Okay.

Yeah, it is too bad. If you think blast beats and funny song titles are what make The Locust special, you don't get it. They're an experimental group that got mistakenly lumped in with "grind" and "hardcore" or whatever... They are something else, completely. I see them as more of a noise rock band, albeit influenced by grind and power violence, but trying to do something completely different.

-Will

Too bad I can't spell, either.

Okay. You win. You totally "get" the Locust, and I'm just too dumb to understand it. Man, if only I could understand what they're doing, an enormous world of enlightenment would open up to me. To bad I don't understand those blast beats and hamfisted attempts at humor they call song titles. Too bad, indeed.

The Locust aren't that confusing... Not to me, at least. You should stop assuming that just because you don't personally understand a group that everyone who does is faking it for pretentious reasons.

-Will

I'll concede some of that, Will, but the Locust sucks. Just because it's confusing doesn't make it genius.

The Locust are better than "The Zep."

The proof is in the fact that Led Zepellin were just Page's sellout group after The Yardbirds...

And when it comes to the same general era of music, Black Sabbath absolutely crushed them.

I'm sorry, but Led Zepellin really were one of the first bands to pull the fun out of rock and roll and replace it with bullshit theatrics. Their first album is decent, BUT:

Look at British RnB/Blues rock up to then. I'm not just talking about how rough it was- The quality of the songwriting and certainly the singing were better. Anyone who claims to enjoy the sound of Robert Plant's "stabbed in the genitals" singing voice has absolutely no claim to good musical taste. And people who think Page was some sort of genius don't understand the point of the blues in the first place.

Led Zepellin were homogenized, safe rock. The reason they suck so much is that mainstream rock wasn't bad until they came about.

-Will

I have an older full-length of this band's, and it kills. It sounds like Radiohead meets AC/DC. This new one is in my stack of "shit I need to listen to," so maybe it'll find its way inside my stereo tomorrow.

-Scott

You can hate Led Zeppelin if you want, but you cannot deny their enormous influence. They basically created Heavy Metal and anything heavy after them was either influenced by them, their descendants, or done in reaction to their descendants.
Honestly, rock and roll began by just combinging blues and country. Punk began by taking that a speeding it up. It's not like all these huge changes to music happen in one enormous leap. It happens slowly with little changes. Who cares if they were just playing distorted blues riffs (though it was more than that)? What they did changed things, and it sounded good. All the Rolling Stones did was play straightforward blues rock, nothing that revolutionary in and of itself, but they are almost as important as the Beatles.

That said, I tend to dislike any bands now that sound like Zeppelin. Even Zeppelin couldn't do it that well all the time, and most of these bands sound anachronistic. I didn't listen to this specific band, so I won't comment on them, though.

rkl,
This band is real good live. You're right, not much in the way of stage presence, but good banter, and tight as hell live.

On top of that, real nice guys, friendly as hell to employees at clubs they play (and good tippers to the waitresses), and real appreciative to anyone who supports em.

i dont think reviewers should ever comment back to people commenting on their reviews.
- frankfort

Kiddie insults?

You said "loserdom," and something about screamo and "15 year old fat chicks.'' And I'm tossing around kiddie insults?

how is it ridiculous to say led zeppelin sucks? i gave my reasons for hating robert plant..
as far as the rest of it, they use distorted blues riffs. big deal. play an out of shape john lee hooker record, and get the same effect.
if you can tell me how they are one of the most influential, and not boring, bands of all time, be my guest.
if youre just going to toss out kiddie insults, go ahead and do that too. i love actually getting what i execpt, just like xmas.

I don't post my last FM because I don't have one. Simple as that.

Cliche screamo bands? How many of these 15 year old fat chicks you obviously know so well are big fans of City Of Caterpillar or The Spirit Of Versailles. Not a single one. What I'm sure you're incorrectly referring to, are bands like Senses Fail that get dubbed "screamo" by magazines like Rolling Stone. I have never given a positive review to a band like that I've covered, so your statement is nothing short of idiotic.

Led Zeppelin are one of the most influential bands of music history for a fucking reason. I don't care whether you think they're boring or not, but to say they suck is absolutely ridiculous. Stop having opinions, because yours are terrible.

speaking of losing, anchors, you gave the mars volta 5 stars, and love every cliche screamo band possible.
now, im not trying to be judgemental here, but unless youre a 15 y/o fat chick, i think that pretty much wraps you in the coat of loserdom.

led zeppelin sucks. boring music, and robert plant's voice sounds like a cat when you step on its tail.
go ahead, give me shit for my last.fm. i notice you dont post yours.
ballsy

Posted by rkl on 2005-12-06 13:06:06
My Score:

this band is absolutely horrible live. no stage presence, and theyre rockstar dicks.

You hate Led Zeppelin, and The Locust is one of your top 10 overall listens on last.fm. You lose.

if you don't like Zeppelin you either have to be retarded, or just deaf.

Need I remind anyone of Zeppelin's shark incident? Those guys lived it up.

"Or maybe "bring your 'F' game" because Zeppelin is really bad. I'm not saying it from a reactionary point of view, but I actually have heard numerous albums and they suck. I hate them."

It doesn't mean the Zeppelin sucks, it's just that your musical taste is flawed.

Or maybe "bring your 'F' game" because Zeppelin is really bad. I'm not saying it from a reactionary point of view, but I actually have heard numerous albums and they suck. I hate them.