king for a day, fool for a lifetime...

i don't care what anyone says, faith no more are still one of my all-time favorite bands. although they are best known for the horrible single "epic" which got them tagged as an early 90s one hit wonder, and for inspiring a lot of the worst bands of all time to mix metal and hip hop, please don't hold these things against them. this is a band who made tons of really fucked up, heavy and weird music. after selling millions of records with "the real thing" they were in a position to have more musical control and unleashed their masterpiece "angel dust" upon the world, which had a little bit of success but then it seems like everyone forgot about them. well, being a teenager in the 90s, FNM was a band who stood out from the herd and who's weirdness, smartness and sarcasm spoke to me, so i followed their career long after most people stopped caring. i think it was around 98 when they replaced original guitarist jim martin with trey spruance from mr. bungle (whom singer mike patton was also a member of, duh.) and recorded the fine album "king for a day, fool for a lifetime" which, while not as consistently good as "angel dust", features some of the bands best work, and was mostly ingnored. there's a couple cheesy moments here, but "ricochet", "digging the grave" and "the gentle art of making enemies" are classic rocking FNM while "take this bottle" is one of the most heart breaking ballads i've ever heard. enjoy.

happy birthday, fucker

vikings in space

hey it's been awhile since i posted anything on here, not that i haven't been bored, i've just been too drunk all the time to properly type, so yeah. i also realized there's only a couple music postings, and they're both rap. i don't intend to do a "music blog" but i'll try to keep a good balance of music, weird articles and bitchy rants about my stupid life and shit that pisses me off.
anyway, i'm a pretty big fan of the Norwegian black metal/prog rock band enslaved, but am debating whether it's worth paying 30 bucks to see them open for gay-ass opeth. enslaved has been around for 17 years or so and started as a pretty straight up black metal band, appearing on a darkthrone tribute comp and releasing the killer demo "yggdrsil". over the years the group has changed members several times and broadened their sound to the point where you can barely tell it's the same band, which disillusioned a lot of metal purists. well, metal purists are assholes who expect bands to just make the same album over and over, so fuck them. i'll admit it took a few listens to get into "vertebrae" but it has definitely crept into my subconscious. on this album the band delves even deeper into a spacey prog sound, incorporating lots of atmospheric keyboards, trippy effects and haunting melodies. at times this reminds me of a metal pink floyd, which in my book is an extremely good thing. so pull the stick out of yer ass, take a couple bong hits and give this record a chance, why don't cha?

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