The Circus Maximus Thread (merged)

[YtseBitsySpider]

(mock scowl)

your ass rape at Words With Friends will be even more intense now...you just bought yourself a couple more 7 letter bombs my friend.

[Nekov]

I came here just to read YBS's comment, and I'm not disappointed

[Gadough]

Same here. I saw the Facebook post, lol'd, came to this thread to read YBS's comment, and lol'd again.

[obscure]

...nem....you're young and beautiful, but you're old enough to know that fairy tales are just make-believe.

Let me know when the Leprechauns bring this album. They'll be riding shiny unicorns and delivering gold for the tooth fairy.

I didn't read the rest.... /thread for me
do it again and I'm sigging you spider.

[YtseBitsySpider]

I've said much more "sig'able" stuff to you dear.


The more I read about this band, the more they seem like my generations version of Boston.

Great sound, great musicians but really in it for themselves on their own terms. I guess the similarities end when you consider Boston got locked into a five album deal they wanted no part of....certainly CM hasn't done anything like that. But everything on their own budget, basement studios, building soundbooths, heck they are their own roadies and sound check people.

[obscure]

I've said much more "sig'able" stuff to you dear.

and they are sig'ed in my heart 

But everything on their own budget, basement studios, building soundbooths, heck they are their own roadies and sound check people.

Based on my band management experience, I can say that... it wouldn't work....

[YtseBitsySpider]

...and we haven't seen squat from this band since 07'.

That's what's called...."not working".

[Zook]

Great sound, great musicians but really in it for themselves on their own terms.

I don't see the problem. Isn't that how it should be? I want new music from CM just as much ad the next guy, but they don't owe us anything.

I don't see the Tool fans on this board getting all hot and bothered like you do. It's kinda sad, my friend. They're just a metal band.

[Nekov]

Great sound, great musicians but really in it for themselves on their own terms.

I don't see the Tool fans on this board getting all hot and bothered like you do. It's kinda sad, my friend. They're just a metal band.

That's because Tool fans went through this stage several years ago and are now accustomed to it

[The King in Crimson]

I've said much more "sig'able" stuff to you dear.


The more I read about this band, the more they seem like my generations version of Boston.

Great sound, great musicians but really in it for themselves on their own terms. I guess the similarities end when you consider Boston got locked into a five album deal they wanted no part of....certainly CM hasn't done anything like that. But everything on their own budget, basement studios, building soundbooths, heck they are their own roadies and sound check people.

What the fuck is wrong with that?

[YtseBitsySpider]

Nothing.
It's all about what THEY want.

They clearly don't care about success, fans, fame, making money.

And that's FINE.

[Nekov]

Yet you make it sound like it's a bad thing.

[YtseBitsySpider]

..yup.

And that's my damn problem.
I know it.
I recoognize.
Chill pill, get over it, all of that crap.

I know.

Im just being a dick.

[Nekov]

No worries man, we actually find your rants to be funny

Same here. I saw the Facebook post, lol'd, came to this thread to read YBS's comment, and lol'd again.

I came here just to read YBS's comment, and I'm not disappointed

 

[jingle.boy]

No worries man, we actually find your rants to be funny

Same here. I saw the Facebook post, lol'd, came to this thread to read YBS's comment, and lol'd again.

I came here just to read YBS's comment, and I'm not disappointed

 

It will be your legacy here.

[Gadough]

Great sound, great musicians but really in it for themselves on their own terms.

I don't see the Tool fans on this board getting all hot and bothered like you do. It's kinda sad, my friend. They're just a metal band.

That's because Tool fans went through this stage several years ago and are now accustomed to it

I'm not expecting the new Tool album any earlier than 2014.

[Zook]

It`s the final weekend with recordings!! On monday we will enter the studio to start the final mix of our third album!!

*Awaits Ytse*

[Nekov]

It`s the final weekend with recordings!! On monday we will enter the studio to start the final mix of our third album!!

 

[Dr. DTVT]

It`s the final weekend with recordings!! On monday we will enter the studio to start the final mix of our third album!!

*Awaits Ytse*

He's away this weekend.  We'll need to make sure he sees this when he gets back.

[matt1722]

Great sound, great musicians but really in it for themselves on their own terms.

I don't see the Tool fans on this board getting all hot and bothered like you do. It's kinda sad, my friend. They're just a metal band.

That's because Tool fans went through this stage several years ago and are now accustomed to it

I'm not expecting the new Tool album any earlier than 2014.

Gasp . . . take that back, god If I have to wait that much longer for new Tool, I don't know I'll Implode or something.

On Topic: excited about new CM you know if this does mean their close to finishing.

[YtseBitsySpider]

It`s the final weekend with recordings!! On monday we will enter the studio to start the final mix of our third album!!

*Awaits Ytse*

Self recorded
Self produced
Self mixed
No label, no promotion.

In northern Quebec this weekend, I was forced to stop my snowmobile briefly to relieve myself. As I half squatted in the bush and pinched a steamy loaf, I looked betwixt my legs and hummed a little Circus Maximus. Can't wait for the new album boys. Should be smokin.

[Zook]

It`s the final weekend with recordings!! On monday we will enter the studio to start the final mix of our third album!!

*Awaits Ytse*

Self recorded
Self produced
Self mixed
No label, no promotion.

I'm pretty sure they didn't get any promotion on their first two either. And who gives a fuck if they did everything themselves? Circus Maximus will never be a "big" band. They're prog, they're metal, they have the Dream Theater vibe in their music and unless you're Dream Theater, you aren't getting a push. There are plenty of bands that deserve to be huge, but it doesn't always work out that way. Even if CM released a third album 2 years after Isolate, they'd still be in the same boat as now. They have a good amount of fans, but will never be at the Dream Theater level of Prog Metal. Just have to accept it dude. The album will hopefully be as great as their first two, and you should really stop worrying about their popularity and just enjoy the album when it comes out, if you can.

[The King in Crimson]

Besides, they'd probably just get all shitty and sellout if they got popular. 

[YtseBitsySpider]

There will be no new album.
And even if one does manage to get through production....what can we possibly expect?
Nothing of substance I suspect.
Momentum lost, time has passed them by.

[Zook]

There will be no new album.
And even if one does manage to get through production....what can we possibly expect?
Nothing of substance I suspect.
Momentum lost, time has passed them by.

[MetalMike06]

No label

Really? I thought they were on Frontiers?

[lelanddt]

So Circus is having a listening party for their new album on April 7th, and one can apply to go listen and the meet the band! The point is, the album will have been completed and mixed by april 7th, so it's basically done! what say you Ytse?

[Zook]

It's a trick to get new publicity, as they lost it all by taking so long. The album will be a mix of remixed versions of the first two. It'll be an April Fool's joke because they're such jokesters, hence their name.

[lelanddt]

It's a trick to get new publicity, as they lost it all by taking so long. The album will be a mix of remixed versions of the first two. It'll be an April Fool's joke because they're such jokesters, hence their name.

  oh god no

[Dr. DTVT]

Ytse will believe it when they fly him out there for the listening party.

[YtseBitsySpider]

if it's finished...

I'll admit error.
Give it every chance and spin...that an ablum that took 5 years to make deserves.

[Dr. DTVT]

Does it deserve more or less of a chance than one that took 2 years to make?

[Zook]

The album has the possibility of sucking no matter how many years it took to make. CM has a good track record, but as with movie sequels, they might get the curse of the 3's. I like to be optimistic though. 

[Nekov]

The album has the possibility of sucking no matter how many years it took to make. CM has a good track record, but as with movie sequels, they might get the curse of the 3's. I like to be optimistic though. 

True that. LTE took a week or two to put out two fantastic albums. On the other hand Guns N' Roses took 15 years to put out a shitty album....

[jingle.boy]

if it's finished...

I'll admit error.
Give it every chance and spin...that an ablum that took 5 years to make deserves.

Like they're the only band that took 5 years to make an album (ahem, Rush, ahem).  I know, not a fair comparison, but still .... I'm sure I'll enjoy it when it finally does arrive.