Conference napalm::heavy_metal

    I've heard it and didn't like it at all.  It's total retro-mid-70s
    sound.  "What's Up" is by far the most interesting song on there.  I
    think it's very boring, and get's irritating in short order.  I also
    don't care for the production they used on it, too much reverb on the
    lead vocal, which still couldn't hide the fact that the woman can't
    stay on pitch.  Normally that doesn't really bother me (I mean, I like
    the old Velvet Underground stuff...), but I don't like it here. 
    Perhaps it's the fact that there's nothing else I find interesting
    about the music to take my attention off of it.

    Former noter Jerry White also ended up buying this, based only on that
    one song, and his opinion was about the same as mine (except perhaps
    that he was more vehement in his hatred of it).  I seem to remember the
    word "sucks" figuring prominently in his review...

    There's also a note on this band in Radio_Radio, you might take a look
    over there for some other opinions.

    gh

    Saw them on Arsenio last night.   I've only heard that one song
    "What's up" and it makes me feel sick to my stomach.  Her voice
    really grates on my nerves.  Let's see, female lead (acoustic), two
    funny looking men on lead and bass, and a female drummer. Thats
    all I know.  The music isn't bad, the singer sounds like she is
    "howling" at the moon sometimes.
    
    Just my .02 worth.
    
    Cj, who will watch Anthrax tonight!
    

    
    
    I absolutely LOVE this band and their CD,'Bigger, Better,
    Faster,More!'.  And as 'weird' as they may look (which is hardly a
    reason to like/dislike a group), I gotta admit I kinda dig it. Also
    that's actually another chick on bass....hard to tell I realize but it
    is.....
    
    Linda Perry-vocals, acoustic & electric guitar
    Roger Rocha-guitar
    Christa Hillhouse-bass,vocals
    Dawn Richardson-drums
    
    I find her 'grating voice' great...raw but that's what I like about it.
    But unless you're into this type of music you're not gonna like them!

    Roger Roacha.....That name is Kool.
    I think that this band should Pre_Tend that they're Dead.
    I Can't throw stones tho,BeCause I haven't heard Most of their Stuff.
    
    
       Crazy_Pop_Is_Slop_Al

    
    	Hmmm ... if Sean likes them, I might too!!
    
    	8^)
    
    	Anything to do with the 70's is OK with me ... heck, I requested
    	[and got!!] "YMCA" at my friend's wedding Saturday.
    
    							GTI
    

    Just remember, there was a lotta bad music in the 70s...

    4NB *bites the BIG one*.
    
    'Nuff said.
    
    

    Shawn... what the hell has happened to you?
    
    You got sideburns now too, or what?

    
>    Just remember, there was a lotta bad music in the 70s...
    
    But percentages still put it on top!
    
    Best guitar work.
    Art rock bands had gotten better in the early 70's.
    New wave in the late 70's blows away what it degraded into.
    Top 40 sings were shlocky, but fun.  Today, their overproduced
      rap/funk/Madonna/dance hybrids that *almost* made the only
      thing bad about the 70's look respectable.
    Songs went on for more than 10 minutes.
    Concept albums.
    Real heavy metal.
    
    :^)

    I'm not accusing you of this, necessarily, but a lot of people only
    seem to remember the good stuff from the 60s and 70s, the stuff that's
    held up over time, and forget that it the minority of the music that
    was available back then.  There was a *lot* of really horrible stuff
    that nobody remembers ('cause they don't want to).
    
    gh

    Aye,i`ll agree with that. There was some utter rubbish,for example,Free
    Led Zeppelin,Deep Purple,Black Sabbath and so on....but some sheer
    inspired brilliance such as The Bee Gees,The Partridge Family,little
    Donny Osmond,Village People etc.
    
    
    er,or something like that.
    

    
    Don't know much about this band as I've only heard "Whats Up" plus one
    other track.....so could someone confirm how many females are in this
    band. 
    
    A tenner rides on the answer.
            
    I saw the line up posted in .3 and reckon the name Christa is female
    but I'm noooooooo sure. Confirmation would be appreciated. 
    
    Del.

    I think the Bass_Player is a Female,Thou It's A_Little Hard to tell.:_)
    
    2 Men and 2 Women.

    
     If the bass player is female does that not make 3 in total?
    
     There's already Linda Perry (vocals) & Dawn Richardson (drums),
     unless Dawn should read Don, I make that 3. 
     
     Confused....I am!
        
     Del.

    I Thought that was a Woman Behind the Drum_Set!!!
    
        Crazy_Always_Confused_Al

    
    Yup- That bass-player is a chick! YOWSA....
    Three chicks and one guy...
    
    The CD is pretty good...
    
    SueJ

    I'll say it again, I hate this band!  They sound absolutely terrible to
    me!  Now that that stupid "What's Up" video is on the every-10-minute
    rotation on MTV, I have to keep changing the channel a LOT! 
    
    I wanna hear Beevis & Butthead slam on 'em...  ;^)
    
    gh

    
    Whaddya expect?  eMpTV makes everything worse than it really is! :^)
    
    Even Beavis and Butthead are too late, too little, and too derivative
    (lessee Spicoli begat Bill and Ted begat Wayne and Garth begat
    Beavis and Butthead..... or maybe Fred and Barney started it all?)
    
    I still like this band!
    
    - Sean

    I liked this song when it first came out but now I'm sick of it!
    
    
                                                 ian