We need more discussion of Coheed and Cambria on the forums, as there only seemed to be one thread three years ago that got 8 posts.
I may have only gotten into them in late May, but they've become my third favorite band after Rush and Metallica. For comparison, I counted the playcounts of said artists on Itunes, and did a comparison.
Metallica (since 6/2008): 1843 Plays
Rush (since 6/2008): 1676 Plays
Coheed (since 5/28/2009): 1349 Plays
And that's not including watching videos on DVD, YouTube, or on CD.
Admittedly, the Amory Wars storyline that goes with the music confuses the hell out of me, but I'm all about the music, so I'll discuss that. Yes, we all know "Welcome Home", but as far as I'm concerned, the live version of "Devil in Jersey City" is where it's at:
I just love everything about this band, Claudio's voice, Travis's lead work, Mic's bass, and even the drumming of Josh Eppard/Chris Pennie (yes I know Taylor Hawkins drummed on "No World for Tomorrow) stands out in a big way. Heck, I even love pre-Coheed band Shabuite. My guitarist gives me shit because they're "emo", but fuck him, he likes Atreyu and Iwrestledabearonce.
So I guess I'll ask, any other fans here?
I really don't like the sound of their singer. Their only song that I like is Welcome Home.
GPFontaine
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Posted:
Nov 22 2009 09:25 pm
I enjoy Welcome Home some days, and other days I find it obnoxious. I can't seem to make up my mind about them.
Ash Burton
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Posted:
Nov 22 2009 11:29 pm
JimmyLazer wrote:
I really don't like the sound of their singer. Their only song that I like is Welcome Home.
WTF, his voice is a combination of Jesus and Geddy Lee!
joshwoodzy wrote:
Ash is probably just home humping his SNES collection.
aeonic
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Posted:
Nov 23 2009 01:58 pm
Yeah, I actually kind of have to agree with Ash. When I heard Coheed and Cambria for the first time, I was like, "Wow, Rush put out a new album? It's pretty badass." Then I listened more and realized that I'd much rather hear 2012 again. Maybe I'm just prejudiced against music that discusses dystopian future scenarios, though... Gary Numann's "ME" is one of my favorite songs of all time. Go ahead and judge, fuckers, I've had it all before.
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JimmyLazer
Title: Always bored
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Posted:
Nov 23 2009 04:46 pm
Ash Burton wrote:
JimmyLazer wrote:
I really don't like the sound of their singer. Their only song that I like is Welcome Home.
WTF, his voice is a combination of Jesus and Geddy Lee!
Then Jesus must have had a very whiny voice.
NERO
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Posted:
Nov 23 2009 05:34 pm
The guitar is not bad, the bass is aight, the drums are drums, but the the singers voice literally cracks at points in that video.
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JStrangiato
Title: El Hombre Strangiato
Joined: Jun 12 2007
Location: Texas
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Posted:
Nov 23 2009 06:08 pm
NERO wrote:
The guitar is not bad, the bass is aight, the drums are drums, but the the singers voice literally cracks at points in that video.
His voice does do that sometimes live, largely because of Claudio's acid reflux disease plus years of smoking. But I could see why people don't like his voice, it's very 'love it or hate it". Although I will say that Mic Todd is a beast of a bass player, although it doesn't show in that song as much as it shows in "Time Consumer", "Neverender", or "God Send Conspirator", etc.
I'd also like to say that "Welcome Home" doesn't really sound like any of their other songs, especially from the first two albums.
aeonic wrote:
Yeah, I actually kind of have to agree with Ash. When I heard Coheed and Cambria for the first time, I was like, "Wow, Rush put out a new album? It's pretty badass." Then I listened more and realized that I'd much rather hear 2112 again.
