|
Review Navigator   FeaturesReviews
 | High On Fire / Planes Mistaken For Starslive in Chicago2005 live show   Review by: Jesse See others by this writer ![[staff]](/images/icons/staffsticker.gif){kind=icon}
Sweet Cobra's Myspace: Streaming Songs (link) Only registered users can post comments 
 
Published on February 22nd 2005
Sweet Cobra took the stage slightly after nine and proceeded to destroy it completely, setting the standard higher than anyone could ever hope to reach. For around twenty-five minutes, I had my socks rocked completely off by their heavy, simple riff-based rock. While the riffs have more of a classic metal feel to them, all in all it's one big hardcore rockfest that made me wish I could grow a beard. They rocked so hard that they deserve a 10/10.
People who liked this also liked:       ![Brian Costello - The Enchanters vs. Sprawlburg Springs [book]](/images/covers/thumb/brian_costello-the_enchanters_vs_sprawlburg_springs.jpg)    Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
This is a STAFF review? Holy shit, one of the worst reviews i've ever read. Unbelievable. Doesn't matter the review still sucks. This pussy just wrote it with a slant because his schtick is to be the controversial guy. He knows how many planes fans there are on this site (and everwhere for matter). Jonathan Richman was singing straight edge songs long before minor threat. Second hand smoke is a bitch... Sorry, but choking on smoke because a hundred 15-16 year old kids want to impress each other isn't cool... They gave it a name, doesn't mean there weren't kids who didn't do drugs beforehand. "Or need I remind you that Minor Threat basically invented straight edge?" Rawr! Rawr! I'm a tough guy! Rawr rawr! You suck because you're wimpy! Rawr rawr! I love football and punching faggots! Rawr rawr! haha, you're actually relating your review of this show to the fact that Minor Threat is strait edge? No, we're not making fun of you because this was hardcore show, we're making fun of you because you're a fucking pussy who actually bitched about second hand smoke in a show review (completely unrelated to the bands and music.) How many fucking shows have you been to? In case you didn't notice in the three other shows you've been to in your life, people smoke, deal with it I love how people make fun of me for not wanting to stick aorund and inhale second hand smoke, and then relate that to the fact that I'm reviewing a hardcore show. Because hadcore is all about being tough and destroying my lungs. That's exactly what Bad Brains,Minor Threat, and Black Flag had in mind. To be the toughest you can. Which includes being unhealthy. Or need I remind you that Minor Threat basically invented straight edge? haha, Jones thinks he's so cleaver... too much smoke, too many metalheads ... haha why the fuck does this fag get to review hardcore shows. "Chinatown, You're a joke, why are you still even posting on this site. Nobody has listend to a thing you've said for at least six months now, maybe it's time to move on or change names so you can at least get a little respect when you post. Either that or get off your ass and away from your computer and live a bit... just a thought" Chinatown, You're a joke, why are you still even posting on this site. Nobody has listend to a thing you've said for at least six months now, maybe it's time to move on or change names so you can at least get a little respect when you post. Either that or get off your ass and away from your computer and live a bit... just a thought i dont like either of these bands music but planes mistaken for stars is one of the best band names ever. It's nice to see the resident douchebags are sticking up for each other! Actually, Jesse won. At least he didn't stoop down to your level. Jesse finally conceeded defeat... and rightfully so This thread is done. We've gone over everything that could be said, and it's just getting repeated now. Move on to the new reviews I did, and bitch at me for how bad those ones are. you guys take everything so seriously. its pretty ridiculous haha, this is getting ridiculous. The average age of Planes haters seems to be about twelve now... "haha! Now we've arrived at calling people by immature names... Good work Steve. You've finally earned the respect you deserve as well. Grow up my friend and try and make a valid point instead of simply calling people "babies"" haha! Now we've arrived at calling people by immature names... Good work Steve. You've finally earned the respect you deserve as well. Grow up my friend and try and make a valid point instead of simply calling people "babies" you guys are babies. Steve, You have now officially joined Jesse in the stupid fucking people on this site. Have you not read any of this thread yet? Of course we don't have to read it but people do... They shouldn't since it's Jesse but that's a different topic. If you're going to post a review, do it well! That's all there is to it. The message below being sponsored by the the dumbest fucking person on this site. i feel like a fag defending jesse....but you people are fucking clueless. Jesse, you're missing the point... I didn't say you have to only review albums and bands that you love. But the fact of the matter is a "review" is not what you wrote. It was fucking rubbish... Take a class or go read some good reviews and learn successful ways to portray what you want to say. Please read this again if you didn't understand the first 13 times it was said score is for pmfs. This is great! Jesse has been trying to defend this shitty reivew since it posted. I think you're a little insecure there buddy. Try to let it go. There not all gonna like you. In fact it appears as though very few will. Wow you've got Chinatown and jonesbones agreeing with you. I know I'd be super happy if the two biggest fucking losers on this site agreed with my point of view. I'd probably be so excited I'd kill myself. "I don't think their music has any shred of credibility" Dam, this Jesse kid is just missing the point. the whole "planes = nu-metal rock radio" thing is still killing me. how the fuck can you even get that impression from their music. by "rock radio", i assume you mean bands like nickelback, three days grace, staind....stuff like that. there is NOTHING in planes' riffs that could possibly make even a novice music listener say "oh, that sounds like three doors down." For your information, Wu-Tang's "36 Chambers" was one of the most innovative and groundbreaking hip-hop records, ever. That's a statement that you can't fuck with. Ask anyone who's into hip-hop. It came out in 1993, and still sounds just as fresh and innovative if you listen to it today, 12 years later. Not innovative and origional? You gave Wu Tang Clan a fucking ten... A TEN!!! Haha, I love this. I do like that jesse said that half the people loved this review... I've counted two so far and they pretty much play the devil's advocate on everything. Stripping loyalties and opinion aside, this review was terrible and not because of an "Internet Persona" or anything like that. Being a writing major you should at least be able to realize that. If you have an opinion, as a good writer you should be able to put it well and justify it. You're review was just a bunch of drivel which you pulled out of your ass? I know you enjoy reviewing and all but AT LEAST stay for a whole fucking show before reviewing something. Maybe you should be a bit more selective on which shows/albums you review. You really did manage to lose all credibility and respect from not only this review but your horrible comments which you keep posting, confirming all of our points. "None of it is innovative; no respect shown by me." I don't think they deserve respect because I don't think their music has any shred of credibility. None of it is innovative; no respect shown by me. Jesse, Jesse, Jesse... Jesse how fucking stupid are you? its not about the band! its about your shitty attitude and aweful writing. dude! you suck. I'm not "way in over my head" and I won't "chalk it up to a lapse of judgment." It's my own fucking opinion that I stick by, straight and true. If I think a band makes shitty music, I'm going to call them out on it. ha ha. i wonder if planes has read all this controversy. i would bet no, but it'd be funny if they did. "chord progressions straight out of something on a modern rock station"? and the fact that fugazi is even mentioned here makes me happy. some justice at last- How the fuck is album-reviewing related to Journalism? I mean, reviewing means giving out a personal opinion. Personal opinions are unwelcome in the field of Journalism. hey jesse, how many of your best of 2004 mix cds did you sell? you dont like alot of fugazi....um...thats not helping the planes fans any Jesse, instead of trying to defend yourself, you should just throw in the towel on this one and chalk it up to a sudden lapse of judgement. you guys are bitches get over it Score is for your middle name! I like PMFS. If you take off the F, you get PMS! i cant believe this is getting so much shit. pmfs fans are seriously very insecure. you guys need to get over the fact that you like a crappy band In Jesse's defense, I'm going to say that he does know how to use sentence fragments to produce certain effects. (The last three phrases of his Dillinger Four review are pure gold, though he does misuse "it's" at one point, which is inexcusable for an English student.) The review to "The Occasion" is good because of that; it reads a bit like a Raymond Carver story, without all the emotion bubbling just below the surface (then again, what kind of emotion can derive from a mediocre album?). do your career a favor and remember not to put punknews.org on your resume. i've read your reviews. stick to writing fiction. journalism is a whole different ballgame. i'm not a kid. or a fan boy. you've never been published in your life and that's PAINFULLY obvious. good luck with that novel pally. With exception of this review, every other review I've written is half and half. Half of you, like, yourself, hate it with a passion. You tell me to quit writing, I'm wasting time, blah blah blah. The other half encourage me, saying that they love my writing, they like my musical opinions, blah blah blah. But regardless of all of that, I'm a staff writer. The editors of this website either appreciate the writing I do, or appreciate the fact that I voice my opinion in a way that's very different from most staff writers. If you look at my track record, the amount of records I've reviewed in the past year is fairly staggering. The fact that I'm reviewing this many records means that yes, some of the reviews aren't going to be as good as others. And even though you might not have liked my review of The Occasion, every comment on there was congratulating me on a very well written review. That's fine if you and your group wants me out, but I'm not going anywhere. You could always just avoid the reviews I write. That's an easy solution. "nü-metal" What a bunch of fucking garbage. You didn't even stay for the whole show but you think you have an opinion that counts? Worst show review I've ever read and that is really saying something. Why would this get posted? Is this site truly that desperate? Jesse, this is not about PMFS. This is about your inadequacies as a writer. Your only retort, short hallowed and weak, does nothing but reiterate our (collective) belief that you are a terrible writer. If people wrote anything similar about me as they are about you (they are. you know this. This happens every time you write a review) I would not write anymore reviews. It is unfortunate in your case that your own self righteousness is clouding your judgment as a writer. Please, do us all a favor and defend the accusations that you are presented with and refrain from changing the subject. Tell us, in plain English with out the name calling (i.e. “meat-heads”) why you’re writing is good. Allow me to give you a helpful tip. Consistency ; make your argument consistent and stay to the topic. Newspapers are written at a 5th grade level. This does not mean that you are allowed to write reviews at a 3rd grade level. Oh wow, this is amazing. I'd never thought I'd get to this point! People are actually telling me that I fail at life! My personal status as a functioning member of society is being questioned! Guess what? That's your opinion. And I applaud your decision making skills. you're a fucking idiot. don't ever review a show on here again. please. and stay away from metal shows...you don't get it. if jesse isn't going to even try to defend his statement saying that planes reminded him of a nu-metal band, then the only thing i can infer from that is that he's admitted how much of an idiot he is. do me a favor. take a listen to "fuck with fire". then write me a 300 word essay about the similarities between PMFS and nu-metal. thanks. It’s also funny that you could only stay for 2 songs from high on fire. How can you write a review for a show you didn’t even stick around to see in its entirety? Jesse, you and the rest of the little Chicago douche bags are the reason the music scene has become pretentious and boring. Please stop going to shows, or at the very least stop reviewing them. Remember there were punk rock and metal bands before 1998. I don't like the fact that Jesse has managed to lose all his credibility and respect on this site with one show review. Congrats kid! Haha! You're a writer? Good luck with that... I will give one thing to jesse... at least he's consistant... unfortunately he's consistant in bad writing, thinking he's witty while posting stupid comments and then calling it sarcasm once someone calls him out on his mistakes... Of course Jesse will post a reply to this and it's will be just as terrible as the rest... What terrible school is it you go to in Illinois that supports this rubbish? Even if I love PMFS, I also love Jesse and his ability to piss off so many people so easily. My hero. Anyone that claims to have a "wicked internet persona" Is as nerdy and lame as a person can get. I don't give a fuck how many obscure bands and David Bowie records you say you jock, your no better than a kid that writes anime fan fiction. And traveling through this album is much like traveling through the desert. Or at least, the desert as I know it from cartoons and movies, seeing as how I'm come once removed from the frozen wastelands of Canada. At first, it's sort of like, "Hey, I'm in the desert. That's pretty sweet." You run across the random cow skull every fifteen feet or so and say to yourself "Oh man, I'd hate to have been that guy" while chuckling softly. Then you look around and see how everything around you is the same. Same cow skull every fifteen feet, and it's not as cool anymore. In fact, it's sort of creepy. And then you hear (in the distance) the lonesome call of vultures as they begin to circle overhead. And then you say, "Hey, that sort of reminds me a little bit like Portishead." And it strikes you. It reminds you of a less electronic, more organic sounding Portishead. -------- "a wicked internet persona". hahahah hows that helping your love life? -awesome. welcome to www.abunchofwhinypussies.org do your career a favor and remember not to put punknews.org on your resume. i've read your reviews. stick to writing fiction. journalism is a whole different ballgame. i'm not a kid. or a fan boy. you've never been published in your life and that's PAINFULLY obvious. good luck with that novel pally. Well, I already talked about how I was joking about the long hair and beard thing, so that just makes you look like an ass. do me a favor. take a listen to "fuck with fire". then write me a 300 word essay about the similarities between PMFS and nu-metal. thanks. this guy said he was in college... definitely not a liberal arts student. im guessing science? possibly math? no command over the language whatsoever. Quit going to punk rock shows if you are just going to cry about it. Let more dedicated writers and reviewers pick those up. How about instead you just tell us how awesome animal collective are and why you would suck David Bowie off given the chance. 'On the motorhead thing... Motorhead is actually huge fans of Planes and asked them to play with them in Colorado last year...' I'd don't like this band..Sweet Cobra sucks too. I guess my musical taste is better than the kid who reviewed this.....sigh, damn kids because saying that you got a nu-metal vibe from planes is the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard. and you still haven't explained yourself. get to it. Much thanks to Brian for the correction. Shit. That's a typo. It's supposed to say: What's wrong with wanting to avoid secondhand smoke? Come on Jesse. As an Akimbo fan you should know better than to even imply that Planes are anything close to Nu-metal. For once, Chinatown, I agree with you. PMFS is huge, man. Deal with it. They're basically touching mainstream. The comments below seem to show a lot of people who are at least familiar enough with PMFS to know that there is not one nu-metal bone in their collective bodies. Christ, this review wasn't that bad (Jesse, however, is.) Jesse, at least you enjoyed High On Fire, who I personally think I like better than Isis. People, people, people. pmfs is fucking lame. get over it My experience has been that if people are familiar with a band like PMFS, they most likely have a greater grasp on underground music in general. Notice I said "familiar with" and not "only people who like PMFS". My favorite sentence in this review is: "For the two songs I was able to stay for, I totally thought they were awesome. " Haha, pretty much sums up how terrible this review and reviewer are. what does them enjoying planes prove? that the guy who wrote the review should enjoy planes because he enjoys motorhead? On the motorhead thing... Motorhead is actually huge fans of Planes and asked them to play with them in Colorado last year... Keep on explain and making excuses though, they're quite entertaining A lot of thier songs are dropped D. Does that somehow make them metal? (or numetal I guess?) No.. not at all. This review blows. even if you feel that planes put on a horrible show, whatever whatever, their dedication level in what they do is unbelievable. they're touring machines. they're slobby fuckin drunks and they love it. on a side note, the cat who wrote this review, refered to a band he thinks highly of as one 'in the vein of motorhead and black sabbath.' don't fuck with planes, they're one of the few bands present that continue to change their music but still stay consistent within it. reviews are lame. planes are cool. meow. "elliot", i would bet money that they are in at least D tuning, if not lower. im so glad someone is finally saying how much pmfs suck. i wish theyd stop making their shitty music and go back to sucking each others dicks back in arkansas. okay, to even say that planes REMIND you of nu-metal is fucking retarded. there is absolutely nothing in their music or their live show that could possibly be interpreted as nu-metal. no dudes doing that "get low" guitar bob, no drop tuning, no shitty singing..... haha, this kid makes me laugh... what a little bitch 1) Planes is Nu-Metal Haha, I like Jeese's comment... Are you a fifteen year old kid or what? Did you even read what you wrote in the review? Let's sum up shall we? WHats this kids obsession with how people look? Comparing PMFS to nu-metal? Sacrilege! disgust: to excite nausea or loathing in; sicken. I have yet to seen Planes Mistaken For Stars live, but you eiether love them or don't like them. Having heard a few of their tunes, they're competent musicians, but I just can't get into their stuff. Unbelievable. A) I never said they WERE nu-metal, I just said that it reminded me too much of it. whats wrong with this review? let's just go ahead and say it: Please do us a favor Jesse and NEVER write a rewiew or post a comment on this site again. Punknews didn't send me to this show or require me to go. I just decided to myself. Score is for me. I stayed home last night and studied instead of going to this show in MPLS. Planes Mistaken for Stars and High on Fire will eat you alive. Too bad there aren't multiple yous so that they could each have one. They're that tough. They don't need to split pussies amongst themselves. Jesse is a cock gobbler for calling Planes nu-metal. this website sucks balls |
