In the crowd

[elSicomoro]

Originally posted by dhamsaic
favorite tool album is undertow actually. that's what got me started. it's also got four degrees, which is pretty much my favorite tool song... been into tool since '93 and it isn't slowing down...

"Sober" started getting airplay in St. Louis in mid-1993. I happened to see them at Lollapalooza '93. At the time, they were on the second stage. They were sawing the heads off Cabbage Patch dolls and tossing them to the crowd...it was a good set though. I'd have to go with "Ænima" as my favorite.

faith no more, i've been listening to since '89... i'm a retardedly big faith no more fan...

You and my friend from high school would get along great...he drooled over FNM. I had tix to see their last tour (when Limp Bizkit opened for them...I think this was their last tour), but sold off my ticket. To me, FNM was one of those bands that would put out a great album ("The Real Thing," "King For a Day"), then put out a strange one ("Angel Dust," "Album of the Year").

Now, speaking of Patton, let's talk about Mr. Bungle. I love Mr. Bungle! Particularly their first one. It's one of my favorites. And "Disco Volante" may very well be the strangest album ever released on a major label.

soundgarden... man... the reason i say that they're the most underappreciated band is because no one really looks at them as "one of the best" or anything... they tend to get heaped in as a "grunge" band

Now, I wouldn't say that. Soundgarden, while sometimes panned as a glorified metal band, were an extremely talented band. Cornell...Thayil...Ben Shepherd...Cameron...all respected artists. They were the first "grunge" band to sign to a major label (1990's "Louder than Love")...and they were courted before that. I liked the way Kim Thayil described "grunge" once: "It's one part punk, one part metal, and one part somewhere between psychadelic and retarded."

down on the upside is a hugely underrated album as well... i think it was a great last album...

I got mad at them for releasing that album. To me, it was just rehashing "Superunknown." Every album before that had that special something that made it unique...I just didn't feel it with that last album.