan 2007, 12:10 »

The Evens are great.

Well, yeah. But Fugazi were better.
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« Reply #23 on: 22 Jan 2007, 13:30 »

or go to a Windir show.

Yeah windir was a big one, Valfar's death was pretty unexpected.

Emperor was another big one for me I didn' really like 'IX Equilibrium' but 'Prometheus' was a damn fine album, really ambitous, some of Ihsahn's best writing ever. You could tell Samoth wasn't into it though especially when you look at the two different directions they went after the split Samoth and Trym going towards Death\Thrash with Zyklon and  Ihsahn going in a more goth/prog direction with Peccatum. I'm glad they're back together touring but I don't have much hope they'll put out another album.
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« Reply #24 on: 22 Jan 2007, 14:09 »

I get to feel kind of smug now because I've seen Windir songs played live by Vreid in Valfars memory, and seen Emperor. That's the main reason I didn't mention the break-up of Immortal, because I know I get to see them this summer.
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« Reply #25 on: 22 Jan 2007, 14:57 »

Damn Europeans, we get nothing in Australia and when we do get something its always sold out in about 20 seconds.
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« Reply #26 on: 22 Jan 2007, 21:07 »

Pixies

Does this strikeout read as bitter* to anyone else?




*although justifiably so

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Re: Most mourned breakups
« Reply #27 on: 22 Jan 2007, 22:34 »

I'm going to add to this a band no-one's heard of called Audiogene.

Now often a band will break up and fans will be upset, saying things like 'they owe us, we bought their records' or something to that effect. I think this is bull, with Audiogene being the exception.

They released two albums between 1999-2002, when they had to change their name from Bottlerockit (I know, awful name) to Audiogene (slightly better, but awful). From 2002 onwards, right up until their breakup, there were rumours about the third album. I've seen them live more than once; they had tons of material, fantastic material. Some of it came out on the self-titled EP, or the white-label CD. They even occasionally claimed to have almost all of the album recorded.

Then they broke up. Still the rumours persisted; they'll release the album on the net, just for the fans, or something like that.

Three years on, I'm still waiting for that album. I still think they owe us. We bought their merchandise, their records, we went to their shows, we waited for them to release that album, and it never arrived.
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Re: Most mourned breakups
« Reply #28 on: 22 Jan 2007, 22:42 »

Regarding the lack of male-female duos, I have a few kind-of additions. Beach House are pretty good, though the dude doesn't sing. Iron & Wine's Our Endless Numbered Days has a girl singing on it often, though for the life of me I can't recall her name. The Feverfew, a duo out of New York, are a good listen and do a magnificent cover of Talking Heads' "Heaven." Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan released a record this year called Ballad Of The Broken Seas and despite being a one-off it was a decent listen. The White Stripes, prior to Elephant, released some really enjoyable, stomp-laden garage rock.

I think limiting it to "duos" is a bit silly though, but that's because I don't sit down and say "I feel like listening to a duo" or buy tickets thinking "Oh, they're a duo!" There are plenty of great bands that explore the dynamic and tension between male and female voices, and other bands that explore the places where there are no tension but instead gossamer sheets of beautiful sound. Constraining yourself to a certain band setup is close to setting yourself up for failure.
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« Reply #29 on: 22 Jan 2007, 22:50 »

Polvo.
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« Reply #31 on: 23 Jan 2007, 01:55 »

They just changed their name to Les Savy Fav.

They don't sound that much like Polvo, and they're definitely not as good.  Saying that kind of stuff is always fun though, isn't it? 

What do you mean Black Sabbath broke up?  They just changed their name to Deftones!  Oh snap!
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« Reply #32 on: 23 Jan 2007, 02:03 »

Black Sabbath never broke up. They've been sporadically active since 1969.
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« Reply #33 on: 23 Jan 2007, 02:08 »

I know they never broke up; I just wanted to say that. 

Yeah Tommy, that is totally rad.  Did you stay that close for the show?
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« Reply #34 on: 23 Jan 2007, 02:52 »

I miss Rage Against The Machine. And Soundgarden.

Let's petition to have Audioslave go away forever.
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« Reply #35 on: 23 Jan 2007, 03:00 »

I don't think anyone cares about Audioslave anymore.  Next thing you know they'll be on Epitaph.
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« Reply #36 on: 23 Jan 2007, 03:15 »

That'll be a sad day for epitaph.
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« Reply #37 on: 23 Jan 2007, 03:35 »

That link wants me to register for the LA Times, and well, I'll only sink so far.
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« Reply #38 on: 23 Jan 2007, 03:49 »

Just get a signup from www.bugmenot.com, the top LA Times one worked for me.

I like how that article makes out that Rage Against the Machine were somehow the first band to think about fusing politics and heavy music.


That is really funny.


No, really.


Also, I'm glad we're inflicting the shitwreck that is the Arctic Monkeys on the states now. A couple of tours and you'll fucking wish you'd never won the war of independence!
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« Reply #39 on: 23 Jan 2007, 03:56 »

Alright, I'm reading about this "bugmenot" and it seems like something I should have already known about. Excuse me while I curse the fates.

I'm about to read the RATM article, but may I say, that comment about fusing politics with heavy music is DEFINITELY laughable, seeing as RATM really were not very heavy. They were a lot funkier than they were heavy.
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« Reply #40 on: 23 Jan 2007, 03:59 »

Alright, look, I'm going to Coachella, apparently.
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« Reply #41 on: 23 Jan 2007, 04:06 »

That is one of the reasons it is funny.

The fact that Black Sabbath wrote War Pigs in 1970 is another.
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« Reply #42 on: 23 Jan 2007, 04:42 »

Alright, look, I'm going to Coachella, apparently.

god i hate you. 3 days, the rumored lined up looks incredible.....and it's in california. the fact that so many bands i love are playing all in one place and that one place happens to be all the way on the other side of the country makes me very very sad.
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« Reply #43 on: 23 Jan 2007, 06:13 »

Jets To Brazil: What ever happened to them?
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« Reply #44 on: 23 Jan 2007, 06:36 »

Alright, look, I'm going to Coachella, apparently.

god i hate you. 3 days, the rumored lined up looks incredible.....and it's in california. the fact that so many bands i love are playing all in one place and that one place happens to be all the way on the other side of the country makes me very very sad.

Yeah, it's gonna be pretty awesome...
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« Reply #45 on: 23 Jan 2007, 07:01 »

KMFDM (not technically a break up, but MDFMK is NOT the same thing)

and Sepultura (after Max left and formed Soulfly, Sepultura may as well have never existed)


They're both a bit of a cop-out, but still terrible.
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« Reply #46 on: 23 Jan 2007, 07:55 »

Agreed. In both cases I like to pretend that the later stuff simply doesn't exist. Which, I've found, is a pretty common phenomena in music.
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« Reply #47 on: 23 Jan 2007, 08:33 »

Drive Like Jehu.  We got kinda compensated with Rocket From the Crypt, but that's kinda like saying that Paul McCartney was adequate compensation for The Beatles.
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« Reply #48 on: 23 Jan 2007, 08:56 »

Q and Not U!
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« Reply #49 on: 23 Jan 2007, 09:03 »

Well, RFTC were before Jehu.

Actually, they began at the same time.  Also, RFTC lasted a lot longer, which is the cause of my lament.  They weren't bad.  Hot Snakes were aight.
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