White Stripes No More

The White Stripes were one of my favorite bands in the very very early 2000's. after elephant though, they had trouble progressing their sound, and knowing how much of an idealist/extremist Jack White is, he would never try to expand what he created with Meg White, even if it was within her ability to do so or not.

a damn shame. oh well. it was well overdue.

I'm curious as to what Jack's next project will be, given Brendan Benson is working on a solo record, The Kills have a new record and probable tour to do and Dean F. is gearing up to record the next QOTSA album.

As far as I'm concerned he can put The Dead Weather of it's misery and wake me up when The Raconteurs release something other than grade B 70s rock.  How about a little MC5/Big Star hybrid…

What he probably needs to do is go back to Detroit and do something at Ghetto Recorders or with Matt Smith (Outrageous Cherry) but those bridges have been burned to a crisp.

here's hoping he doesn't try to direct, ala rob zombie. 

kosmo wrote:
How about all the diehard Stone Roses fans who went incensed when their second record came out, which in hindsight was way ahead of time considering the current crop of Led Zep influenced British Bands.

I, for one, prefer the first pressing of their first album because it didn't contain "Fool's Gold". How's that for hipster?

It's really because "Fool's Gold" sucks.

The Meg White is a bad drummer conversation is so tired. I really could care less about musicianship. How many of you guys own Yngwie Malmsteen records?

(wanders off to remove beets off Xmas card list)

I'm with you there, but I think the conversation can go both ways, especially for people that immediately count something out BECAUSE it's complicated, etc.

I think the link needs to be draw at pretension, rather than precision.

reggie wrote:
The Meg White is a bad drummer conversation is so tired. I really could care less about musicianship. How many of you guys own Yngwie Malmsteen records?

Boy that Jimmy Page sure was a great guitar player.
What an asshole

Brian_Wallace wrote:
Basically, it was that the better a drummer got in a band, the worse the band got.

Great call. Tool sucks and Soundgarden sucks because they have phenomenal drummers. Rush? Awful…because of Neil Peart.

Consider the source when it comes to Malkmus.

Whatever her limitations, meg white perfectly counterbalanced jack white.  Rooted in psychological rather than technical.

Stone Roses were also amazingly balanced on the first album.  No matter what direction anyone went it was all amazingly cohesive.  That balance was gone on Second Coming.  Reni and Ian Brown seemed diminished and the Zeppelin riffs were a coked up monster laying waste to everything in their sight.

Stone Roses debut is in my all-time top ten. Its almost a perfect album.

Second Coming really sogs in comparison, but on its own, its a pretty good heavy guitar record. There's some crap on there, and the 4:30 intro to Breaking Into Heaven is supremely retarded. But Squire is a shithot guitar player and I love some of those songs. Driving South, 10 Story Love Song, Begging You, Tightrope and Love Spreads are good.

Thousand wrote:

Brian_Wallace wrote:
Basically, it was that the better a drummer got in a band, the worse the band got.

Great call. Tool sucks and Soundgarden sucks because they have phenomenal drummers. Rush? Awful…because of Neil Peart.

Consider the source when it comes to Malkmus.

Tool DOES suck!  Hard!  Wait a minute!  Soundgardern….Tool….Rush….  Listen Ten Thousand Made-Up Lovers, I'm really sorry your group of friends can no longer find time to come over and play Dungeons and Dragons with you anymore.  And, YES, they DID take advantage of all the hard work you put into being Dungeon Master.  But some of them have jobs now…and lives.

Brian

Nirvana improved with a better drummer. 

I own Rising Force. I even felt the fucking fury in person.

ggw wrote:
I own Rising Force. I even felt the fucking fury in person.

Ygnwie Who?

Brian

^^^ You need to be institutionalized.

Jaguar wrote:
10 Other Bands Who Should Also Break Up

*I took the liberty of correcting the title.

Fun enough read but c'mon, the Postal Service? That's like saying the Dukes of Stratosphear should break up. And the Smith Westerns just released a great album. I know their inclusion was tongue-in-cheek but they still shouldn't be on the list. And listing Odd Future just makes the guy look stupid.

^ Relaxer, I didn't take that list all that seriously. In fact, I agree with you regarding The Postal Service and there was some other band I'd never heard of but figured that was on me for not knowing them. Now, if I wanted to be serious about this, I'd make my own list… and Aerosmith (however they spell it) would be included.

The Strokes are officially on the clock to justify their continued existence.  Can they do it?

Interpol