duo? I thought this was like twenty dudes.

anyways, song is what you'd imagine. should probably lift some more frusciante licks if they're trying to make any sort of splash.

I think once the rest of the band realized that they were in Crazy Town they booked it.

sugah babhy

I was kinda wrong with the article, most shows are with a full band but they're playing select shows, like the Borderline show I had to review, as a duo.

sweet

I'm not entirely sure if Shifty has any emotional range except for "pouty". But I met him after the show and he was alright.

Ok I adore scratching so seeing that DJ at 2:05 do his thing was pretty sweet

Man. The worst.

"abandons the nu metal leanings of their previous albums"

are you sure

lol what a bunch of fuckin douche bags

Well Kris I don't really hear any major guitars - I know they're shown in the video and live versions of the tracks have guitars but it was just Epic and Shifty in the studio for this album and any guitars that were recorded are pretty low in the mix, as you would expect in modern rap (Eminem's "Lose Yourself" has much more guitar in it but you wouldn't call that nu metal). If it was thick and layered guitars then I'd be inclined to call it nu metal but frankly this isn't.

"Ok I adore scratching so seeing that DJ at 2:05 do his thing was pretty sweet"

Pretty sure Bret does most DJing now except in live shows (since this year anyway cos I think he did the DJing at Download Festival last year). and they sampled some of DJ AM's old scratches for one of their songs as a sort of tribute.

EDIT yeah from shortly after this point he runs over to the turntables and does it on stage: https://youtu.be/1ZULFtDsQ8o?t=1m51s

Yeah that was awesome. I mean the song ain't that great overall, but they sound really good live still

They still can't do Drowning live though.

And I still stand by the fact that Bret has actually got some talent as a singer and musician. It's just that he doesn't use it to its full potential as many Crazy Town songs and that car crash of LA-EX showed.

I do maintain that the new album is their strongest release in terms of consistency, even if some individual tracks on the old albums are better. The Gift of Game was plagued by immaturity and trying to be too commercial, while Darkhorse struggled with the band trying to appear more mature and credible but failing on almost all counts on account of the very Linkin Park-esque sound and the faux-angst in the lyrics (maybe if it were an EP with just Hurt You So Bad, Drowning, Decorated and Battle Cry (plus maybe one more track) on it, it would've been better received on musical terms even though the lyrics were still terribad). There are still some major duds on the new album (like "My Place" and "The Keys") but considerably less than before and none that make you want to break your music player.

"(maybe if it were an EP with just Hurt You So Bad, Drowning, Decorated and Battle Cry (plus maybe one more track)"

Dude omg add Change to that EP and it would be absolutely KILLER

Before a couple weeks ago, I didn't even know this group existed. Thanks Todd, I now understand the boybandification of Nu Metal.

This is gay

Yeah bloc I was thinking Change would probably be the other track on it. If only they'd thought of that they could've had some credibility clawed back. They were always gonna end up doing some rap again as the Shifty solo album and the new CT album showed, but I think had they earned some cred with the Darkhorse EP then they may have split it into Crazy Town's nu metal (perhaps evolving further with time, having been given a chance to see what they could do after the EP's hypothetical success) and perhaps a pure rap side project a la The Brimstone Sluggers. FWIW this is how I would've ordered the EP:

1. Decorated
2. Hurt You So Bad
3. Battle Cry
4. Change
5. Drowning

That would've been a solid 3-3.5/5

Cone my lady, come come my lady.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w15_JEEEgvU

Absolute class.
The restrained fury, embittered lyrics and harnessed anger manifests itself in the exhilarating beats and emblazoned riffage conjured up by this band.
To top it all they also have the image to boot. I think an entire generation will wear their 'silence' caps with pride all the while knowing that they are speaking with their minds and are safe in the knowledge that the zeitgeist is captured with these torch bearers for disenfranchised lost souls who structure their vitriol with a shoulder bumped dance move to make the heart quiver.

Rock is dead? Never, not when we have Crazy Town giving life to us all with their enigmatic, charged elixir of musical magic.

Zak you never fail to speak the truth. Rock is dead yeah right, crazy town are living proof that isn't the case.

Makes Stairway to Heaven look like One Direction

I've just bought you a 'silence' cap as an early chrissy pressie tuna dude. We'll wear them out together. Cool as fuck.

You're too kind, I got you a segway so we can both look like massive cunts badasses

What the fuck is it with them sedgeway things and complete knob jockeys? How the hell do you steer/power it? It's a step down from a hover-board.

Some twats who've never seen back to the future 2 suddenly want to jump on the bandwagon and get their own 'hoverboards'. The lack of self awareness is truly something to behold. Not a fucking clue how you steer the thing but nothing brings me joy quite like seeing a kid fall off it.

I've had a quick look, well I never it's actually called a swegway. Forking out a few hundred quid to look a total tosser. No wonder there big in London.

They're big over here as well but they'll be gone in less than a few months, just like every other fad that came and went.It's just a shame it was a thing in the first place because it does my fucking head in.