[QUOTE=neverender;14928157]coheed are still awesome..

stuck up musical snobs are just missing out :) all this "they were only good on their first album" **** that ppl go with when bands get bigger is ridiculous. Keep riding round on your high horses i ll just enjoy the music :chug:[/QUOTE]

are you going to change your name then??

>:-}

Im not riding my high horse.

They were just better on the first album.

[QUOTE=YDload;14928161]are you going to change your name then??

>:-}[/QUOTE]

:smash:

I like all the albums they all have ups and downs, sstb just has lots of ups.

[QUOTE=neverender;14928157]coheed are still awesome..

stuck up musical snobs are just missing out :) all this "they were only good on their first album" **** that ppl go with when bands get bigger is ridiculous. Keep riding round on your high horses i ll just enjoy the music :chug:[/QUOTE]

Man it's just their first album is way better. The sound is more fresh and original. On the following album they sound quite like lots of bands I've heard before, maybe with a little distinctive sound on the vocals and also the production on IKSOSE is unnatural. Bass lines for example sound much better on the first album, clean guitars too, and Claudio's vocals sound much better in SSTB ... Still, as I said, there are some amazing songs on their 2nd album, but their first had no bad/mediocre songs.

ive been trying to get back into these guys lately

[QUOTE=DJ Ducksauce;14900202]So apparently Chris Pennie is the new drummer for CoCa. What happened to Josh?[/QUOTE]

Since nobody answered this, I will.

Right when the band was about to start touring this past fall, Josh Eppard and Michael Todd both left the band (left, not booted out). Apparently, there had always been some tension with those two when it came to going on tour because they hated being away from their friends and family for such long periods of time. It's pretty understandable in some ways, but not the best choice to make over all, imo.
So Chris Pennie filled in on drums and some other dude who I don't remember the name of filled in on bass for the time being.
However, just days before the band went into the studio to record their upcoming album, Michael Todd decided that being gone from time to time was worth being in the band, and rejoined.
Josh Eppard is still gone, and... I haven't heard much about him since.
My guess is that he'll now be putting more and more focus on his Hip-Hop project, Weerd Science.

[QUOTE=neverender;14928157]coheed are still awesome..

stuck up musical snobs are just missing out :) all this "they were only good on their first album" **** that ppl go with when bands get bigger is ridiculous. Keep riding round on your high horses i ll just enjoy the music :chug:[/QUOTE]

Dude, I don't think anybody has said that they were [I]only[/I] good on their first album, because we all know that's not true. They've always been good. Even on the first Good Apollo Album, they kicked ***, despite thier total change in direction.
We're just saying that they were at their [I]best[/I] on SSTB. And I have to say that I fully agree.
But this doesn't mean I think they've gotten any worse over time.
Actually, in my honest opinion, the order I put the three albums in so far would have to be:
1. Second Stage Turbine Blade
2. Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV; Volume 1: From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness
3. In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3

[QUOTE=RetiredAt21;14907459]I'm not trying to troll but it just amazes me that the C&C fad isn't over yet. It boggles my mind.

You my nig, Cob.[/QUOTE]

Except that it's not a "fad".
People like what they like.
We don't listen to Coheed because it's "popular" or because it would somehow make us cool.
We listen to them because we actually like them.

Band sucks. End of story.

[QUOTE=RetiredAt21;14941262]Band sucks. End of story.[/QUOTE]

nah

Justin(ha, my name too): You have your opinion, and if you don't like the band, don't come in here and talk crap about them. Let us wallow in our own blind bliss.

yeah pennie has talent but i doubt he'll fit into the band. I hope his "try too hard" drumming doesnt affect the basslines too much either :(

i think eventually he'll be good for the band tho. haven't really listened to DEP but i've heard that he's technical?

very looking forward to GA2

The basslines (like almost everything else in the band) have been buttcrack since SSTB.

they got Taylor Hawkings from foo fighters on drums for the new album. but still are gonna use Pennie for the live shows.

and they have some good bass lines but they just get mixed back

so anyone see them at warped tour? im going this saturday, should be good

New song is up on their myspace page.

I love it, along with anything else they've done.

Yay, I heard it from the warped tour videos, but the real version makes it a lot better, naturally.

Not bad. Still has a lot of that GA feel and the overproduced sound it had in GA as well.

I'm going to get my hopes up a little for this album. Just a little.

[QUOTE=cobert;15083768]The basslines (like almost everything else in the band) have been buttcrack since SSTB.[/QUOTE]

the basslines are awesome on all 3 albums imo..

do u play an instrument?

[QUOTE=neverender;15083012]yeah pennie has talent but i doubt he'll fit into the band. I hope his "try too hard" drumming doesnt affect the basslines too much either :([/QUOTE]

It'll be interesting to hear how much he alters the recorded drums,
especially as Taylor is much more a typical rock drummer - i've already noticed this on the new single.

One thing Josh was good at was really making the drums sound good when they played live, I hope that isn't missed.

nooo, cant listen to the song cos myspace dosnt work for me.... looking to the album!

Yeah I wont be getting this.


[QUOTE]the basslines are awesome on all 3 albums imo..

do u play an instrument?[/QUOTE]

Bass.

[QUOTE=cobert;15097026]Bass.[/QUOTE]

Well then I guess you realise there really isn't much difference in the way he constructs his basslines from the 3 albums! All fun to listen to and play and in a similar vein.

[QUote]It'll be interesting to hear how much he alters the recorded drums,
especially as Taylor is much more a typical rock drummer - i've already noticed this on the new single.

One thing Josh was good at was really making the drums sound good when they played live, I hope that isn't missed.[/quote]

Yeah it will be interesting, I really think Josh will be missed to be honest.

It does seem strange theyre using different drummers for live/studio instead of getting a permanent member of the band... anyone know why theyre doing it that way? :confused:

They might have been similar, but in SSTB it was anything on IKSOSE (not so much on GA) but waaaaay more creative.

Seriously, the bass towards the end of Hearshot Kid Disaster (in the breakdownish part) is still so fun to play, same with the intro to Time Consumer.

[QUOTE=neverender;15098666]

It does seem strange theyre using different drummers for live/studio instead of getting a permanent member of the band... anyone know why theyre doing it that way? :confused:[/QUOTE]

Chris Pennie is their permanent drummer.

why is he not doing the studio work then?

eta: or was taylor hawkins just playing for that album to fill in and now hes totally gone?

[QUOTE=neverender;15101184]why is he not doing the studio work then?

eta: or was taylor hawkins just playing for that album to fill in and now hes totally gone?[/QUOTE]

I think they wanted to get the album tracks down asap, and Pennie wasn't quite ready to at that time or something, still involved with DEP perhaps?

Either way, it's Pennie all the way now.

This whole drummer saga is pretty nuts. I'm looking forward to the new album, and Claudio's quote about the songs being more in the vein of [I]Welcome Home[/I] makes me very happy :)

[QUOTE=cobert;15098703]They might have been similar, but in SSTB it was anything on IKSOSE (not so much on GA) but waaaaay more creative.

Seriously, the bass towards the end of Hearshot Kid Disaster (in the breakdownish part) is still so fun to play, same with the intro to Time Consumer.[/QUOTE]

fair play, i enjoy the bass on all albums though. the bridge bass bit near the end of tenspeed is sooo good to play yet really simple :D mic is a legend!

As for the new song on their myspace, I wasn't sure about it after the first couple listens but I love it now, definately excited about the new album! :thumb:

yes the new song was so good live! And everyone was into to it, its good to see Mic on stage with them still. Im so pumped to hear more from them.