BOC: Eric on WotT and other things (long)

[Carl E. Anderson]

> >        Well I dunno, I like what I've heard of Prong and White
> >Zombie, but Pantera just seems silly to me.  Biohazard and Machinehead
> >don't do too much for me either.  I've only seen STP on MTV, and for a
> >grungoid band they weren't too bad--though I actually got more of a kick
> >out of Alice in Chains :)
>
> I've allways looked upon STP as a AIC-copy, I don't think they've done=20
> anything interesting at all.=20

        Well, I didn't think STP were _interesting_  I just thought there
were worse things on MTV.  STP didn't make me instantly want to throw
large heavy objects at the TV ;)

> Carl, I totally agree -Pantera is silly! But so is White Zombie too.
> I just can't accept the fact that they (White Zombie -I've got other=20
> problems with Pantera... :-)  ) seem to think their image is more importent=
> =20
> than the music they are playing...

        That is a valid criticism of White Zombie, but I'm not _always_
looking for highly meaningful music.  White Zombie (I'm not actually sure
I've heard anything from their last album) are silly rock'n'roll fun,
and I like that sometimes.
        No matter how image oriented they may be, it's not like they
don't know it.  I remember a quote of theirs from an interview which
said "the best things that ever happened to music were wah-wah pedals
and explosions.  All you need is the theme from "Shaft" and something
blowing up!"
        Now that has a certain barbaric, naive appeal :)

        There are enough substance-less bands trying to pretend they
are deep and serious, that I don't mind a substance-less band which
is happy that way ;)

> Last summer I saw Biohazard live for the first time... and LAST.
> If White Zombie is trying to sell Cds just using their "cool" image,=20
> Biohazard uses their (and I think it feels a bit forced!) attitude in the=20
> same way.

        Yeah, but I like White Zombies' dumb image better.  Those guys in
Biohazard look like they need *lots* of laxatives. ;)

Cheers,
Carl

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