Members Sad Darwin Posted October 25, 2008 Members Share Posted October 25, 2008 This is Billy Howerdel's new project. I actually really liked this album and it seems to have recieved almost no press whatsoever. Anyone else here check it out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gambit Posted October 25, 2008 Members Share Posted October 25, 2008 i've heard a couple of songs which sounded ok, but only through a crappy car system.. thanks for the reminder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marmoset King Posted October 25, 2008 Members Share Posted October 25, 2008 Yep. I found their myspace page through an article in a guitar magazine. I liked what i heard so i bought the album .... and ... wasn't really that impressed. It's ok but i was hoping for something a bit stronger. It never really 'rocks out' as much as i hoped. I need to give it a few more listens though. I may come back to it in a different mood and end up liking it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sad Darwin Posted October 25, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 25, 2008 Yep. I found their myspace page through an article in a guitar magazine. I liked what i heard so i bought the album .... and ... wasn't really that impressed.It's ok but i was hoping for something a bit stronger. It never really 'rocks out' as much as i hoped.I need to give it a few more listens though. I may come back to it in a different mood and end up liking it. It's kind of confusing that Billy Howerdel even "rocks out" in the first place. He listens to Cat Power, Fionna Apple, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Band of Horses, Postal Service, Depeche Mode, The Cure, stuff like that. None of anything the guy sites as an influence is ever even romotely on the aggressive side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Marmoset King Posted October 25, 2008 Members Share Posted October 25, 2008 It's kind of confusing that Billy Howerdel even "rocks out" in the first place. He listens to Cat Power, Fionna Apple, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Band of Horses, Postal Service, Depeche Mode, The Cure, stuff like that. None of anything the guy sites as an influence is ever even romotely on the aggressive side.I don't know too much about him really, i like A Perfect Circle but i came to them quite late.I can only assume the influences that got him playing were more 'rock' and he's branched out into other things since ... that's what happened with me, i used to be a metaller, that's why i started to play 20 years ago, these days though my taste in music is not too different from the things you mentioned.... i still need to 'rock out' though. It's in the blood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jumbo Fuzz Posted October 25, 2008 Members Share Posted October 25, 2008 I was a big fan of Howerdel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sad Darwin Posted October 25, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 25, 2008 I don't know too much about him really, i like A Perfect Circle but i came to them quite late. I can only assume the influences that got him playing were more 'rock' and he's branched out into other things since ... that's what happened with me, i used to be a metaller, that's why i started to play 20 years ago, these days though my taste in music is not too different from the things you mentioned. ... i still need to 'rock out' though. It's in the blood Haha, me too. I've always been sort of 50/50 with it though, as the reason I got into playing was equal parts NIN and Radiohead back in 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sad Darwin Posted October 25, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 25, 2008 I was a big fan of Howerdel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jumbo Fuzz Posted October 25, 2008 Members Share Posted October 25, 2008 I think "Forever Can Be" is easily as good as anything he did with APC, vocally and otherwise. Real good song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members schecterc1lh Posted October 25, 2008 Members Share Posted October 25, 2008 i loved a perfect circle, and i was stoked when this cd came out, and it really dissappointed me. First off, the songs never seem to go anywhere, like others have said, it is kinda generic and poppy sounding, and he has some of the worst lyrics i have heard. I like stripped away, but aside from that, i think the album was a bust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sad Darwin Posted October 25, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 25, 2008 "3 Libras" wasn't poppy? "The Hollow" too....{censored} I thought the majority of the first APC album was going to be completely written off as Maynards "pop" band or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members schecterc1lh Posted October 25, 2008 Members Share Posted October 25, 2008 "3 Libras" wasn't poppy? "The Hollow" too....{censored} I thought the majority of the first APC album was going to be completely written off as Maynards "pop" band or something. no, they werent poppy at all, they may have not been exactly "rocking out" but they certainly werent songs that were upbeat, and if your heard on mtv you wouldnt think a whole lot of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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