Fair To Midland - Rikki Tikki Tavi DEMO

[Jake45499]

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[wolfcurt22]

I love how on and off this song is

My Top Favorite Bands:

5-Korn

4-Three Days Grace

3-A Perfect Circle

2-Tool

1-FAIR TO MIDLAND

[XIIOniOokamiXII]

just saw thes guys live... SOOOOO amazing got everyones autograph except the keyboarder... and I was talking with him before the show >.< gawd so stupid

[yeeaahBUDDY]

I like the part where cookie monster comes in and says "COOKIE COOKIE! COOKIE COOKIE!"

[ThatDrummerGuy95]

Sirius/XM Brought me here. xD

[mitched1365]

they remind alot of SOAD, I love it

[noobydiablo]

@mitched1365 SOAD is comparitavely lame

[the0US0marine]

I wonder how many people realize that Rikki Tikki Tavi is actually about a ferret and a snakes.

[ZeitgeistParkour]

@the0US0marine lol explain please

[Bwow722]

just love his voice >:)

[Eq2fanforlife]

Hey that's the gum wall in Seattle! i've been there :D

[nitronelson08]

@Eq2fanforlife There's also a gum wall in San Luis Obispo, CA so it could be there too

[Pettor]

I like the studio versions more, but didn't hear the demos until now. But I must say the screams are freaking awesome in this version!

[lovemylittlelie]

I love this version much more than the other. Don't get me wrong, the other is good, but this one, I fell in love with. So naturally I would love it more.

[soadfreak001]

These demos ruined the studio versions for me. :(

I like them so much more.

[jeffjpeterson]

@soadfreak001 I agree 100%. This version is just so much more clear and the scream is just better. Its not just a standard metal growl.

[vickisaur1692]

TONIGHT!! i get to see them!:))



[FAIRTIMDLANDFREEK]

Curtain Club Tomorrow at 11pm Album release party for Arrows and Anchors!!!

[Bowlingdan]

One of my favorite songs.



[jameseatsghosts]

@ufcaddict92able, and this is a BAD thing?!

[ufcaddict92able]

the only thing i dont like about the singin is that they sound like the beatles

[DanRead]

@ufcaddict92able That's what I love about it!

[kyletheenigma]

fuck you FTM. I was gonna write a totally metal song about Rikki Tikki Tavi.

[EwayneC84]

pure magic this band is...PURE

[Peacesamvn]

BWBWBWBBWBWBW RIKKI!

[Sapenti]

@soliver1772

"soliver1772 commented on Fair To Midland - Rikki Tik... (3 weeks ago)

"@icetk06 Hell yeah, already got tickets! Seen them there a couple of times, and they always kill it!"

You lie =]

[ABFan010]

@Sapenti He probably got hacked or is being an attention seeker.

[arethemad]

@soliver1772 You mad bro?

[aprilfool13f]

Wow. Keep the negativity to yourself because they are genius, and if you don't hear it, it REALLY sucks to be you :)

[KatieWrondens]

"If he tries to shake your hand, just hit him with a frying pan".

THIS IS FUCKIN' EPIC! Love them.

[idateawesomeninjas]

and the lyric that says "if he tries to shake your hand, hit him with her frying pan" is totally epic and i now have newfound respect for them

[idateawesomeninjas]

i saw them in concert!!!! they were so good!!! they opened up for Flyleaf and 10 Years...... my first concert was the first time i had heard of them, and i instantly fell in LOVE with them.... AND i got to meet the lead singer!!!! OMG!!!! i LOVE them!!!!

[matulaak988]

@idateawesomeninjas I almost killed Darroh when I met him. And Matt, the keyboardist, and I smoke the same brand.

[fishintheclouds]

"If he tries to shake your hand

just hit him with a frying pan"

I love these guys and despite the complete awesomeness of this song, I couldn't help but bust out laughing.

[nickguitarfreak17]

as much as i love FTM, i don't really care for this track...the song doesn't really go anywhere...

[LongLivetheDeadKing]

Dislocated my knee to this song and the band signed a get well poster! Can't wait to go to the next show I can find within a state or two of me.

[icetk06]

MACHINE SHOP JULY 15th BABY YEAH

[Sapenti]

@icetk06 I'm flying from Atlanta to Dallas for the first CD release show. I already preordered my tickets =]

[Dillbob1]

@Sapenti You son of a gon. Wish I could. I might go to Ft. Lauderdale to see them on the Inked Magazine tour though.

[RadioJack]

@Sapenti I'm playing right before them the next night in Tulsa, OK at The Marquee.

[FAIRTIMDLANDFREEK]

@Sapenti Look for me long hair 6'0 310lbs i'll get you backstage and meet them man. I'm Matt's cousin so just find me. I respect all of you fans!!!

[Sapenti]

@FAIRTIMDLANDFREEK

I'm an FTM Insider so I get all sorts of privileges. Like to see their sound check and to go in before doors open.

[FAIRTIMDLANDFREEK]

@Sapenti well in that case see you back stage man

[ctuliebs]

@Sapenti I hate you both. Haha, just kidding.

[FAIRTIMDLANDFREEK]

@Sapenti How did you get that job because Matt never told me I could do that

[getsomeT]

@FAIRTIMDLANDFREEK Wow what about me? I'm in L.A. went to see them a couple months ago at Whiskey. Can you get me in backstage to meet them?

[FAIRTIMDLANDFREEK]

@getsomeT I live in Bells Texas Maybe i'll see but I don't know yet

[soliver1772]

@icetk06 Hell yeah, already got tickets! Seen them there a couple of times, and they always kill it!

[TheGuitarkid15]

@icetk06 THATS MY FUCKING BIRTHDAY! FUCKING A!!!!

[MrShinyCaddylackness]

@icetk06 I'll be there man!

[har482000]

@icetk06 see you there! lol. hey i have an extra ticket that most likley none of my friends will want, just in case i don't find anyone one of your friends can have it lol.... just don't want it to go to waste ya know

[handmiadenofgod]

I remember seeing them perform this song live, fucking mind blowing. Darroh's lips were bleeding from being beat against the microphone repeatedly, and when he said the final, "RRRRICKI!!!" blood flew everywhere. It was both disgusting and hardcore. More of the latter than the former, I would say.

[djentrx]

@handmiadenofgod dude! i was at that show! they played with Periphery and The Journal! i wasnt a HUGE FTM fan UNTIL i saw them live. holy shit, they were absolutely one of the best bands ive ever seen and ive been playin with and going to shows for the last 15 years. Darroh is HANDS DOWN the best live rock singer ive ever witnessed. he hit every single note low AND high with a busted lip and a horrible cold, PLUS he goes absolutely apeshit on stage

[ARMdream]

my favourite part: 1:20-1:46

[spacemonkeyzass]

5 dislikes?! how dare you, sirs!!

[lokinkid]

The houston show was AMAZING

[vezi38]

seeing them in 6 days in NO, CAN NOT wait!!!!

[FAIRTIMDLANDFREEK]

5 people lick butthole

[sissyfrosty]

@FAIRTIMDLANDFREEK agreed



[seprehmcd]

THey played this at the barbary last night and it kicked ass!

[UnholyWarcry]

Fables is one of my favorite albums ever and I like A Loophole in Limbo a lot, not really feeling this one though.

[Nhoward2807]

I just saw them 2 nights ago in Pittsburgh. I feel like if the venue hadn't been so fucking small, it would have been that much more amazing. Regardless, they were fantastic.

[bbr0cker]

@Nhoward2807 i tell everyone it  was a wide hallway.

[bassdreamer91]

I Love these guys. There amazing live and i got my first french kiss there.lol

[buickcityfilms2010]

they were amazing at the machine shop, I was VERY happy when they played this song - one of my favorites!

[mrp0p07]

Machine Shop, Flint Michigan. Amazing every time they come. Have been their for every concert and will keep going until they die or i die whichever happens first :)

[StevePinto3]

Just saw them yesterday, HOLY HELL they put on an awesome show. Darroh was hanging upside-down over the crowd while singing. If you get a chance to see them live do NOT pass it up.

[axolotlkips]

@StevePinto3

I was there too, man. I honestly didn't think I'd like them that much (mostly went for Scale the Summit and my friends wanted to see Periphery), but damn. Darroh just spazzed the hell out at the start of their first song, rolling around on his back and then climbing shit....

Once he climbed over the middle of the crowd and started singing upside down from the ceiling it became absolutely necessary for me to check these guys out, haha

[kenshindn]

i just saw them last night in st paul, pretty damn cool man

[barrettcoyle08]

i saw them live last night, they are easily the best band i have heard live

[morbidtexan]

@mrbabyfister I have been a friend and a huge fan of these guys since before their first self producted album. I can tell you if you have never seen them live you are in for a near life changing experience. @everyone else please visit fair to midlands Facebook page and follow the link to donate to the Japan disaster releaf if you can give anything helps. "The sushinator" from the band Opus Dai has family effected by the disaster. Thanks!

[TheTommyb42]

Saw these guys last night. One of the best live bands I have ever seen. His voice and energy is uncanny.

[treyperk23]

Just saw these guys in Boise ,Idaho. They are my favorite band of all time! Saw them with scale the summit and periphery who were also bad ass!

[schmokem]

saw them at the ace of spades in sacramento a few weeks ago, awesome performance, the energy was amazing.

[bladezndrumz]

i just saw them thursday in spokan with scale the summit and periphery

[turboqwert]

those 5 who disliked this, must not appreciate real music, they must like the very very produced shitty crap people call rap ahahha

open up the mind and enjoy!

[ninjosh]

the best song ever written in the history of man.

[Metalguitarfreak]

JUNE 7th BABY!!!! NEW CD DATED!!!

[azureassassin]

@Metalguitarfreak

Awesome news! Can't wait!

[azureassassin]

Saw them live in Sacramento the other day, truly an awesome band live!!! This was one of the songs they did!

[Metalguitarfreak]

@azureassassin

I was there too man, they always put on a sick show... I cant wait for their new cd

[Mehialltime]

dude i saw these guys last night lol

[jilloplo]

Saw these guys last night, they kicked ass. This song especially.

[MerkinTime666]

emergency gal bladder removal. . . shitty

i like the guitar players smile on the right.

[MerkinTime666]

emergency gal bladder removal. . . shitty

[MrBabyFister]

I'm going to see them on the 28th in Chicago. I've never been so excited for a concert in my entire life.

[Sapenti]

@MrBabyFister I'm seeing them April 10th. I can't wait either, and I've seen them a bunch!

[Sapenti]

@MolliLollii

I have less than 2 weeks left to wait before they come to the ATL. I can't wait.

[D3MONxSACRIFIC3]

i was there man!!!! at the masquerade in atl man! great show!!!!!!

[Sapenti]

@D3MONxSACRIFIC3

You probably saw me. I was the guy with the long hair in the front row, middle. Where darroh always stood, and stage dived.

[D3MONxSACRIFIC3]

@Sapenti I did and i talk to you! i was the really really short guy to the left of you!

[ianguitarist4]

@D3MONxSACRIFIC3

Amazing show!

[jeffjpeterson]

@Sapenti Seems like you where then when I was. That was the most amazing concert I have ever been to.

[Sapenti]

@jeffjpeterson

MOST amazing. I was the guy with the long hair in the front row, middle. Right where Darroh stood up every time.

[handmiadenofgod]

@MrBabyFister I just got back from one of their concerts, trust me, you have reason to be excited ;)

[HighlanderWallace]

@MrBabyFister March 24th i cant wait dude

[Eatsoup3]

@MrBabyFister As am I sir (to both parts)!

[q0w1e2r3t4y5]

Fair To Midland is set to release their fourth studio album, "Arrows & Anchors", on June 7th, 2011. The album is being released via the E1 Music label.

[absinthefight]

amazing! its great how developed they were so early on.

[justinburnsred]

make sure you wear a suit and tie

[modestcannibals]

*toured through my city a year ago, is what I meant to say.

[modestcannibals]

After I discovered them, and they quickly became one of my favorite bands, I realized that they toured with Flyleaf to my city. AND I DIDN'T GO. The amount of disappointment was crippling.

[eyelessiris]

ICAN'TWAITFORTHISTOUR :D

[Fishvortex]

Thumbs up if you hit the replay button at least once!

[rikoxasora]

My gym teacher showed me this. And he grew up on a farm and everything. Can't imagine how shocked i was.

[Sapenti]

@rikoxasora FTM appeals to a wide audience! Kinda.

[matalica46]

@rikoxasora you have a bag ass gym teacher

[Greenwolfdragon]

I love how (at least in my opinion) there's enough of the last album style to be recognizable. Don't like when bands change so much its like they're a different band.

FTM, FTW!

[matulaak988]

@LOLERSKATEZZZ I worked at a haunted forest for a couple years. The main way I would scare people was by chasing after them doing really high pitched metal vocals.

[veryboredpug]

@matulaak988 Which would essentially be screaming *cough cough*

[matulaak988]

@veryboredpug lol true. just the style of scream was completely the opposite of Darrohs. Darroh's "screams" on the past two albums are, what i presume, to be a very aggressive style of throat singing. I've tried doing it, and I got pretty close to what he sounds like with minimal practice, so I'm pretty sure thats how its done. The screaming i did was internal and REALLY high pitched. Like a terrifying mutant pteranodon on acid.

[veryboredpug]

@matulaak988 That sounds awesome. My friend had a mutant pteranodon, but she made it stay clean ¬.¬

[EvilElmo135]

I wish this was mainstream instead of bullshit Justin Bieber!

[mocomber]

Like it?

[dan52484]

I love FTM! There isn't any good music out there, anyone have any suggestions? If you could be so kind as to point me in the right direction i'd be happy to return the favor. Thanks.

[mocomber]

@dan52484 Karnivool

[dan52484]

@mocomber he is legend

[ABFan010]

@dan52484 Dead Letter Circus, Birds of Tokyo

[MATYRKER]

@dan52484 Periphery

[dan52484]

@MATYRKER kool, check out he is legend, the seduction album.

[thecatintheshoes]

this album is gonna be soooo sick!!! i wish there was a chance they might re-record "an occurance during the restoration process" and make it a b-side or something

[PlanetaryXVagabond]

EPIC!!!!

[MsLecraefan]

This is about the twentieth time I've listened to this song today. I just can't get enough of how in one part he's screaming his face off, and in the other, it sounds like the Beatles. Going on twenty-one.

[doubbleu]

@MsLecraefan i think the someone in the band decribed the song as a death metal band's attempt at yellow submarine.

[MsLecraefan]

@doubbleu Coolio

[khfan49]

God i wanna see them in concert soooo bad!!!!! BEST BAND EVER!!!!!

[Metalguitarfreak]

Best lines in the song... by far...

"if you want a picasso you better start digging"

and "if I build the arc will you wait for the water"

I could listen to those lines all day long... best 20 seconds ever.. haha

[lenthm]

Tour? I need another dose of FTM! Best show I have ever seen!

[jayyaj1323]

Definitely one of the best track of the new tracks; it's really fun to try to sing along with, but the pitch changes sure are killer. Few vocalists can pull this stuff off. Andrew sure has a set of pipes on him still and i am very glad to hear that he is choosing to use 'em.

[bassist2113]

this song is titties. it straight has nips.

[zillahsbane]

im glad to be friends with these guys

[Facehead090]

@zillahsbane your a lucky lucky person.

[PlanetaryXVagabond]

@zillahsbane I had the pleasure of meeting the gang about a year ago at a friends party in arizona. I was freaking out man, cause at that point I had been listening to them for about 2 years and it was just unreal to run into them.

[Krintok]

Dude... their singer's throat must hurt after all the switching in pitches. xD

[eyelessiris]

fav ftm song ever :) <3

[Lovelovelarynx]

Fucking incredible. End of story.

[orphaeus99]

Amazing. I hope they don't change a damn thing on this, or any of the other leaked songs for that matter.

[omfgdemise]

Holy shit this shit is good :O

[omfgdemise]

Holy shit this shit is good :O

[hroasted]

I love FTM, and saw them play this live the first time i heard it. Even then I thought, what stupid lyrics. Except he has such a presence and is so into it that I shoved the thought aside and said "yeah. Yeah. YEAH!"

[Pet3rGr1ff1n]

BWBWBWBBWBWBW RIKKI! = win lyrics

[Nateytracks]

@Pet3rGr1ff1n It's extra win when his face is bleeding from hitting his lips over and over with a mic and he sprays the front row with blood. That guy gives it his all.

[rockerjp101]

I met all of them at a concert at the boardwalk, my bro got a signature and bassists pick, twas awesome

[Shiek200]

This is one of the only songs I like that has screaming in it!

[keeton4]

this song is awesome

[GamblerMan1985]

i really dig this band and I loved that cartoon as a kid so this song is full of win and epic for me.

[justinburnsred]

RELEASE THE NEW CD ALREADY.

i seriously can not wait.

I saw them live in baltimore a few months ago, my life is now complete

[Coorasencia]

Love this! 

[TheGmodModder]

These guys were great live. 

[Metalguitarfreak]

@TheGmodModder

I'll give you an 'A' for effort but you meant to say 'are'

[Sapenti]

@honkingantelope -- I found FTM from the Internet, the way most people have. I was just lucky to find them before Serj got a hold of them. Still, since you have Internet your chance of finding them was the same as mine. Speaking of Serj, I like your screen name.

Have you ever seen Serj's interview of himself? It's pretty awesome.

[honkingantalope]

@Sapenti yeah i seen that do you mean when everybody is serj even the pizza guy.

[kenshindn]

@Sapenti serj isnt their label anymore

[Sapenti]

@kenshindn Yep. They sure aren't =]

[warioman89]

Three people missed the like button!

This song is the sex.

[downfallbandofficial]

i first heard of ftm off of satalite radio and it was awesome =)

[sgrannary]

This is awesome. this band has such an original sound and such a talented singer. Keep it up guys :)

[LovelyLucidity]

I feel like I just got done listening to two fucking awesome songs wrapped up into one amazing-song-burrito.

[Vordhr]

this band sucks open asshole...wow

this is just epic shit

[iliketoplaydrums77]

when is the album expected?



[jamessfromtx]

@iliketoplaydrums77 I hear after the Flyleaf tour. I'm not sure when it finishes though.