Mastodon at the 40Watt Club

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Tue December 12th, 2006, 10:35 pm

Blarg! wrote:Are we just ignoring the fact that mastodon are bigtime sellouts?

Selling out in my mind requires changing your sound to aquire more fans, ie Metallica or Green Day.
Blood Mountain sounds different, but it certainly isn't more commercially friendly.

MikeLindgren · Post by **MikeLindgren** » Tue December 12th, 2006, 11:10 pm

Mastodon is about as metal as Nirvana. Fuck Mastodon.

ProstheticHead12 · Post by **ProstheticHead12** » Tue December 12th, 2006, 11:15 pm

Mike wrote:
Blarg! wrote:Are we just ignoring the fact that mastodon are bigtime sellouts?
Selling out in my mind requires changing your sound to aquire more fans, ie Metallica or Green Day.
Blood Mountain sounds different, but it certainly isn't more commercially friendly.

Very true. Although folks keep trying since Mastodon were on Conan and are nominated for a Grammy. Fact remains that they've only gotten better with each album and sellout is a painfully overused term.

ProstheticHead12 · Post by **ProstheticHead12** » Tue December 12th, 2006, 11:16 pm

MikeLindgren wrote:Mastodon is about as metal as Nirvana. Fuck Mastodon.

Fuck 'em because they're not metal? Or because you secretly love Nirvana too?

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Tue December 12th, 2006, 11:17 pm

Grammy? Whaaa?

I think that the Mastodon record is the heaviest, and most experimental metal album to come out on one of the non-metal dominated major labels in a very long time.

So, no, in my opinion that's not really selling out.

MikeLindgren · Post by **MikeLindgren** » Tue December 12th, 2006, 11:30 pm

I really, really, truly, madly, and deeply, dislike Mastodon's music. It sounds like it was recorded on tape in someone's basement. It doesn't speak to me very much. It must be crazy experimental because to me it doesn't even sound like metal. It's just one dude's opinion, which can't count for much, but I fucking hate Mastodon.

slut rag · Post by **slut rag** » Wed December 13th, 2006, 12:10 am

where the fuck is this club?!

i have never heard of it...

holly · Post by **holly** » Wed December 13th, 2006, 12:16 am

MikeLindgren wrote:I really, really, truly, madly, and deeply, dislike Mastodon's music. It sounds like it was recorded on tape in someone's basement. It doesn't speak to me very much. It must be crazy experimental because to me it doesn't even sound like metal. It's just one dude's opinion, which can't count for much, but I fucking hate Mastodon.

...I don't even know how to reply to that.

ProstheticHead12 · Post by **ProstheticHead12** » Wed December 13th, 2006, 12:25 am

slut rag wrote:where the fuck is this club?!

i have never heard of it...

Athens!

TheKshatriya · Post by **TheKshatriya** » Wed December 13th, 2006, 2:25 am

Mastodon isnt bad, I like some of their music. I like their first EP the best though.

Converge is good, I like them a lot. Their shows are always insane and so much fun.

MikeLindgren · Post by **MikeLindgren** » Wed December 13th, 2006, 12:28 pm

holly wrote:
MikeLindgren wrote:I really, really, truly, madly, and deeply, dislike Mastodon's music. It sounds like it was recorded on tape in someone's basement. It doesn't speak to me very much. It must be crazy experimental because to me it doesn't even sound like metal. It's just one dude's opinion, which can't count for much, but I fucking hate Mastodon.
...I don't even know how to reply to that.

You know, they seem like really nice dudes. I met Brann at Swayze's one time, and he was a personable rube. They're from the ATL. I really WANT to like 'em, but I just can't get into it. I can't even put my finger on what it is, I just ain't feelin' it. I don't like the overall tonal texture of the recordings. I think, personally it's a lot of the chord voicings, don't resonate, no pun intended, with me. I don't like the way the bass lines roll out. I'm just not feelin' it.

It really reminds me of toughened-up, progged-out Nirvana.

Blarg! · Post by **Blarg!** » Wed December 13th, 2006, 1:19 pm

Yeah,i saw branns wife's band LUST at swazeys and he was there,

anyways

They did change their sound,Maybe they dident have "making more fans" in mind,but I all i know is as soon as they signed with warner,they lightened up.

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Wed December 13th, 2006, 1:49 pm

Blarg! wrote: They did change their sound,Maybe they dident have "making more fans" in mind,but I all i know is as soon as they signed with warner,they lightened up.

Have you heard the track Bladecatcher?
Lightening up?

Blarg! · Post by **Blarg!** » Thu December 14th, 2006, 7:04 am

Im not saying all of their new tracks are pussy,Just most of them

Lightning Up

De-heavyizing

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Thu December 14th, 2006, 1:24 pm

all of their tracks weren't heavy to begin with.

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