U.S. Maple -- "State Is Bad"

[mopareolo]

I miss them

[soicanspeak]

wow thats trippy

[esteemachine]

GREATEST AMERICAN BAND EVER fuck you Pantera.

[novopublica]

;)



[novopublica]

super des bisous

[lesfluorescentes]

Sooooooo sublime !

no band reach their anckles today, not even one...

a decent LP reissue of their first is sooooo necessary !

[oli8889]

How shitty



[emmedimarta]

what a glorious everything.

[suicidalquiff]

Beautiful piece of art. Nuff said ^^

[BeatNick13]

Go live in an igloo.

[mrstansfield]

Mental, musical Genii with a lead singer who looks like Scott Bakula from Quantum Leap...oh boy...

[agricola]

al johnson looks like a deranged mike meyers.

[spruceshark]

I love these guys

[TheHyperactiveIdiot]

48 comments in 5 years. wow

[HolyKatana]

I got Long Hair in Three Stages in the mail yesterday. It was well worth the wait.

[jotohomomoto]

oh man, I've been rock'n this song/cd in my car daily!!!! re-visiting a classic LOL

[JohnFordDanceTroupe]

I would kill to hear this on a mainstream radio station.

People everywhere would be blown away.

brb getting album

[krTog1]

Al Johnson has really pointy (haha) canines.

[cecopiteco]

best band ever . i had the pleasure to follow em on tour and do drugs all toghether

[neumatics]

Why would he be saying "barack obama" in 2006?

[giveconnorhugs]

balls yes.

[MrGreedylou]

he clearly says "barack obama" at the end of the track

[HiDantheBear]

major fugazi influence here

[kinginthecorner]

I like the lo-fi aesthetic of the video, but things probably would have been weird enough without a fish eye lens. Anyway, this is some of the most creative guitar rock of the last 20 years.

[BeltlessTrenchcoat]

remember last April, when we saw US maple? somehow the singer showed the fireside exactly how i feel!

[shit311]

sounds so indie and fashionable. this tune is my all time fave

[bonsaiisuperstar]

I don't remember what i said below now thats its buried. I absolutely love US Maple. Saw them a few time opening for Brainiac.

[bonsaiisuperstar]

Rock-N-Roll with cerebral palsey. Failure as an artform.

[yaledelay]

How does someone with the name Bonsiisuperstar a Brianiac call NOT like US Maple, Timmy Taylor once told me in an interview they were his favorite rock band...

[HamburgerMartyr]

Nothing is like US Maple. Way ahead of their time.

[louisunderwood]

Actually, they're very much like Captain Beefheart and the Magical Band, who started in the late 60s.

[louisunderwood]

Acre Thrills especially sounds very much like Beefheart.

[Israfvel]

@louisunderwood

Beefheart fan to Earth: Acre Thrills doesn't even sound like Beefheart in his most docile.

[HamburgerMartyr]

I love Beefheart. Especially "Doc at the Radar Station".

[roburtreynolds]

this could come out THIS year and still blow everybody away...

[weatherboxlisp]

His vocals are like a spazzy version of Mark E. Smith's 'tailing off each line with a snarl' method.

[horseytown]

This is the first U.S. Maple song I have heard and my first impression is:

"Sounds like David Thomas (Pere Ubu) fronting Sonic Youth circa 1990-1995"

[BoshoDip]

Pere Ubu??? Could sound like Sonic Youth (but much better) but I don't think it has nothing to do with David Thomas... not on the DUB HOUSING album I know.

[JefferySchmitz]

Music is subjective however Sonic Youth imho is a way better band than US Maple - and saying that I have everything Drag City has put out (pretty much)

[horseytown]

erm

[rauuul0]

THANKS!!!!!!

ONE OF MY FAVORITES

[seedeelv]

the bestest. so good so tight so weird

[ajbrowntown]

i never knew this existed until tonight - and i've loved this song for over ten fuggin years! thank you, i love it! =x=

[mwinthrop]

If only Mozart sounded this dumb.

[LatinRoots]

This is one of the most incredible things i've ever seen and heard.

[xNapalmChrisx]

This video is incredible. It matches the music perfectly.

[serloinz]

awsum :) kinda stuff i like doin on the guitar.. but mine always sounds shite (2every1 else hehe) i like it tho ;p

[bri2u2002]

Fucking Genius- Guaranteed.

[handaxl]

I just dont know if they're are the most stupid artist or fucking genius, is it comedy or avangardistic music? I cant unterstand what he's singing. Plz translate for me

[creach13]

awesome!

[ahrimansong]

grrrr, and they dont show him playing the most interesting part of the song

[deepseabattles]

i had no idea that that existed.

i thought their only official video was "Stuck."

one of my top three fav Maple songs.

[dudeliketotally]

Nice! Mark Shippy and Todd Rittman are the shit.

[dawnect]

AMAZING!

[HardeyeFilms]

What do you mean by "Fan" video?

[jasonbigelow]

FAN VIDEOS SUCK!!

[xNapalmChrisx]

you suck

[first2letters]

The inverse of rhythm, failure as an art form, vocals by Kevin Costner's autistic twin -- they were godlike...