I am blown away by some of these ignorant posts. No one gives a shit about your negative opinion. Go spout your garbage at all the hipsters that might give a shit. I was born and raised in the country,,and the Avetts fill my soul with the magic of nature and the human condition.
The instruments are cleverly out of tune.In the 'last " 5 seconds they desperately try to show it was intended to be funny,because they aren't sure it was.Neither am I!
i feel like this guy interviewing them is maybe friends with chief from where in the world is carmen san diego. or like this studio is in the old trios on highway 51 close to carolina place. like the hornets left years ago. find new colors.
i wonder why musicians often being treated as freaks by hosts , i mean seriously they step away from the musicians guests and start asking questions that appears to be coming from a person who digs music while in fact all hosts knows only superficial facts about music. their implicit attitude toward the musician is .."oh what a crappy job your occupying your self with". most interviewers are naive
@AtomicHercules Wow. That is really deep man. I think that your response to this video is spot on though! I quote: "man this is some awkward shit. they rule though." You obviously know good music when you hear it. On a side note; I will fuck your mother and eat your children.
I don't think this was a bad interview in that the TV show's audience was probably not made up of AB fans. Sure, the interviewer's tone is a bit hokey, but he asks about their style, how trad BG fans react to them, how Bob joined the brothers (and that he isn't a 'brother', and what project they are about to do, He did that all in about 2 minutes, All together, not to bad a job. And of course the Brothers pull off the song so nicely.....
Possibly the worst interviewer ever. Killer music. I hope that guy is out of a job, or selling used cars, because that's about how sincere he was in that interview.
Ha ha... it just occurred to me that this awkward set and interview is probably the influence behind their new video for "Slight Figure Of Speech". Check it out and tell me I'm wrong.
So what if it's not pure bluegrass? What's with the labels anyway? What it is, is original music from honest musicians. We could use a lot more of it.
What it is, is AWESOME, KICK ASS music!!! These guys are the most refreshingly original band out there right now. Bluegrass or not, they're closing out Merlefest this year, and I can't WAIT!!!!
tighten everything up, drop the walking bassline, switch to Scruggs style or clawhammer on the banjo... they're a few steps away from bluegrass, for sure
Well, I have been listening to and watching the Avett Brothers almost nonstop for the past month. I went to see them this past weekend in Roanoke. Not only was the performance great, their connection with the audience was amazing. Oh yea...iceaxe56....I looked for you there. It was obvious from the start that you could not make it. Nobody looked miserable.
I was actually thinking, God loves you, everyone else thinks you are an asshole. By the way iceaxe, your views are intolerant and ignorant. My wife and I love the Avetts and we don't smoke pot, we both have graduate degrees, and are very successful. The popularity of this band is only increasing.
iceaxe ... Music is music and its different to each person. You cant attack someone because of what they do or what they like.... Well, you can but it just shows me that you are a miserable person. I happen to love the music that the avett brothers make... I dont smoke pot and im not a loser. Where is your point now? You have no point! So go on with your negative attitude because your not happy with your life/lifestyle and go figure out where you have gone wrong in your life :)
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"dude"why don't you stoners learn a new word--thats all they are dumbass is a frat group that got lucky-- no tallent--as long as dopers like you support them they wil tour
Yay...an internet "tuff-guy"...you probably "e-fight" everybody...right? Good for you! It probably helps your ego.
"Dopers"...what are you like 60 years old? LMFAO...DOPERS!!! Scooby, Shaggy, and I are going to get lit.. you probably should try some, it might loosen that broom-stick that's lodged up your ass!
yep--i 'm a bully stoner----doper--or whatever-35--but you started the e-fight loser--go burn 1 and listen to your fratgrass-but look in the mirror --i'm right
You are probably a blue-grass purist. You think anything that isn't standard old time Appalachia mountain music isn't the real thing. Then you let everyone know how you feel, I don't know why you do, but you do...Good job. we got the point. you don't like it.
btw...You should ask Doc Watson about the Avett Brothers and Old Crow Medicine Show. They have both opened up for him...go figure.
this isn't the real thing-- look around at their next concert see who attends--that should sum it up---for some reason i don't think they will be around as long as doc and ocmd--they did play merlefest once--
I know that it is not "blue-grass". I found out about them at merlefest, where I go to listen to all types of folk, blue-grass, and any combination thereof. They're a fun band that carries incredible amounts of energy. Did you know that they used to be a metal band? Hence the yelling, that's their thing.
BTW, they have now played 3 times at Merlefest; 2005, 2006, 2008. I've also seen them at Cat's Cradle x2, Lincoln Theatre x2, Reynolds Coliseum, School Kids Records, and Wesleyan College.
@iceaxe56 They must be doing something right by writing great music that touches their fans and to play not only Merlfest, but also Delfest and the grand daddy of all the Telluride Bluegrass festival
I can't help it. I have to respond to you iceaxe56. I know you are not a musician because you lack the one thing all musicians share.....respect. These guys are very talented and they will be around for as long as they want to be. You, are a music and social idiot. Look here Sparky.....great music evolves from other great music. It always has and it always will. I would like to say more but I have to go and enjoy myself with friends.......somethiing I bet you don't do often.
i love it when you wack jobs sound off-what does enjoying yourself with your friends have to do with the avett comments--weed has burned what little brain you have left---they will be around as long as losers like you steal their songs from the internet--i would say more--damn what a dumbass
You sir (iceaxe56) are a fucking idiot. What does smoking herb have to do with avett comments? Can you not just enjoy; not destroy? Can you not see that your comment from two months ago has been ranked so low that you can't even see what stupidity lay underneath? Have a nice day D bag.
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you have to be on"herb' to listen to this crap--luv to get these responses--struck a nerve i think--get a life girl-"smoking herb "spoken like a true earth mother(wannabe hippie)
@0boardcertified0 yeah thats me--another ooohhh the avett bros.fan---they are to bluegrass what justin bieber is to rock--"die die die" you gotta be kidding me
@iceaxe56 Never said they were bluegrass but they draw the attention of bluegrass fans due to being good original folk style singers and they're welcomed with open arms at those events. As for drawing wanna be hippies you couldn't be farther off the mark. Their crowds are some of the best people you'll ever (or in your case never) meet, from 6 to 60 years old these guys bring in good people.
@iceaxe56 then why click on the video and watch it and take the time to comment??? why??? why why why??? also, please post a video of an example of your songwriting in comparison to the avetts, and include any instances you were invited to play (or played) on the grammys, or have ever headlined a folk/bluegrass festival... thanks
@shademonger13 cause i like to get avett brothers groupies all fired up-they ,like you get so defensive, why would a loser like you actually give a shit about a band --just listen to yourself--your like a little teen girl going on about a boy band---grow up dude
@shademonger13 you take it so fucking serious,it is abso hilarious--they way you geeks go on--and your pea size brain is right about 1 thing--i have a ball doing this
@iceaxe56 and loser my ass, youre a 54 old man who goes on youtube and "fires up avett brothers groupies". cool bro. i dont mean to offend you, but like what are you about? because you may want to find more interesting things to do with your time.... try masturbation, or dating!!!
@shademonger13 i don't know loser this ranks pretty high--why don't you get passionate about other things besides the avetts ,dont know how old you and don't give a damn-but you got to be still in high school to think like this--if not-- be afraid.
@iceaxe56 youre a cool dude. lets see some of your work! what bluegrass chops do you possess? or is your talent limited to being jealous of a band that is more successful then you will ever be? this goes beyond me being an avett bros fan, because i havent heard much of their stuff, but i can assure you that they are deserving of the hype that surrounds them.
@shademonger13 just know a frat band when i see 1--if you haven't heard much of their stuff why argue--voicing my opinion and the freaks run with it--shows how fucked up they are--even got fags saying to suck them--its funny as hell just to sit back and watch the comments--over a group formed in college-(nc greensboro) as a joke--just shows you where the music is today---
@iceaxe56 i argue because this music is a thousand times better then any commercial pop music or rap out there now, no matter how bad you say they are, you MUST agree with the fact that this is true. If you are a true purist, which you seem to be judging by the way youre an asshole to everyone, you should at least be glad about what the avetts are doing for folk music in general. They have turned a lot of "fags" and "losers" like me on to the world of old american music.
@shademonger13sorry to tell you thats not folk--go listen to doc watson--and then hear this crap--i don't know what genre it is --its just loud --and its not old--unlike ocms--they have a following not unlike jonas bros. --and hanson brothers--they try to be something they are not--thats the problem i have with them.
Everything they do, every aspect of their music is pulled from the various life/artistic influences. I am very familiar with the American roots tradition. From Doc to Mississippi John Hurt to blues aristists, folk, country, gospel. The Avett Brothers are a very organic, and a natural evolution of folk music (music made for and thrust into popularity by the people) without being hokey. OCMS has instrumental chops but very little else. They have nothing on The Johnson Mountain Boys.
@socalsugar yeah--i guess thats why they are called punkgrass-and as about as hokey as you can get--seems like they jumped on the ocms bandwagon but they are a poor comparison--they have their following now but it wont last--i still call it fratgrass because you can go to any college in the south and find these guy:,the band was started on a whim(they were a rock band and it has taken them this far-but to each his own
Their Dad has over 70 acoustic guitars. He raised them on a farm and heavily educated his boys on country/folkblues singer-songwriters. Hard rock was a part of their teenage years as it is for many rural kids. It's honest and sincere that both elements are present in their band, not hokey. They are the two time AMERICANA MUSIC ASSOCIATION duo/group of the year. They are just as popular in the roots community as on college campuses.
@socalsugar There are bands just like this on college campuses--they just happen to hit it with a following-their band nemo wasn't working so they took the string band route--and thru in some screaming and it worked for them---they are starting to fade but let them milk it while it lasts
It isn't about the screaming, beards, or banjo. It's about the songs. They have put to record some stellar original songs. (If It's the Beaches, Please Pardon Yourself, Murder In the Ciry, Landry Room, to name a few). That is what has made them arguably the greatest grassroots success story of the past decade. Songwriters don't just disappear. All signs show them on their way up and with the substance and artistic approach to give them staying power.
Many rural kids tend to gravitate toward hard music in their teens, but some ultimately realize that the emotion and upfrontness they thought they were getting, is better achieved through more stripped down instrumentation that pushes the vocals and lyrics to the front. Punk and Folk share many things. Seth and Scott Avett are the heart of Nemo and the Avetts. There was even an in-between band name Nemo Downstairs. They didn't ditch one band for another they evolved musically.
@socalsugar they will continue as long as they have a college following--but their lyrics are empty--no staying power--and as they say in their interviews they did switch music styles--you don't go from hard rock to folk music--they saw a market for this and jumped on it--old crow started this by playing on the streets of boone--these guys saw ocms and said hey we can do this and tried to copy
The Avetts following was built on streets, churches, taverns, festivals, etc.
OCMS is a doped up old timey band. The Avett Brothers mix singer-songwriter country of childhood and grunge intensity of teen years.
The only thing the Avetts lyrics are empty of is drug references. OCMS has plenty of those.
OCMS is fine when playing traditionals but their originals are flat flops more often than not. Just compare their cover packed debut album to the recent dud of originals Tennessee Pusher
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@socalsugar avett songs are about nothing--they make no sense-and the group was built out of a n c greensboro frat house--now i see they are opening up for a braves game--matter of time and they will be at six flags--there following is growing up and there sound is growing old
That wasn't really so awkward. They're not actually related, so the quip was referring to the fact that the band is "The Avett Brothers" when they're, you know, not brothers.
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Call it what you want, they may sing and play OTHER genres but I have heard them sing bluegrass. This song is NOT bluegrass and I do NOT like it as well as their bluegrass songs. The Delmore Bros had "Blues Stay Away From Me" and some so called "experts" say it was rockabilly and that is a bunch of hogwash also.
Your statement here is not accurate. What you should have said is that YOU did not deficate what I thought and that is not anymore than I would expect from an idiot. That, if you can add 2 & 2 puts you in that category as I consider it. I'm SURE there are some people that do consider what I think as being a valid consideration, even that you are in the idiot category. Comprendo?
i actually dont comprehend. your writing is very hard to understand. but still, sbnewman... no need to be an internet asshole. bunch of savages around here...
Two dislikes?!?! WHO THE FFFFFFFFF
bamparan 1 month ago
"Now Bob your last name isn't Avett.....I guess you're brothers from different mothers." Bob (trying not to laugh).
TheFletch827 2 months ago
I just laughed soooo loud at this interview. Favorite fast Avett song though.
sarahmychal88 2 months ago
These gentlemen seem like they would put together a good music show performance of sorts. What does everyone think?
dcellitti 3 months ago
@dcellitti is that sarcasm? this is the best band on the face of the earth.
emiller165 1 month ago
Yall think this show is weird? Welcome to North Carolina fuckers.
grayt 4 months ago 5
I feel like this is the influence for the Slight Figure of Speech video
iMilodesigns 5 months ago 2
worst program ever? best band ever?
ThePedosexy 6 months ago
This is such a weird video and almost seems staged!
The prototypical small town newscaster's and a small town "interview" followed by the Avett Brothers str8 up rocking the shit!
DownOnwax 7 months ago
@DownOnwax it's a state wide tv show... -.-
ryan12990 6 months ago
I am blown away by some of these ignorant posts. No one gives a shit about your negative opinion. Go spout your garbage at all the hipsters that might give a shit. I was born and raised in the country,,and the Avetts fill my soul with the magic of nature and the human condition.
grizlybrad 7 months ago 3
This was my intro to the avett bros a while ago. Its cool to see how they have come along.
MellowCruisin 7 months ago
2:50 i realised the bassist is a warewolf
TheNickthequik 9 months ago
@iceaxe56 Soooo I guess since nobody likes them anymore the whole playing at the Grammys with Bob Dylan thing was just a pity performance?
rjlaw11 9 months ago
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rjlaw11 9 months ago
Why do people love to hate?
DizzyDozyRoll 10 months ago 4
They both look homeless. <3
KeepItGayStageNazi 11 months ago
your all tools
ekim2213 11 months ago
your r all tools
ekim2213 11 months ago
The instruments are cleverly out of tune.In the 'last " 5 seconds they desperately try to show it was intended to be funny,because they aren't sure it was.Neither am I!
3Pitous 11 months ago
@TheDoubleTreble now i have flushed the homos out of the trees--good work i say-you like guys to suck your cock---how queer is that
iceaxe56 11 months ago
I'd call their genre "Bluegrass Punk".
exactomacto 1 year ago
As for your imaginary "fratgrass" genre you've created....cute. Doubt it catches on.
0boardcertified0 1 year ago
"Maybe make them feel like they are not alone." Mission accomplished!!!
rpjones82 1 year ago
Man they can grow might beards! Pretty quick too DAMN!
poopymaker112084 1 year ago
"i guess your brothers with different mothers. a ha. a ha ha." classic
JPowellMusic 1 year ago
haha "mitch," is the same dude on that black reporter eats a bug video.. WTF IS THAT?!
a89alex 1 year ago
god i hate when guitarists dont clip their strings!! u think it looks cool until u poke ur fuckin eye out!
kdjfnvjvd 1 year ago
the bassist's mike is waaay too loud
jjs91 1 year ago
You can tell this was waaaaayyyy too early in the morning... Seth has the baggy-I-just-woke-up-what-the-hell look....
And the interviewer dude is just way too... MORNING!
creeloebelle 1 year ago
BROTHERS WITH DIFFERENT MOTHERS!
Jeffmig22 1 year ago
man this is some awkward shit. they rule though.
AtomicHercules 1 year ago
i think the avett brothers look back at this and laugh thier asses off
jakesakook 1 year ago
brothas with different mothas
mattdiggsit 1 year ago
man...that set looks 60s. who gives a shit about labeling the music bluegrass etc..
markoconroy 1 year ago
I love how hoaky that new station is.
iloveartimus 1 year ago
i feel like this guy interviewing them is maybe friends with chief from where in the world is carmen san diego. or like this studio is in the old trios on highway 51 close to carolina place. like the hornets left years ago. find new colors.
zitsos 1 year ago 18
i wonder why musicians often being treated as freaks by hosts , i mean seriously they step away from the musicians guests and start asking questions that appears to be coming from a person who digs music while in fact all hosts knows only superficial facts about music. their implicit attitude toward the musician is .."oh what a crappy job your occupying your self with". most interviewers are naive
deadhead1065 2 years ago
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It's important to remember that TRUE bluegrass MUST have a mandolin and usually a fiddle.
angfu21 2 years ago
@angfu21 it's important to remember that fuck you.
AtomicHercules 1 year ago
@AtomicHercules Wow. That is really deep man. I think that your response to this video is spot on though! I quote: "man this is some awkward shit. they rule though." You obviously know good music when you hear it. On a side note; I will fuck your mother and eat your children.
angfu21 1 year ago
@angfu21 i can't tell what you're saying with 5 dicks in your mouth. take a couple out and try again. i'm sure it's revolutionary.
AtomicHercules 1 year ago
@angfu21 "On a side note; I will fuck your mother and eat your children" Great quote, dumbass.
asw517 1 year ago
I don't think this was a bad interview in that the TV show's audience was probably not made up of AB fans. Sure, the interviewer's tone is a bit hokey, but he asks about their style, how trad BG fans react to them, how Bob joined the brothers (and that he isn't a 'brother', and what project they are about to do, He did that all in about 2 minutes, All together, not to bad a job. And of course the Brothers pull off the song so nicely.....
hdfatboy2k 2 years ago
Possibly the worst interviewer ever. Killer music. I hope that guy is out of a job, or selling used cars, because that's about how sincere he was in that interview.
themarkusjerome 2 years ago
i have a feeling that the news anchor interviewin them isnt from North Carolina
brodank 2 years ago
that news guys seems like a giant nerd
surbsma 2 years ago 19
@surbsma But, you can't deny this: he has a badass voice.
Bjack900 10 months ago
@surbsma emphasis on the giant
msfrankie 5 months ago
haha seth should grow a beard back
jumpkenny 2 years ago 2
jcpegg: Now that you mention it, I think you're right. Ha!
nastynate704 2 years ago
It's real mountain music y'all :]
undyinghope27 2 years ago
better than just bluegrass
420andsuch 2 years ago 2
Ha ha... it just occurred to me that this awkward set and interview is probably the influence behind their new video for "Slight Figure Of Speech". Check it out and tell me I'm wrong.
jcpegg 2 years ago 5
haha yeah your right
420andsuch 2 years ago
Oh goodness!! You're so right!!! :O lol this was so awkward!
undyinghope27 2 years ago 2
you may definitely be correct it would sure seem so yeah I think so as well
danielc121162 2 years ago
yeah that video of Slight figure of speech is one of the most hilarious things I've seen in a long time
danielc121162 2 years ago
So what if it's not pure bluegrass? What's with the labels anyway? What it is, is original music from honest musicians. We could use a lot more of it.
muleskinnerslide 2 years ago 2
What it is, is AWESOME, KICK ASS music!!! These guys are the most refreshingly original band out there right now. Bluegrass or not, they're closing out Merlefest this year, and I can't WAIT!!!!
jcpegg 2 years ago
scott looks like a spaniel.
rolltidemcs 2 years ago
the interview is so awkward
mssarahpatty 2 years ago
Looks like a Geico commercial.
skiwintercampsummer 2 years ago 2
Loose the bass drum and high hat and BAM blue grass....
LedChilli 2 years ago
are you kidding
ttime000 2 years ago
Thats what blue grass is silly...
LedChilli 2 years ago
tighten everything up, drop the walking bassline, switch to Scruggs style or clawhammer on the banjo... they're a few steps away from bluegrass, for sure
CoreyJKelly 2 years ago
@CoreyJKelly maybe they don't want to play bluegrass
lamppostpizza 2 years ago
I'm sure they don't, and I LOVE their music, I was simply replying to a commend saying they were just a bass drum away from bluegrass.
Once upon a time, Youtube used to put replies under the original comments...
CoreyJKelly 2 years ago
i love the music. awesome!!!!!!!!! but Scott has the Charles Manson look going on. lol it works for him.
jabjabproductions 2 years ago
Cool, bass dude has hairy fingers like me!
autumn1231 2 years ago
what a sweet anchorman. truly sweet man.
the avett bro's are wonderful and raw.
krvillanueva 2 years ago
i love the shit out of that ending
immortalizer08 2 years ago 4
i love it too :)
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DinosaurJr169 2 years ago
Well, I have been listening to and watching the Avett Brothers almost nonstop for the past month. I went to see them this past weekend in Roanoke. Not only was the performance great, their connection with the audience was amazing. Oh yea...iceaxe56....I looked for you there. It was obvious from the start that you could not make it. Nobody looked miserable.
spencer1516 2 years ago 3
BOB!!
pagekeeper4 2 years ago 2
<333
pagekeeper4 2 years ago
christ this is akward
batmanoberst 2 years ago 7
haha
shastastyle 2 years ago
God loves you and so do I, iceaxe ;-)
nastynate704 2 years ago
I was actually thinking, God loves you, everyone else thinks you are an asshole. By the way iceaxe, your views are intolerant and ignorant. My wife and I love the Avetts and we don't smoke pot, we both have graduate degrees, and are very successful. The popularity of this band is only increasing.
alistair10 2 years ago
If you have graduate degrees, then why do you have bad grammar?
redsoxrbeasty 2 years ago
iceaxe ... Music is music and its different to each person. You cant attack someone because of what they do or what they like.... Well, you can but it just shows me that you are a miserable person. I happen to love the music that the avett brothers make... I dont smoke pot and im not a loser. Where is your point now? You have no point! So go on with your negative attitude because your not happy with your life/lifestyle and go figure out where you have gone wrong in your life :)
chipshaw 2 years ago
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Great vid. Check out more of The Avetts on my account!
SkiddelyDiddely 2 years ago
the guy that was interviewing them was a dick, good song though.
TheUpperdeckers 2 years ago
Awesome. Very creative and entertaining to say the least.
ChaseGillespie 2 years ago
How can such polite young men thrash on those poor insturments so hard?
How can such thrashed on instruments make such purdy sounds?
"I keep secret sfrom you,
You keep secrets from me,
'cause you're so worried
'bout what I'm gonna think..
Well, I'm worried too."
hdfatboy2k 2 years ago
did that sound really out of tune to anyone else?
gabefacekillah 2 years ago
fuckin rad. made me smile. COME BACK to Merlfest
skidesperado 2 years ago
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Its not bluegrass--its Fratgrass
iceaxe56 3 years ago
Get a f'n clue dude. These guys are anything but that. Go hump your DMB albums if you want that.
odddoodnc 2 years ago 3
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"dude"why don't you stoners learn a new word--thats all they are dumbass is a frat group that got lucky-- no tallent--as long as dopers like you support them they wil tour
iceaxe56 2 years ago
Yay...an internet "tuff-guy"...you probably "e-fight" everybody...right? Good for you! It probably helps your ego.
"Dopers"...what are you like 60 years old? LMFAO...DOPERS!!! Scooby, Shaggy, and I are going to get lit.. you probably should try some, it might loosen that broom-stick that's lodged up your ass!
Please STFU! kthxbai
odddoodnc 2 years ago 3
yep--i 'm a bully stoner----doper--or whatever-35--but you started the e-fight loser--go burn 1 and listen to your fratgrass-but look in the mirror --i'm right
iceaxe56 2 years ago
I see your modus operandi...
You are probably a blue-grass purist. You think anything that isn't standard old time Appalachia mountain music isn't the real thing. Then you let everyone know how you feel, I don't know why you do, but you do...Good job. we got the point. you don't like it.
btw...You should ask Doc Watson about the Avett Brothers and Old Crow Medicine Show. They have both opened up for him...go figure.
odddoodnc 2 years ago 2
this isn't the real thing-- look around at their next concert see who attends--that should sum it up---for some reason i don't think they will be around as long as doc and ocmd--they did play merlefest once--
iceaxe56 2 years ago
I know that it is not "blue-grass". I found out about them at merlefest, where I go to listen to all types of folk, blue-grass, and any combination thereof. They're a fun band that carries incredible amounts of energy. Did you know that they used to be a metal band? Hence the yelling, that's their thing.
BTW, they have now played 3 times at Merlefest; 2005, 2006, 2008. I've also seen them at Cat's Cradle x2, Lincoln Theatre x2, Reynolds Coliseum, School Kids Records, and Wesleyan College.
odddoodnc 2 years ago 2
@iceaxe56 wondering if you saw these guys on the Grammys a couple of days ago????
rpjones82 1 year ago 3
@rpjones82 yeah--also justin beiber was on- it--what does that tell you--car choc drops--doc watson ,etc was not--now do you get it
iceaxe56 1 year ago
@iceaxe56 They must be doing something right by writing great music that touches their fans and to play not only Merlfest, but also Delfest and the grand daddy of all the Telluride Bluegrass festival
0boardcertified0 1 year ago
@0boardcertified0 riding the wave while it lasts---fratgrass--of course they bring the wanna be hippie crowd to the shows---but its just hollerin
iceaxe56 1 year ago
I can't help it. I have to respond to you iceaxe56. I know you are not a musician because you lack the one thing all musicians share.....respect. These guys are very talented and they will be around for as long as they want to be. You, are a music and social idiot. Look here Sparky.....great music evolves from other great music. It always has and it always will. I would like to say more but I have to go and enjoy myself with friends.......somethiing I bet you don't do often.
spencer1516 2 years ago 4
i love it when you wack jobs sound off-what does enjoying yourself with your friends have to do with the avett comments--weed has burned what little brain you have left---they will be around as long as losers like you steal their songs from the internet--i would say more--damn what a dumbass
iceaxe56 2 years ago
You sir (iceaxe56) are a fucking idiot. What does smoking herb have to do with avett comments? Can you not just enjoy; not destroy? Can you not see that your comment from two months ago has been ranked so low that you can't even see what stupidity lay underneath? Have a nice day D bag.
shastastyle 2 years ago
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you have to be on"herb' to listen to this crap--luv to get these responses--struck a nerve i think--get a life girl-"smoking herb "spoken like a true earth mother(wannabe hippie)
iceaxe56 2 years ago
you're a fucking idiot iceaxe, no lie, a huge fucking idiot.
southernrock1978 2 years ago
another 1 comes from under a rock--1978 your too old any damn way loser-keep em coming-you have nothing else to do
iceaxe56 2 years ago
the girl said it all--they are so adorable--if only the jonas bros had gone this way
iceaxe56 2 years ago
@iceaxe56 You must be the butt sore promoter that missed out. Makes sense, now go play in the traffic.
0boardcertified0 1 year ago
@0boardcertified0 yeah thats me--another ooohhh the avett bros.fan---they are to bluegrass what justin bieber is to rock--"die die die" you gotta be kidding me
iceaxe56 1 year ago
@iceaxe56 Never said they were bluegrass but they draw the attention of bluegrass fans due to being good original folk style singers and they're welcomed with open arms at those events. As for drawing wanna be hippies you couldn't be farther off the mark. Their crowds are some of the best people you'll ever (or in your case never) meet, from 6 to 60 years old these guys bring in good people.
0boardcertified0 1 year ago
@iceaxe56 then why click on the video and watch it and take the time to comment??? why??? why why why??? also, please post a video of an example of your songwriting in comparison to the avetts, and include any instances you were invited to play (or played) on the grammys, or have ever headlined a folk/bluegrass festival... thanks
shademonger13 11 months ago
@shademonger13 cause i like to get avett brothers groupies all fired up-they ,like you get so defensive, why would a loser like you actually give a shit about a band --just listen to yourself--your like a little teen girl going on about a boy band---grow up dude
iceaxe56 11 months ago
@iceaxe56 wait, so i cant give a shit about a band but you can hate on them? why is that?
shademonger13 11 months ago
@shademonger13 you take it so fucking serious,it is abso hilarious--they way you geeks go on--and your pea size brain is right about 1 thing--i have a ball doing this
iceaxe56 11 months ago
@iceaxe56 and loser my ass, youre a 54 old man who goes on youtube and "fires up avett brothers groupies". cool bro. i dont mean to offend you, but like what are you about? because you may want to find more interesting things to do with your time.... try masturbation, or dating!!!
shademonger13 11 months ago
@shademonger13 i don't know loser this ranks pretty high--why don't you get passionate about other things besides the avetts ,dont know how old you and don't give a damn-but you got to be still in high school to think like this--if not-- be afraid.
iceaxe56 11 months ago
@iceaxe56 youre a cool dude. lets see some of your work! what bluegrass chops do you possess? or is your talent limited to being jealous of a band that is more successful then you will ever be? this goes beyond me being an avett bros fan, because i havent heard much of their stuff, but i can assure you that they are deserving of the hype that surrounds them.
shademonger13 11 months ago
@shademonger13 just know a frat band when i see 1--if you haven't heard much of their stuff why argue--voicing my opinion and the freaks run with it--shows how fucked up they are--even got fags saying to suck them--its funny as hell just to sit back and watch the comments--over a group formed in college-(nc greensboro) as a joke--just shows you where the music is today---
iceaxe56 11 months ago
@iceaxe56 i argue because this music is a thousand times better then any commercial pop music or rap out there now, no matter how bad you say they are, you MUST agree with the fact that this is true. If you are a true purist, which you seem to be judging by the way youre an asshole to everyone, you should at least be glad about what the avetts are doing for folk music in general. They have turned a lot of "fags" and "losers" like me on to the world of old american music.
shademonger13 11 months ago 2
@shademonger13sorry to tell you thats not folk--go listen to doc watson--and then hear this crap--i don't know what genre it is --its just loud --and its not old--unlike ocms--they have a following not unlike jonas bros. --and hanson brothers--they try to be something they are not--thats the problem i have with them.
iceaxe56 11 months ago
@iceaxe56
Everything they do, every aspect of their music is pulled from the various life/artistic influences. I am very familiar with the American roots tradition. From Doc to Mississippi John Hurt to blues aristists, folk, country, gospel. The Avett Brothers are a very organic, and a natural evolution of folk music (music made for and thrust into popularity by the people) without being hokey. OCMS has instrumental chops but very little else. They have nothing on The Johnson Mountain Boys.
socalsugar 11 months ago
@socalsugar yeah--i guess thats why they are called punkgrass-and as about as hokey as you can get--seems like they jumped on the ocms bandwagon but they are a poor comparison--they have their following now but it wont last--i still call it fratgrass because you can go to any college in the south and find these guy:,the band was started on a whim(they were a rock band and it has taken them this far-but to each his own
iceaxe56 11 months ago
@iceaxe56
Their Dad has over 70 acoustic guitars. He raised them on a farm and heavily educated his boys on country/folkblues singer-songwriters. Hard rock was a part of their teenage years as it is for many rural kids. It's honest and sincere that both elements are present in their band, not hokey. They are the two time AMERICANA MUSIC ASSOCIATION duo/group of the year. They are just as popular in the roots community as on college campuses.
socalsugar 11 months ago 3
@socalsugar There are bands just like this on college campuses--they just happen to hit it with a following-their band nemo wasn't working so they took the string band route--and thru in some screaming and it worked for them---they are starting to fade but let them milk it while it lasts
iceaxe56 11 months ago
@iceaxe56
It isn't about the screaming, beards, or banjo. It's about the songs. They have put to record some stellar original songs. (If It's the Beaches, Please Pardon Yourself, Murder In the Ciry, Landry Room, to name a few). That is what has made them arguably the greatest grassroots success story of the past decade. Songwriters don't just disappear. All signs show them on their way up and with the substance and artistic approach to give them staying power.
socalsugar 11 months ago
@iceaxe56
Many rural kids tend to gravitate toward hard music in their teens, but some ultimately realize that the emotion and upfrontness they thought they were getting, is better achieved through more stripped down instrumentation that pushes the vocals and lyrics to the front. Punk and Folk share many things. Seth and Scott Avett are the heart of Nemo and the Avetts. There was even an in-between band name Nemo Downstairs. They didn't ditch one band for another they evolved musically.
socalsugar 11 months ago 2
@socalsugar they will continue as long as they have a college following--but their lyrics are empty--no staying power--and as they say in their interviews they did switch music styles--you don't go from hard rock to folk music--they saw a market for this and jumped on it--old crow started this by playing on the streets of boone--these guys saw ocms and said hey we can do this and tried to copy
iceaxe56 11 months ago
@iceaxe56
The Avetts following was built on streets, churches, taverns, festivals, etc.
OCMS is a doped up old timey band. The Avett Brothers mix singer-songwriter country of childhood and grunge intensity of teen years.
The only thing the Avetts lyrics are empty of is drug references. OCMS has plenty of those.
OCMS is fine when playing traditionals but their originals are flat flops more often than not. Just compare their cover packed debut album to the recent dud of originals Tennessee Pusher
socalsugar 10 months ago
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@socalsugar avett songs are about nothing--they make no sense-and the group was built out of a n c greensboro frat house--now i see they are opening up for a braves game--matter of time and they will be at six flags--there following is growing up and there sound is growing old
iceaxe56 10 months ago
@socalsugar I personally love the Tenessee Pusher album. It's all a matter of opinion I guess.
asaum3 10 months ago
i love scott's signature stomp!
CrowHooves 3 years ago
george harrisons?
grojas100 3 years ago
dude these guys are dope as shit. it's bluegrass but more like folk sounding. this shit's gangster
ASFS11 3 years ago
I love the vocal thing at the end of this song.
beakwithteeth 3 years ago 2
so awkward!!!
they're so adorable though. :)
i want to marry them.
floppydisk69 3 years ago
Hahaha, that was one of the most awkward interviews I've ever seen "I guess your brothers with different mothers" How did that guy get on TV?
NewfieldsNat 3 years ago 3
That wasn't really so awkward. They're not actually related, so the quip was referring to the fact that the band is "The Avett Brothers" when they're, you know, not brothers.
Nihilagent 2 years ago
these guys are amazing, my new goal is to grow my beard like theirs.
mulletmanwt 3 years ago
I know right!
punkace 3 years ago
you wish lol good luck!
Fluteman1234 3 years ago
Im working on mine. Ive been growing it since July.
kayak420 3 years ago
i love these guys!
THEY ROCK
BekaSarah 3 years ago 4
just saw em live a couple days ago, they are much better live than on cd, and the cd's fuckin awsome
germanturkeyhunter 3 years ago 2
this is the truth!
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livetolaugh92 3 years ago 2
the shows forum is so awkward its amusing... good song though
rutt0389 3 years ago 5
ha sounds like hippy/celtic/folk/thebeatles/countryish music...i guess.
Buried3030 3 years ago
that doesn't even make sense...
sbnewman 3 years ago
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Nobody cares what you think.
Klickmania 3 years ago
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and nobody cares what you think. thanks for the insight, douchebag.
sbnewman 3 years ago
same to you bud
livetolaugh92 3 years ago
Way to go buddy you got them backwards at the end...that's ok we'll forgive you because you had them on
achanook 3 years ago
did you know they used to be a punk rock band called nemo?? isn't that hilarious...
daveydog08 3 years ago
That is fuckin hilarious...Good stuff.
shlewu22 3 years ago
only the best current band in the world!
treenrules 3 years ago 6
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Call it what you want, they may sing and play OTHER genres but I have heard them sing bluegrass. This song is NOT bluegrass and I do NOT like it as well as their bluegrass songs. The Delmore Bros had "Blues Stay Away From Me" and some so called "experts" say it was rockabilly and that is a bunch of hogwash also.
oldcountrytunes 3 years ago
contrary to your belief, no one gives a shit what you think.
sbnewman 3 years ago
Your statement here is not accurate. What you should have said is that YOU did not deficate what I thought and that is not anymore than I would expect from an idiot. That, if you can add 2 & 2 puts you in that category as I consider it. I'm SURE there are some people that do consider what I think as being a valid consideration, even that you are in the idiot category. Comprendo?
oldcountrytunes 3 years ago
No, I said what I meant. No one gives a shit what you think. Go tell a family member or a co-worker... they have to care... or at least pretend to.
sbnewman 3 years ago
i actually dont comprehend. your writing is very hard to understand. but still, sbnewman... no need to be an internet asshole. bunch of savages around here...
doomstinkflnnlshrtgy 3 years ago
wow. some dude just told me about these guys. i've known about them for like 3 days and they are definitely my brothas and my favorite.
songbird427 3 years ago 2
there interview is probably really awkward for them
jface123 3 years ago 2
love 'em!!
nicufluf 4 years ago 3
Thanks for uploading!
p2y2r7o 4 years ago 3
from this to conan in 1 year...
rolltidemcs 4 years ago 8
They are truly the most adorable things ever!
LaurenLuvsU08 4 years ago 11