PRSGuitarsAreTheWayToGo
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Saw them open for Iron Maiden in Tampa this Summer, gotta say was a little lackluster of a performance, but not many bands out there can top Iron Maiden.
Yeah I got the same vibes from them. Live they were said to sound on par with the studio stuff, but I'll give them break considering aside from the singer, every band member was brand new, since the previous members had a falling out with the singer (Typical band stuff lol)As a 50 year old, I really draw a comparisons to Blue Oyster Cult. Song structure and stuff, not that they send identical,.
I don't usually troll, but since you asked... not a fan. The vocals kill it for me, no soul.
Yeah I dislike that whole thing. The dude fired/Denounced a group of friends he's been in bands with since the late 90s (the original characters of Alpha, Omega, and the keyboardist)I really like the music and the whole crazy vibe, but the singer has been kind of a jerk with how he is basically hiring musicians as contractors with no shares in the band.
hmmm, don't know what any of the drama is about since I know nothing about them, but several people have told me to check them out in the last couple years. After reading this thread, I think I probably won't put any effort into it.
My opinion is they're not as good as Dazz Band.
As an alumnus of several funk bands (OK, I'm showing my age) that's a pretty low blow there.
I don't care for the corny makeup and Satan act, but I do have to admit, out of the rock acts that are happening on the charts today, they at least play their guitars. Most of the rest sound like rehashed disco music to me.
As an alumnus of several funk bands (OK, I'm showing my age) that's a pretty low blow there.
Music-wise, these guys don't do anything for me. All the spooky, evil imagery is lost on me as well, like yawn, King Diamond has already done all that stuff in the 80s. Plus, the fact that the "band" is nothing more than a rotating bunch of nameless (and faceless, in this case) session players dictated by one megalomaniacal mastermind is a major turn-off as well. I remember a while back, the two nameless ghoul guitar players were in Guitar World as a cover story and Tobias pretty much dominated the damn article even though he's the singer. It's like the heavy metal version of Menudo to me.
You don't like Dazz Band?
It has some killer hooks, and a great modern take on 70's stuff like BOC.
My fave thing tho is that it creates arguments among metal kidz as to whether it's metal or not. Just bc it doesn't have harsh vocals or blast beats, a lot of ppl can't understand how to place it.
modern take on 70's stuff