I don't appreciate how Mike wants to get in and out with the writing/recording processes as fast as possible yet demands fans go the extra mile to support a band that despite what some of the members have said doesn't feel like a #1 priority altogether. Just always reminds me of the time he sarcastically condescended to a fan about there being "these things called airplanes" if a band isn't playing near him
Seriously! It’s like he thinks he deserves more. These guys seem so full of themselves. I get it. Everyone in the band is prodigious at their instrument. Great. Well so are most classical musicians. Ever watch someone play Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto? Now that’s challenging stuff! From a technical perspective it makes anything any prog rock musician’s ever done look like “Hot Cross Buns”. This is the reason why songwriting is vastly more important than chops. Chops are a dime a dozen. Watching that one interview about them making that 1st album was so cringeworthy. Ron and Billy seem pretty down to earth and humble (like most the best musicians are), but the other guys can't seem to stop talking about how awesome they are. It was like a circular dick sucking contest. This is much more a turn-off to me than Derek's perceived onstage attitude. When you build something up, it creates a certain level of expectation. It made me curious enough to listen to some of the 1st album tracks on YouTube and man...talk about lameness. Just boring uninteresting crap (IMHO of course. If you like it then more power to you
). Was so surprised at just how uninspired and insipidly generic the songs seemed (again if this is your thing then I’m happy you have something to brighten your day!
). But I couldn't make it through a single one. I don't know why, but it wouldn't be as bad to me if their attitude was more along the lines of "Yeah we just showed and slapped together a bunch of crap and said that'll do. Nothing serious. Just doing it for funsies, that’s all" because it sounds precisely that way.
You'd think they'd have learnt that maybe they need to focus more on the songwriting and come up with something more interesting the next time. Maybe it's just not in their collective wheelhouse? Well, as long as there's a bunch of over technical noodling in the music then I suppose that's all that matters right? Seriously, this band seems
exactly like what DT always gets unfairly accused of by most non-fans: Great players who can't write for shit. There’s so much great music out there to listen to and these guys have the nerve to act like they should be deserving greater success than they already appreciate? uck. Their lucky anyone cares about what they’re doing at all. No thanks. I think I’ll pass on this next album as that single didn’t do anything for me. I’ll also stop posting in this thread as I don’t want to add any more negativity than I already have to it.
And for the 3rd time. If this is your thing then awesome. Just go about comforted in the knowledge that it must be this “Lupton” guy who has horrible taste and got it completely wrong. If it helps, I’ll admit I’m an idiot and I don’t know anything about what’s good. Does that work for everyone?