Meshuggah is just a bunch of fuzz-box metal vocals/guitar in the tradition
of Gwar (satanic-type rock) with a little bit of melodic thrown in to intice
the masses. Influential nineties music? I hardly think so - rehash upon
rehash of a repressed hormonal male puberty gone completely awry.
Influential? Kott must have been having one of those Lucy In The Sky
dreams. The Orb is electronica borrowing from the "dead". I mean, leave
Minnie Ripperton alone. Their other music is just weird "new age meets rock
meets electronica". May have been "cool" for the young reviewers who've
never crossed this concept before, but for me it was totally been there and
done that. Pretty "corny" stuff if you ask me. Should you have been turned
onto them? No...please don't...don't even give it a second thought.
Tera
-----Original Message-----
From: Dina Gunderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: passenger side <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: 50/90
>Smilin' Jim said:
>>I agree with Dina, although I've heard a lot more than she has. It seems
>>like standard rock-crit snobbery (is that a word? <g>) that most of the
>>general public just ignores.
>
>Hey there, I'm not sure what I said that you're agreeing with, Jim. I
>posed a question, not offering an opinion, and wasn't trying to imply
>snobbery on the part of the critics. I was just wondering if these are
>albums/artists that most people ("people" meaning real people who buy
>records, not critics who have anything and everything cross their desk for
>free) have heard of if they pay attention to mainstream sources such as MTV
>(which would mean that I'm REALLY out of touch if I don't know who they
>are) or whether some are considered to be obscure, or whether any of these
>are considered to be popular albums/artists.
>
>Oh wait, now I know--I think you were agreeing with me about the fact that
>I live under a rock!
>
>Dina, older than some dirt but younger than other dirt
>
>
