[QUOTE=borisdablade]And on a complete tangent WHAT HAPPENED TO FRENZAL RHOMB! These guys rocked my world in high school, they were just so much fun, and their concerts were brilliant.[/QUOTE]

My friend met their bass player when he did work experience at the Bass Player in Sydney, got him into FR.

Powderfinger and Wolfmother are also excellent. In my opinion, The Whitlams suck balls. But in general, Australian rock has been in decline for years.

Oh yeah, and I really dislike Butteryfly Effect, but to each his own.

I only like 4-5 of their songs, but the ones I do like kick. I forgot Powerderfinger, they have a few good songs.

[QUOTE=borisdablade]WHAT HAPPENED TO FRENZAL RHOMB! These guys rocked my world in high school, they were just so much fun, and their concerts were brilliant.[/QUOTE]

Duh, Breakfast Radio!

Try the [url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=349460&highlight=aussie+artists]
Aussie Artists thread[/url]

[QUOTE]But we do have some pretty awesome mainstream rock bands, living end, something for kate, [B]eskimo joe[/B], silverchair.[/QUOTE]

Man, I really dislike Eskimo Joe. I saw them at schoolies and they were boring as.

Also, has anyone been to The Butterfly Effect's new website and given the new samples a listen?

I also saw Eskimo Joe at schoolies! hehe, funny story actually. My mate went up to one of the guys and said "Hey, you're Eskimo Pie!".

This earned him a punch in the face from one of the band members. Anyway, forget the Aussie rock... Aussie Metal is where it's at.

:lol:

I ditched the girls I was with after two songs, and went home to drink more goon. It was good times.

And Aussie Metal is excellent as well. Psycroptic and Dungeon are both incredibly good.

[QUOTE=bradc1988]Yes, yes I do. I'm into bands like Freak Kitchen, Dream Theater/LTE, Symphony X, Zappa, Derek Sherinian and such and there's nothing like that here, just crappy "music". A friend tried to get me onto to Wolfmother, but god they're boring.

I just went through my playlist and to add to The Living End are;

Silverchair
[B]INXS, but new INXS is crap[/B]
The Whitlams

Oh yeah it is obvious considering you've made 14 posts in like 5 years.[/QUOTE]
Hah, my friend got me tickets to see new INXS.. hopefully it won't be bad. I love Silverchair.

Yo G_Mac I like the album artwork, i dont half mind the sample songs, vocals are a little strange in some places but maybe its because my internet is playing up a bit.

Whoa Aisles of White sounds very nice!

Well, of those bands that the threadstarter mentioned, I dislike a lot. But I do think there's a lot of talent out there. Just the main bands from Aus that are being labelled as rock (Jet, Rogue Traders, Lee Harding and The Veronicas) are fairly untalented hacks.

At least Wolfmother are the good type of derivative.

But I think I may merge this with the Aussie Artists thread.

I am so sick of The Veronicas. The're like my sisters favroute band, and I swear, If I hear "When It All Falls Apart" one more time, Ill disembowl someone.

[QUOTE]I am so sick of The Veronicas. The're like my sisters favroute band, and I swear, If I hear "When It All Falls Apart" one more time, Ill disembowl someone.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, but you would still bang them amirite

[QUOTE=deadinholywood]Yo G_Mac I like the album artwork, i dont half mind the sample songs, vocals are a little strange in some places but maybe its because my internet is playing up a bit.

Whoa Aisles of White sounds very nice![/QUOTE[

I actually really dislike them. I'm hoping they aren't a great indication of what to expect on Imago. They are just missing something that Begins Here and the EP had. I really dislike Clint's voice on some tracks as well, particularly A Slow Descent, which is being marketed as the new single. Either way, I'll still buy the album, but whether I enjoy it or not is another question. I also think the bands change in imago is having a bit of an effect on what I think of the samples. Without really wanting to use the term 'selling out', I think TBE may be heading in that direction. :(

Oh, and for the record, Phoenix has been dropped from the record.

[QUOTE=Apocalyptic Raids]Yeah, but you would still bang them amirite[/QUOTE]

Have you seen what they look like without 3 inches of makeup? ...

They sound so generic to me, all these crappy female pop singers/groups sound the same to me these days.

But I'd hit Natalie Bassingthwaighte or however it's spelt from the Rouge Traders/Neighbours.

That's v. true, w/o the makeup they look like Craparellas.

[QUOTE=bradc1988]

But I'd hit Natalie Bassingthwaighte or however it's spelt from the Rouge Traders/Neighbours.[/QUOTE]

She's even uglier, I think.

RE: Butterfly Effects new album - IMAGO. Think I agree with Gmac to say I'm not overwhelmingly impressed but as I remember with begins here I initially only liked a couple of tracks and the rest grew on me over time.

Why is that I wonder (how an album takes a while to grow on you)? I think it's coz initially you like the actual sound but not how it's written or composed, but after a while it just kinda gets imprinted in your head and there you go.

Great thread btw, I'm glad I rediscovered this website

[QUOTE=G_Mac07] I really dislike Clint's voice on some tracks as well, particularly A Slow Descent[/QUOTE]

Like the same voice he sings in the verses of One Second of Insanity? If so I think I know what you mean, but when he sings with his natural voice it just sounds great I reckon.

No. I think the new songs lack depth. Clint's vocals were never spectacular to begin with, but on songs like Without Wings TBE really showed how they could gel together to create something beautiful.

The new samples, really just remind me of the feeling I got when I first heard One Second Of Insanity, where I thought they were ok, but nothing more than that. Compare [i]Beautiful Mine[/i] to any of the new samples, and you should get what I mean.

I've never posted in here....but:

[SIZE="5"][COLOR="Red"]THE RED PAINTINGS FTW[/COLOR][/SIZE]

[QUOTE=Txus]I've never posted in here....but:

[SIZE="5"][COLOR="Red"]THE RED PAINTINGS FTW[/COLOR][/SIZE][/QUOTE]

Yes. :)

[QUOTE=Riva]She's even uglier, I think.[/QUOTE]

She's looked hot on Neighbours for the past few years, she has a killer rack.

meh... when its dark its about what they FEEL like more than what they look like... if they have hot bods just flick the switch...

[QUOTE=Txus]I've never posted in here....but:

[SIZE="5"][COLOR="Red"]THE RED PAINTINGS FTW[/COLOR][/SIZE][/QUOTE]

Hehe. Yes they are great.

Too bad the cancelled their FNQ tour because they're a bunch of pansies! :mad:

To add salt to the wound, I'm seeing them in two weeks. Actually, in pretty much exactly two weeks, to the very hour, I will be at an instore Acoustic set/signing.:D

Are you bringing your teddy bear, or is that a different show?

*Robot

And no. I don't have any robots lying about the place, and even if I did, I probably wouldn't take it anyway.

[QUOTE]I actually really dislike them. I'm hoping they aren't a great indication of what to expect on Imago. They are just missing something that Begins Here and the EP had. I really dislike Clint's voice on some tracks as well, particularly A Slow Descent, which is being marketed as the new single. Either way, I'll still buy the album, but whether I enjoy it or not is another question. I also think the bands change in imago is having a bit of an effect on what I think of the samples. Without really wanting to use the term 'selling out', I think TBE may be heading in that direction. :(

Oh, and for the record, Phoenix has been dropped from the record.[/QUOTE]

I cant really comment on any image change within the band as ive never really been all that into them (only have a few songs and doubt that i'd buy an album) Just though some of the samples sounded quite nice but they dont touch other Aussie heavier rock acts.
Strange that Phoenix was dropped weren't they pushing that song not too long ago?

Cog have written about 12 songs for their new album and are expecting it to be released early 2007.Very exciting.

I hope they do more good songs and less bad songs this time around

I like all of the songs on The New Normal,except for maybe Charades and The River Song.