[QUOTE=Happymeal]I heard their EP's are better than the LP. But then I've only listened to [I]A New Set of Lungs[/I] and a couple of other songs.[/QUOTE]

i listen to cryonics, fair trades and farewells, and a new set of lungs all the time. and its all just personal preference, but to me i think cryonics is just as amazing as their other stuff.

and like buddybigsby already answered, the singer is from saetia. i'm sure he is so sick of talking about saetia though. its too bad, because when i got to meet him, i would have really liked to ask a little about saetia, but thought that he probably didn't want to talk about it.

When I saw Hot Cross a few months ago, I asked their merch guy if they had the Saetia Retrospective, because I couldn't find it in the distro. He said they had sold out, but I was able to buy it from another band's distro.

When it was Hot Cross' time to play, the dude I thought was the merch guy gets on stage and starts singing.

[QUOTE=BuddyBigsby]When I saw Hot Cross a few months ago, I asked their merch guy if they had the Saetia Retrospective, because I couldn't find it in the distro. He said they had sold out, but I was able to buy it from another band's distro.

When it was Hot Cross' time to play, the dude I thought was the merch guy gets on stage and starts singing.[/QUOTE]

:) Thats awesome, lol

Where do you guys live? I know there is nothing even remotely similar to emo around here, I live in a redneck-ruled area that has no music scene. Heh. But I am willing to travel a good distance to see bands I like.

Orange County area in Southern California. The emo scene here is really really small, from what I've garnered in my experiences at least.

[QUOTE=EvIL_ToASTER_OVEN]:eek: I just listened to Hot Cross for the first time ever. I'm impressed.[/QUOTE]

Hot Cross are pretty good. Especially 'Throw Collars To The Wind'. But the whole new EP is pretty darn good.

I always thought they had the guitarists from Saetia. I never realized it was just the drummer and the singer. :confused:

[QUOTE=BuddyBigsby]When I saw Hot Cross a few months ago, I asked their merch guy if they had the Saetia Retrospective, because I couldn't find it in the distro. He said they had sold out, but I was able to buy it from another band's distro.

When it was Hot Cross' time to play, the dude I thought was the merch guy gets on stage and starts singing.[/QUOTE]

Hahaha, that's great. :)

[QUOTE=srt-4]i listen to cryonics, fair trades and farewells, and a new set of lungs all the time. and its all just personal preference, but to me i think cryonics is just as amazing as their other stuff.

and like buddybigsby already answered, the singer is from saetia. i'm sure he is so sick of talking about saetia though. its too bad, because when i got to meet him, i would have really liked to ask a little about saetia, but thought that he probably didn't want to talk about it.[/QUOTE]

I only really dig A New Set of Lungs and the split 7"s.

Billy's kind of tired of being 'that dude from Saetia', yeah.. but ask him whatever you like. He'll answer.
We used to joke about Saetia reunion shows all the time and the kids were like "WHAT? WHERE? WHEN?!?!"
It was great.

It's also funny that they've become one of those post-humous hype bands. There were only like 40 kids at their last show.

I saw Hot Cross a couple times when I was in the USA last and it was SO ****ing weird to see Billy all tatoo'ed up and ****. Super nice guy, seriously. One of the most genuine and sincere people in hardcore.

[QUOTE=BuddyBigsby]Orange County area in Southern California. The emo scene here is really really small, from what I've garnered in my experiences at least.[/QUOTE]

Try travelling around a little.

Bakersfield have a couple great bands.

Just not to be confused, the term "emo" is orginially a short form for emotional hardcore, or just emotional? Because It's hard work to learn to people that Taking Back Sunday ( among other bands, but I think TBS is the band most people think is real emo around here ) is NOT a pure emo band in any way. I always thought emo meant emotional hardcore but then fourfa.com confused me because it has two separate types of music: emo, and emocore. Could anyone clear that up for me?

Could someone describe to me explicitely what "hardcore" is. ( I'm a noob looking for re-education :upset: ) So I can educate myself. There's this wannabe emo guy who thinks The Hurt Process , Saosin and Funeral For a Friend are emo and I can't wait to hit him with some fresh reality.

[QUOTE=DFelon204409]LIke I asked earlier, what band were you in?[/QUOTE]


Reach Out.

You might have heard of us??

[QUOTE=tornpictures]Try travelling around a little.

Bakersfield have a couple great bands.[/QUOTE]

Figures. Bakersfield doesn't have much else going for them. Does San Diego still have a scene at all do you know?

[QUOTE=BuddyBigsby]Figures. Bakersfield doesn't have much else going for them. Does San Diego still have a scene at all do you know?[/QUOTE]

I haven't been down there in quite a while.

The Pine are a great Bakersfield band.. [url]www.geocities.com/thepinepage[/url]

Funeral Diner are from down there somewhere, I think. (or are they more SF, Bay Area?).

Anyway, Gravity Records, maybe some GSL stuff?

I think FD are bay area.

torn, was the split with Honeywell one song for each band? Because I found something of yours off that split, but its just titled "Reach Out (Split 7" with Honeywell)" and it's one song, but its 5 minutes so just having that one song would make sense. And does it have a title? Either way, it's really fu[font=verdana]c[/font]king good.

I don't like new Hot Cross EP. I like [I]Cryonics[/I] a whole bunch though.

Is ATDI emo? They seem a little different, but I think they can still be classified as emo. Not sure though.

[QUOTE=BuddyBigsby]torn, was the split with Honeywell one song for each band? Because I found something of yours off that split, but its just titled "Reach Out (Split 7" with Honeywell)" and it's one song, but its 5 minutes so just having that one song would make sense. And does it have a title? Either way, it's really fu[font=verdana]c[/font]king good.[/QUOTE]

Two songs!!

Gadfly and Message To. (I didn't make up the titles.)

Thanks alot dude man!!

Yeah, Funeral Diner are ****ing AWESOME live.
They don't really have to thrash around to make their live act awesome.

We thrashed around too much.

I downloaded three songs by a band called Reach Out. If it's your band then godda[b][i][/i][/b]mn you guys kicked total a[b][i][/i][/b]ss.

Haha, thanks man.

Wow, give 'em to me online.

Get online you bastard.

Torn, what instrument did you play?

In fact, I would like a biography of your band, even if basic, but it would be cool to here about how you started, who you played with, releases, etc.

Oh, you just demand biographies now?

So I should be seeing Envy, Off Minor, Welcome To The Plague Year and Malady right now.

[QUOTE=cbmartinez]Oh, you just demand biographies now?

So I should be seeing Envy, Off Minor, Welcome To The Plague Year and Malady right now.[/QUOTE]

Indeed I do. Actually, it was more like a request, sorry if it seemed like a demand.

And you have my sympathy.

One of the first threads I ever made on MX was where I insinuated that emo sucked because I didn't like Dashboard Confessional. I'm just lucky DFelon didn't reach through the screen and strangle me.

Now I have a better understanding of the genre thanks to threads like these, and I appreciate it a lot more than Dashboard, who is more of a James-Taylor-for-the-new-millennium-type of band.

Anyway: I'm sure At The Drive-In has been discussed, but I could only get through the first ten pages of the thread before giving up and just re-asking the question now. What are they?

haha, you and stagefrightken would get along.

[QUOTE=Wow]Get online you bastard.[/QUOTE]

You get online. :angry: I want the songs too.

[QUOTE=DFelon204409]Let's play a game:

D[size=2]ic[/size]k Army is to Va[size=2]gin[/size]a Coastguard

as

stagefrightken is to _______________[/QUOTE]

Pudding? Wait... no...

Anyways, is The Fall Of Troy considered as emo? They are like ATDI but a little different, I think are just indie prog stuff, but some parts sounds very emo-ish to me.

[QUOTE=S.O.B.]Pudding? Wait... no...

Anyways, is The Fall Of Troy considered as emo? They are like ATDI but a little different, I think are just indie prog stuff, but some parts sounds very emo-ish to me.[/QUOTE]

I'd just call them progressive indie or something. Then again they do [I]kind of[/I] sound like Hot Cross...

The Fall Of Troy aren't emo.

[quote=Dfelon]Why aren't you seeing them?[/quote]

It was in Philly. My parents wouldn't let me go. I cried, punched, moped, etc. but nope.