Re: Oh no -- Ryche looking into Mindcrime 2 ? -- and some Threshold news

"GoPack!!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>
> Did you ever check out Dead Soul Tribe?  I was wondering what you thought
of
> them.  They were another band I recommended to you a while back.  I
thought
> you might dig them because they have a Toolish sound.  If you were never
> able to sample them to begin with - send me your address and I'll burn
both
> their discs for you.
>

Are you still liking them? It's been in pretty heavy rotation for me. The
last two songs, while a bit similar, get quite a bit of repeat play for me.
The Tullish flute stuff is pretty cool without being overdone. Overall I
like the disc quite a bit. I still haven't spent enough time on the lyrics
yet though.

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> BoP is quite good.  I hope you can deal with some early Tate impressions.
> That's the only negative for me.   The songs themselves are good.  Overall
> I'd give this disc a B.
>

It's fine AFAIC. A "B" is about what I'd give it. I hear more Alder than
Tate. The one song that I absolutely cannot stand is "Wake Up Call" -- a
skip every time.

> I'm suprised myself, but King Diamond's new on - The Puppet Master -- is
my
> #1 disc of the year so far.  Now I've always been a fan of KD, but I sure
> didn't expect anything like  Disc Of The Year material.
>
> Also, when Greg from NJ says he likes it - when he's never been a KD fan -
> you know it's got to be good.   I never would have figured that he would
> give it chance to begin with.  Excellent stuff from the old pro !!
>
> KD has settled into an Alice Cooper style voice sound, with just a little
> falsetto these days, and it really works.  The voice probably isn't quite
> the turnoff that it used to be for some.
>

Fuck man! Why didn't you say that in the first place? :)  I've always dug
the music but couldn't get past the vocals. But if he's lost the total
falsetto stuff then it would probably be quite listenable.

> I just find it refreshing that a dude like KD, who had seemed to be way
past
> the glory days could come out with something this good - so late in the
> game.
>
> Maybe there is hope for Queensryche yet -- doubtful !!
>

I certainly won't be holding my breath. There's far too much other stuff out
there -- SX and VP being tops on the list. I'm such an SX junkie anymore
that I can't go a day without plugging in DWOT and at least one other of
theirs. Generally "V" takes the #2 spot.

> > >
> > > Not bad for rock radio, but I can definately live without them.
> >
> > If Maynard James Keenan had to make a choice between A Perfect Circle
> > and Tool, I'd definitely say I could live without A Perfect Circle.
> > Lucky for me he doesn't have to make that choice. :-)
> > > >>>
>
> Check out some DST.  You might find their material right up your alley.
>

I think you'd like it Phil. There's definite Toolness to it.