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  3. Rage Against The Machine to reform?

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    First, I wouldn't call Battle of L.A. a bad parody of the first album.

    If you like seeing bands grow and develop that's fine. that's your opinion. However some bands are "one trick ponies" to a certain extent. I would class Rage as one trick ponies - shouty rapping about political issues - huge repetitive riffs punctated by some "frr t trr" effects and tricks and a solid as a rock rythmn section. I fuckin' love it.

    Now, to me it's fair cop that Rage use the same tricks again and again - it's part of the appeal to me. You know what you're getting. They did go with a more hip - hop based sound on Evil Empire but to me that just meant cutting out some of the solos and funking up the bass and drums.

    I think by your accounting Rage must be one in a hundred.

    On a completley seperate note - How many bands do you, me and probably everyone on this forum say "I don't like their new material - much prefer the older stuff." It's a no - win situation as if you change direction or "grow and develop" you lose the fans that put you there in the first place - if you stick with the same sound you have "run out of ideas." I can count hundreds of bands whose material gets worse and worse when they tried "maturing their sound" or "expanding their ideas." Off the top of my head the Beatles for me could do anything and master it and released "different sounding" albums with every release and were a far better band when they split up when they started. Not many bands can claim to do that. Muse have developed with each release and I think they will continue to do so.

    The more I think about it, a fair amount of my favourite bands have a similar trait in that you know exactly where you stand with them and they haven't / never deviated from their early releases:

    AC/DC

    Rancid

    Rage Against The Machine

    Misfits

    Kyuss / Queens of the Stone Age

    I would include the Ramones - but they were great until they broke their winning formula then released (in my opinion) some terrible albums.

    Maybe I fear change, but, in conclusion, I suppose i'm trying to say that I disagree with your idea that bands SHOULD develop and change their sound. Rage, and Battle of L.A. have no less impact because they are not "new" ideas.

    If it ain't broke..............

    I Agree. There is something comforting about knowing what your going to get from a band. Not that they can't supprise you, Like the Chillie Peppers for instance.

  16. Happy Christmas from Phat Tom

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    Like Santa Claus, my sack is ready to burst and it brings me immense pleasure to give it a shake and empty it out for your listening pleasure. My gift doesn't come wrapped, but there certainly was some impressive rapping involved in its creation! Like Jesus, I want to give something to the whole world (or at least as many people as can download it off yousendit.com) so download it as much as you like!

    Not looking for feedback or anything, but I've spent some time over the last week throwing together an 11 minute mix of some sweet tracks from my rapidly expanding vinyl collection. All done on a deck and a basic mixer, with effects etc done on Adobe Audition. Starts a bit hip-hoppy, but gets a bit more party themed later on! Featuring the likes of BIG, Grandmaster Flash, Kool & The Gang, The Clash, Michael Jackson, Nas, Wu-Tang and more!

    Decks The Halls

    Pretty cool work. Merry Xmas

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