My name is awful.
They're alright, but I'm not a huge fan.
last.fm
They're one of my favorite bands, although they've started to lose their luster.
You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
I wouldn't know, I only have the first two albums, although I heard amputechture once or twice and wasn't terribly impressed. I generally hear the next two are better, though. Do you think they're worth a listen?
defiance
Their hands secrete a monument. Transient jet lag ecto mimed bison.
Words cast into the uncaring void of the internet.
Why yes, they do have nonsensical lyrics.
You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
Nonsensical, but awesome sounding nonetheless.
defiance
The nonsensical lyrics are the best part.
Words cast into the uncaring void of the internet.
Lazy?
One of the very few bands that I hate with a passion.
That being said, I can acknowledge their ability, musically and in song-writing.
frozen in time
In theory, I should really like this band, yet in actuality I'm just lukewarm.
Bummer when that happens.
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dOOOOM
I used to dislike them a lot, but as I "matured" musically, I stopped hating them (which goes hand-in-hand with becoming less hateful altogether). I haven't listened to them in ages, though.
I remember that the vocals annoyed the fuck out of me, but I like plenty of artists with vocals I find somewhat annoying (including the vaguely-similar Coheed and Cambria), so it's not much of a problem for me.
last.fm | RYM
Can't ever replace the all-out face melting musical juggernaut that was At The Drive In.
That said, there are far worse follow up bands from splits (and I was never hugely keen on Sparta). In particular, I like De-loused, being the most ATDI like.
...is out to lunch.
You know, people keep talking about how ATDI was some kind of musical face-melting machine, but I really just found them rather tame.
You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
I've only heard bits and pieces of ATDI, but I've been consistently underwhelmed. Different strokes, I suppose.
I liked Deloused, but they kind of lost me with Francis The Mute and I never ended up giving them another shot really.
Different strokes, I suppose. Depends on the context of your first listen imo. For one thing, I can't imagine what I'd think of ATDI after knowing The Mars Volta.
...is out to lunch.
Resident Oreo
At The Drive-In >>>>>>>>>>>
The Mars Volta just seems overrated to me. I've heard Bedlam and Deloused in the Comatorium: the first was awful and the second was good but not great.
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Not-Not-Not Your Academy
They're a bit overwrought sometimes and I find it very silly, but mostly they range from pretty good to really good. I like 'em.
I prefer At the Drive-In in pretty much every way, though. One of the best bands ever.
They're off the streets now, and back on the road on the riot trail. http://www.last.fm/user/sca_punk
Anwalt der Verdammten
i loved Bedlam.
The 5 geek social fallacies. Know them well.
I love them far, far too much. Octahedron was their weakest yet in my humble opinion, but nevertheless an album with some seriously rockin' songs (Cotopaxi, anyone?). I haven't listened to them much recently, but that's because I'd been listening to them so much before.
To be honest, I couldn't pick a favourite out of their other four albums, though I'd say their best song is a toss-up between Goliath, Viscera Eyes or Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt.
Oh, and:
THE KIOSK IN MY TEMPORAL LOBE IS SHAPED LIKE ROSALYN CARTER!
ALMSIVI
I really quite like The Mars Volta. They're probably one of my favourite bands.
"I can't imagine what Hell will have in store, but I know when I'm there, I won't wander anymore."
Anwalt der Verdammten
I find their lyrics remind me of a less Nightmare Fuel version of Skinny Puppy.
Compare:
BLAST AND RAW EYE BLOOD SHOT LID COLOR CONCEALED CRIMSON TRAP THIN LIT MESS CODE STOP THE OCEAN COUNTING BLOOD COUGHING BLOOD AND NEEDLE SYRINGE IN THE ISLAND THIRST OF DROUGHT...
WHEN THE CHANTS HAVE CYCLED HOW CAN I GO WRONG THERE WILL BE NO EVE FOR ADAM IF YOUR APPLES HAVE GONE I NEED A BRAND NEW SKIN...
The 5 geek social fallacies. Know them well.
Longevitae
A rather marvelous band. Even more interesting when you consider the fact that Omar is a perfectionist. Every single sound in these songs - despite a lot of it sounding like soundchecking - is there for a reason.
My favorite songs so far is This Apparatus must be Unearthed, Tetragrammaton, Wax Simulacra, Agadez and Televators.
I really like them. The Bedlam in Goliath has a ton of great songs in particular.
Since this is back again I'll update my opinion on them: I listened to every album and wrote about them for my music blog thing
since then, and I've come around to them much more: Frances The Mute is still kind of my least favorite (though it's got some cool moments and I love the title track that didn't actually end up on the album), but I like the albums they did afterwards a lot better. The albums I kind of ended up liking best were the two ones that seem to be the most divisive among fans though - namely Octahedron and Amputechture.
What does tvtropes think of them? Personally, they're one of those bands I have to be in the mood for to listen to, but when I am...holy balls, they send me to another dimension (even though its not a particularly nice one).