Math Rock

[camdizzle]

So I was driving around a friend of a friend who tried to tell me Minus the Bear was a math rock band. I knew it wasn't, but when I tried to give her examples of real math rock, the only band I could think of was Drive Like Jehu. Can someone give me some other math rock bands for me to check out so I will be able to educate the masses?

[Krash100]

I've heard Don Caballero called math rock a lot. I could never really get into this genre though so I don't know too many bands.

[Zebra]

Ahleuchatistas come to mind.

[Eliminator]

people actually say math rock in real life

lol

[Thanks]

One of my friends makes a distinction between "math rock" and "brutal prog" (which I guess is what he says Yowie is, for example). I think the latter term is hilarious.

EDIT: I just googled it, and was reminded that he told me once that brutal prog is a term coined by the Flying Luttenbachers.

Silly

[Eliminator]

cruel and unusual progishment

[Correction]

it aint good prog unless its ****ING BRUTAL PROG

[Catchthe22]

I usually think of Battles

[Concubine]

people actually say math rock in real life

lol

srsly

[Bukowski]

I think of DON CABALLERO.

[Thanks]

Brutal Prog

[Teddy Picker]

some explain the concept of "math rock" to me, i have never really heard of it

[samariah]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Math_rock

[The Jungler]

Despite the fact that I've only listened to one record of their's, Don Cab is the first band I think of when I hear the term "math rock."

Battles probably second, but I can't say I know too much on the subject.

[samariah]

i've seen bands like Slint, Shellac, June of '44, Polvo, Rodan, etc referred to as "math rock".

[camdizzle]

some explain the concept of "math rock" to me, i have never really heard of it

I'm not really an expert, but to the extent of my knowledge it's pretty intense progressive music with a lot of odd time signatures and very calculated rhythms. I think its a form of post-hardcore

[philly96]

Daft Punk?

[Vasily]

Minus the bear are mostly called math cause their guitarist used to be in botch, who were math metal pioneers. Their actual music isnt very mathy or off kilter though.

[Catchthe22]

^^^ new word: Mathy

[perriwinkle]

pele is good check out enemies

[Liebensaft]

Do Sleeping People count? They're pretty cool and do some odd, neat rhythms.

[Correction]

Daft Punk?

no...

unless you were trying to be funny than me=instant fail

[Vasily]

^^^ new word: Mathy

my english not so good.

[terry_b_wanna_b]

some bands i consider "mathy"rock off the top of my head;

auto!automatic!!
battles
bullet conscience
cheval de frise
don caballero
faraquet
ghosts and vodka
giraffes?giraffes!
hella
honey for petzi
LITE
Maps and Atlases
Nap Attack
Pele
Piglet
Polvo
redneck manifesto
rumah sakit
sleeping people
sharks keep moving
SWIMS
tenebre
tera melos
turing machine
upsilon acrux
volta do mar


^all of these are math ROCK not prog metal/tech metal/mathcore or whatever you call the heavier brand of stuff, i find math rock similar to post rock in sound

[Anxious]

I wouldn't mind calling Ruins brutal prog in public.


Math rock would be derogatory.

[okay]

whenever i hear the term math rock i think of guys with pocket protectors and thick rimmed glasses with guitars

[Thanks]

Last night at a party this drunk guy was like "you listen to faraquet? faraquet is ****ing awesome man!" and high fived me.

EDIT: Post 808. Chh chhh tink tink bamp.

[perriwinkle]

how did he know? were you talking aboiut them within earshot or what

[Aeaon]

More like.... Science Rock!

[Thanks]

He was like reminiscing with his friend about how he introduced him to faraquet when they used to live together. His friend was like "guess who introduced me to faraquet. he's standing directly to your left."

It was touching.

[bleep_bloop]

aww

[Aeaon]

Good band.

[cbmartinez]

cheval de frise is awesome

[Hedgedive]

Cinemechanica are like math/post-hardcore and they're pretty cool.

plus they moonlight as Contra Band which is also cool:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jnAGWo1V9ig

[terry_b_wanna_b]

^Cinemechanica is mathcore

they have alot of video game cover bands if you are interested;

The Advantage, another band which plays covers of Nintendo theme music.
The Minibosses, one of the very first game-music cover bands, focusing mainly on NES tunes.
The Black Mages, a metal band founded by Nobuo Uematsu to play Final Fantasy arrangements.
The OneUps, covers of video game music with a more jazz-inspired sound.
The NESkimos, covers of Nintendo music, but adds a very heavy style to it.
MegaDriver, covers of video game music, mostly of the Sega Genesis (or "Mega Drive" outside North America) but also plays Nintendo covers, with a heavy metal style.
PRESS PLAY ON TAPE, Commodore 64 tunes as rock.

[Krash100]

^Cinemechanica is mathcore

they have alot of video game cover bands if you are interested;

The Advantage, another band which plays covers of Nintendo theme music.
The Minibosses, one of the very first game-music cover bands, focusing mainly on NES tunes.
The Black Mages, a metal band founded by Nobuo Uematsu to play Final Fantasy arrangements.
The OneUps, covers of video game music with a more jazz-inspired sound.
The NESkimos, covers of Nintendo music, but adds a very heavy style to it.
MegaDriver, covers of video game music, mostly of the Sega Genesis (or "Mega Drive" outside North America) but also plays Nintendo covers, with a heavy metal style.
PRESS PLAY ON TAPE, Commodore 64 tunes as rock.

wtf?

What would would compel someone to wake up one morning and say "hey! I'm gonna make the first Sega cover band! That would be a good idea"
Some Final Fantasy games had good music, but doing a mathrock cover would absolutely ruin it.

[samariah]

yeah, what?

[Bukowski]

The Black Mages, a metal band founded by Nobuo Uematsu to play Final Fantasy arrangements.


I ****ing HATE this band. A couple of my friends who are FF nerds like them, but they suck big time. And how are they "math rock"?

BREADWINNER.

[Kyle]

The Advantage are pretty funny for a few minutes.

Cinemechanica are awesome.

[terry_b_wanna_b]

they arent mathrock, its just kinda interesting

[bleep_bloop]

Pele is kinda mathy