Clip-Episode 322 Prog Rock Challenge

Humble

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Cheer-Accident
• Thymme
• Jones
• Steve
• Albini
• Rick
• Wakeman
• Time
• Signatures
• cheer
• accident

[jonvanflan]

remember that time I held up my keys? Bloody brilliant!

[UnBalancedLoad]

Thymme never liked the "keys" thing.

[blanche805]

If one does not like a band, one should not stand in front and frown at them and stick their fingers in their ears like the music is crap. Go to your car and listen to death metal! That's what I do... Believe me, there's so many shitty 80's bands that open for bands that I like. I'm spending a lot more time in my car at shows these days.

---Dr. Blanche Lu

[blanche805]

Yeah, actually, Thymme Jones from Cheer-Accident turned me on to them and Cuneiform records. From that moment, I became a prog dork, and will remain a prog dork.

[blanche805]

I wish I had been listening to UZ for that long! I wouldn't have stopped playing the violin and viola, that's fer sure (I started again, about 2 years ago, mere months after "discovering" UZ).

[jonvanflan]

Seems to me every other song is math rock and the other songs sound like the Cure in their earlier days. But I was wrong... King's X sounded like Helmet (well much more diverse sound) a few years before Helmet existed... Point is, it sounds like a lot of stuff that was around. Nothing wrong with that until you start bashing people that sound like Genesis or Yes. Actually, most of the neo-prog bands nowadays (Sylvan, for ex) say they don't listen to old prog, and are into Marillion, Radiohead..

[jonvanflan]

I'd be careful with the Kansas bashing. Turns out that the label Cheerax are currently on has a compilation of early recordings from Kansas. Go figure, you get signed to a prog label, and the label owner is into Kansas. I'm also not so sure how Christian Steve Walsh was during their heydey, since he did an awful lot of drugs. Kerry Livgren was the religious dude in the band. I also hear that Bach and Brahms did Christian music. Yeah, Bach in particular really sucks. Not as good as upsilon acrux.

[jonvanflan]

In fact -- with that 80's sound and the better vocals, one may confuse Cheer-Accident with Ultravox. What measures have you taken to make sure this confusion does not arise? Just wondering because I was playing your new stuff on my boom box while on the bus, and someone asked if it was the new Ultravox record. Then I asked -- really? They have a new record? So you not only changed your first name from Midge to Thymme... You went from Ure to Jones? And gained like 100 pounds?

[jonvanflan]

I do have to give you props and kudos for the new music. Dropping 30% of the cow/bears influence and replacing it with Bauhaus and the Cure? Nice to see you getting in to the 80's music 5 years after the top 40 folks. That's called "retard garde". I even heard you guys wear black clothing and mascara. Spooky. But yeah, can't go wrong with that Cure and Bauhaus influence. The singing is actually decent. You may not even be considered "indie", what with that listenable and tuneful singing!

[jonvanflan]

Yep. I got to say a prayer with Ray Weston at Calprog. Total Christian rock and exactly like Kansas. Especially those bright keyboard sounds, very much like Kansas and totally unlike Marillion. And their violin player! Very astute observation. So much like Kansas, they got the Ramones producer to record a record for them. Kansas is like Ramones, no? I can see how Christian rock is a turn off, since your values are more in line with Ayn Rand. Thanks for the credit default swaps, asshole!

[jonvanflan]

I saw that PH show in SF. He was good, but wow, I just checked out the RJ you gave him on your myspace site. Yeah, it was a pretty good show. Kind of short and stark. Somewhat forgettable after seeing Fish and Echolyn around that time. Good, nonetheless. Props on Cuneiform. Probably one of the best bands they've signed. They've been signing some crap bands -- Time of Crap... I've noticed your sound has become slick to fit the Cuneiform ideal. Nice. Your warr guitar player rulez. Buttondownshirts

[blanche805]

I was recently fortunate enough to get to hear Liberace's medley of "Supper's Ready," "Soon," "I Talk To The Wind," and... one other one, I think. Mesmerizing! Those flourishes get me wet!!!