Posted by dragonqueen on 2007-12-31 14:22:57
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I just discovered a new band that Aryn the Icollide singer is in. They are called the SCORPION CHILD. The band is from Austin, Texas, and let me tell you....AMAZING stuff! Everyone who enjoyed Icollide would be missing out by not seeking scorpion child out. It's definitely not very Mars Volta, rather more soulful and rockin, with prettier soft songs as well. Aryn's vocals sound more Rangey (Robert Plant or Shannon Hoon and mature and there's no screaming. There is a natural abrasiveness that sounds great. I think his new project is a lot more put-together and has more staying power than Icollides chaotic frenzy, and for all my fellow girls, check out there myspace pics. HOTBOYS.

www.myspace.com/thysouthernsting

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 3:48 PM (EDT)
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It's funny how people can mistake shyness for pretentiousness. icollide is a bunch of shy guys. musicians transform personalities while performing.

Oh holy fuck! great singer: great guitars: great percussion: bad attitudes: i love these guys-andrew

ICOLLIDE....oh wow! GREAT BAND

i saw them in south carolina and they amazed me through and through. First they set up there gear amongst a chaotic environement of tough hxc kids glaring at them anticipating their first note with closed fists. My friends and i knew these bunch of hip lookin dudes would not mis well with the other bands on the bill. My girlfriend and her friends were off to the side gigglin most of the show because as i later found out they had a hardcore crush on two of the guys in the band. The music was amazing to say the least. it reminded me of Refused with and older/newer sound mixed together. the singer was nuts, charismatic and very entertaining. he had a great powerful voice from what i can tell. I am a singer and i looked up to his style. he even challenged some dickhead hanging from the rafters to a fight if he didn't get down.The drummer was on eof the best i have ever seen. my only complaint was the guitar players (bass player included) all sounded like they were competing to be heard. Their parts were amazing and involved but didn't allow enough room to be heard separately. It seemed like way too much going on and very washy. They were a great band if they relied more on writing less guitar. Maybe even one guitar player would be sufficient. I talked to the singer and i think the merch guy afterwards and they were really nice and amazing guys. i hope this band can go far.
I didn't have enough for a record bnut my girlfriend burned it for me and it is awesome. SEAN G.

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at 4:12 PM (EST)
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this band is bitchin!
their work ethic is to be admired and respected.
ive seen them once in PA and once in NJ and they blew me away. i bought their discs and all their stuff is unique and solid.
mad love and respect to ICOLLIDE!!
XO- SLR2006

Posted by GreenVandal on 2006-03-27 00:11:23
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GaY1!1!111!!!zzzz

Is the streetteam seriously bitching about this getting a 7?

That's a high score, idiots.

i've known the guys for quiite sometime and just for the record aryn's had the style and rock start attitude since before icollide so it's hard to say he's ripping off someone else just because he didn't make the style popular. that style follows him on and off stage so it's not just for show. people should look more at the other muscians because they are awsome and extremely tallented just not as flashy. also if people were smart enough to look into the bands history they might figure out who this jesse is and why he has so much to say and might discover they're not ripping off mars volta they just didn't make the sound big.

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 24, 2006 at 4:40 PM (EST)
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My mom bought be tickets to see them and I was so excited to see the man who plays the oboe and the opening act was supposed to be Riverdance, I really like the guy in the middle. Girls scare me. Anyways I get there and its these guys instead and I'm like 'FUCK wheres the guy with the oboe?" "Wheres my mother fucking riverdance?" After the show I felt violated, I was kindof walking with a waddle so my mom asked me if I was violated and I said yes then she pulled on this long black thing coming out of my ass and it started to hurt but finally a microphone popped out and I felt much better. My mom was pissed, she went up to Icollide and fucked them up royaly, kung fu shit and all...I was impressed. I mean shit, she even stuffed a bass guitar up the drummers ass (it made a sharp C through the amp) and then she fucking killed the singer single kick to the balls, it was the highest note he'd ever reached...to bad he didn't live through it. Anyways it really wasn't a bad show...other than a microphone getting stuck in my ass. Next month I'm going to see riverdance three times.

My mom bought be tickets to see them and I was so excited to see the man who plays the oboe and the opening act was supposed to be Riverdance, I really like the guy in the middle. Girls scare me. Anyways I get there and its these guys instead and I'm like 'FUCK wheres the guy with the oboe?" "Wheres my mother fucking riverdance?" After the show I felt violated, I was kindof walking with a waddle so my mom asked me if I was violated and I said yes then she pulled on this long black thing coming out of my ass and it started to hurt but finally a microphone popped out and I felt much better. My mom was pissed, she went up to Icollide and fucked them up royaly, kung fu shit and all...I was impressed. I mean shit, she even stuffed a bass guitar up the drummers ass (it made a sharp C through the amp) and then she fucking killed the singer single kick to the balls, it was the highest note he'd ever reached...to bad he didn't live through it. Anyways it really wasn't a bad show...other than a microphone getting stuck in my ass. Next month I'm going to see riverdance three times.

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 24, 2006 at 3:54 PM (EST)
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that jesse kid is one of those fuckers who's so indie, it hurts. he thinks he impresses people with his knowledge of extremely obscure bands while ripping on any band that doesn't sound like lightning bolt. every city has a bunch of them. this time, someone decided to give one a writing job for a well-known website. so until jesse starts a band and records something for the rest of us to listen to/review/comment/criticize i'll just have to write off every negative dribble that comes out of his shit-breathed mouth or gets spewed onto a message board.

as far as icollide goes, they're pretty okay. not 100% my thing but they're good musicians nonetheless and they have a work ethic that a lot of bands could learn from.

& that columbia show was amazing.. i was there for that one too.. even though it was cold as hell everyone had an amazing time!

actually i'm sure they haven't... icollide posted the link to the review on their myspace page & made a bulliten about it too. so i'm pretty sure that they are different people. i know i haven't posted all of the comments!

Dude... I'm over the mars volta. Yes and deep purple were better cause they didn't do all those pro-tools tricks

Guaranteed at least 10 of this reviews 15 or so comments came from the same ISP. I have the record a good review, there's no need for the one person street team to assault the boards.

i just met those chill dudes in fuckin columbia south carolina in october. they played this outdoor storage facility. my band also played and we were all in awe. it was punk rock as fuck. they're really technical and shit. i'd have to say my nipples froze beneath my shirt. i hope to party with those kids again they were super fun dudes..their album was also amazing so i think they tried to do something different live. chill shit though. my girlfriend really loves them. should i be nervous?

Distrations is a five star album. Idiots can't make music like this

reminds me of the times i cried in my room listening to
drive like jehu

ts

the whole fucking band is great. geniuses every last one of them especially that one guy.

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 24, 2006 at 3:32 PM (EST)
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ARYN told ME that he loves the JACKSON 5 like two years ago, and since then i've neverseen him with an afro. i have seen plenty of other douchebags with skunk hairdos that i'd rather make fun of i'm a singer and i'd have to admit that he has a certain charisma/magic that most of us will never have. at least i can't freak out like that.

i still love it how, every other fucking band in the world is blatantly ripping off every other band and when someone even comes close to the level of originality and talent of omar and cedric, people get sensitive! i have to give aryn cred for feeling and evoking a true feeling when he performs that brings me (seeing them live) to an iggy pop punk rock energy with the grace of james brown and young robert plant! the mars volta weren't anything that i hadn't seen before. kinda boring live! folks we need to stop these comparisons and look at the other generic crap and criticize that instead love, lucas

the name jesse makes me think of another thing.. but that is besides the point.. he obviously has some deep seeded issues considering all he does is bash on icollide on each review.

the fact of the matter is that these guys are talented.
the differences between icollide & the mars volta are astounding. take time to actually listen to the CD & you will understand what i'm saying. icollide has a style of their own that is very unlike what you are trying to pin on them. nice try though, really.
timmmmmmmmm

Hey i agree.. Who is this fucking jesse character? Seeing his name re-occur in icollide reviews makes me conclude only one thing. That he loves icollide more than most. Otherwise why would he waste his time being jealous and hating on a great band........ Excellent record by the way!
p. S. Someone told me that they know or are friends with the mars volta, and are influenced by a lot ofthe same bands but not them so much
marie (go see them live!)

I think that we found our beloved reviewer JESSE again guys! he must have been away on a sabatical wasting more of his musicianless time reviewing/shredding apart hard working bands. it's good to see that he's grown some more hair on his balls in order to ingest another thickdose of critique-cum. sorry bro, gotta jump back to the bands defense in that time is alot more worth ones while making great music and touring than jumping on some website throwing your wack-ass oppinions around on some stupid message board. you will never amount to much. you are weak son!

distractions is a masterpeice -karl m.

Fantastic album....incredible musicians....real hard working people for the love of their art, this comes through the music....amazing.

i know these boys personally & they are very far from pretentious. take the time to actually get into the music, chat with my boys after they play, LISTEN to the album & the creativity it expresses & you will find out that they are like nothing else that is out there right now. they create some of the most unique music & half of you that dog them have probably not even taken the time to actually listen.

they have done numerous tours across the united states, played over 300 shows in the past 3 or 4 years & self released 2 amazing albums all by themselves without label support. that is no easy feat my friends & to say they take themselves seriously is more of a compliment over anything. yes they take their music VERY seriously. if they didn't what kind of band would they be? every band should take what they do seriously. 2 self released albums in the past 3 years & multiple tours across the US without label support is serious i think. go to the show, hang out with the boys, buy a cd & you will see that this is a great group of guys that absolutely loves the music they create & puts their all into every song. they are an amazing band & i see them getting signed in the near future. anyways, now go find some way to dog me with some witty comebacks & posts. i dont care...

timmmm

You guys do know that there are 4 other guys in this band as well. Give them some credit for what they do, DIY all the way. There's some increbibly good music hear from some talented musicians, and you are totally discounting it because you think the Ayrn is trying too hard to be Cedric, give me a f@#$ing break, you people are idiots.

these guys are absolutely amazing!!

i know them personally, and believe me..they don't take themselves that seriously, althgough that are serious about their music. they don't use any other band's styles to use as their own. enough with the mars volta comparisons. these guys are for real, and it's a shame they don't have any lable support, but i see them getting signed some time soon. they're much better than 90% of the signed bands out there. go see them live, and don't listen to what anyone else says...make your own observations and you will see just how amazing they really are.

jake

The funny thing is, most people don't realize that Icollide has been around a full 2 years longer than everyone's precious Mars Volta. Sure, they're probably has been an influence from the Cedric/Omar camp, but give them credit for being for accomplishing what they have thus far. They've had no help from labels or booking agents. They record and release their own records and book their own tours. That says something right?

Last time I saw this band the singer was trying sooooooo hard just to be Cederic from the Mars Volta....I mean the dancing/hand clapping/mini-fro and 70s leisure wear...

It was pathetic.

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 24, 2006 at 9:19 AM (EST)
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I saw this band once and brown sugar started to pool around my molars. It was pretty weird. I left because I got worried.

i saw this band once and bile began to pool around my molars. very true story. so freeking pretentious. everything, even the spasttic screaming or whatever seemed canned. either they take themselves way too seriously or i just dont get it.

my dog did that once.