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But if anyone is looking to cut and paste for their record review Ben Domenech style, here's a goldmine: Mark Morford regurgitates every cliche you can think of on his hype piece today (which, to be fair, is on sfgate's culture blog, which leads me to believe he actually does believe the things he's saying, which, I guess, is his perogative).

― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 15:57 (7 years ago) Permalink

The fact remains - no matter how good or bad, real metal fans will never buy albums by Wolfmother, The Sword (the worst of the bunch, I think), Witch, etc. This isn't a reflection on the music necessarily - I don't know any metal fans (and I know a lot - the heavy metal parking lot type, mostly old Maiden fans fighting in vain against the ravages of old age / good sense, and the newer, chain wallet sporting Lamb of God / Dimebag RIP types) that even know who Om or Kalas is. Maybe some have heard Sleep, but even that's probably a stretch. You can try to argue, but I dare you to survey the crowd at an Opeth show, or a Hate Eternal show, and ask them at random how many albums they own on Kemado or Teepee or Troubleman or Matador. This is the harsh reality, folks, no matter how much hyperbole and bullshit you put behind a band of longhairs playing blues progressions through Orange amplification.

― Leach Woman, Wednesday, 29 March 2006 16:44 (7 years ago) Permalink

That's prob'ly rate in most of these cases. The Gooze, a friend of mine is a Maiden/Dimebag fanatic, he bought Wolfmother and said it was going back into circulation at the used store. There's always an exception to the rule so maybe if they get luck..

Semi-entertaining and certainly enthusiastic review even though Wolfmother don't sound like the best of Ozzy Black Sabbath or mega-fuzzy 70's arena rock which wasn't that fuzzy really. Technical bit of info: Yes, Pagey used a Tonebender fuzz into his Marshalls but, like everyone else, he didn't use it to cover everything in ZZZZZZ and hair, you used them to juice sustain, thickness and crunch on the tone.

Why do the reviews that namecheck 70's arena rock never mention Foghat or Nugent? Or ELP? Man, up until '74 ELP had coined and ruined superstadium rock.
Nice Frazetta/Dean-esque art.(or maybe they did drag Dean out of semi-retirement or whoever the new Dean/Frazetta is). Very 70's and if you bought the LP on the basis of it back then you'd probably be happy with it for a couple weeks. Dean did a couple Heap covers but Wolfmother don't sound like that either.

― George 'the Animal' Steele, Wednesday, 29 March 2006 16:56 (7 years ago) Permalink

And ELP DID sound fuzzy by dint of Palmers synths. They really fuzzed and fizzed.

― George 'the Animal' Steele, Wednesday, 29 March 2006 16:57 (7 years ago) Permalink

Whoops, ERROR. Make that Emerson's synths. How could I be so stupid? I love some ELP.

― George 'the Animal' Steele, Wednesday, 29 March 2006 17:00 (7 years ago) Permalink

All arguments about authenticity aside, everything I've heard by this band sounds good for about the first 4 seconds then puts me to sleep. One of their early EPs was recommended by a usually on-point friend of mine, so I tried to get into it more than I would most music. After repeated listens I can't remember a single lick or lyric by this band.

Exact same situation for Sword, except I didn't try as hard to like them.

― josh in sf (stfu kthx), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 18:55 (7 years ago) Permalink

RE: Nice Frazetta/Dean-esque art.(or maybe they did drag Dean out of semi-retirement or whoever the new Dean/Frazetta is). Very 70's and if you bought the LP on the basis of it back then you'd probably be happy with it for a couple weeks. Dean did a couple Heap covers but Wolfmother don't sound like that either.

-- George 'the Animal' Steele (georg...), March 29th, 2006. (later)

The artwork is original Frazetta...

― glenny g2003 (glenny g2003), Thursday, 30 March 2006 00:08 (7 years ago) Permalink

The artwork is originally RETARDED!!!

― Esteban Buttez Goes To College, Thursday, 30 March 2006 00:23 (7 years ago) Permalink

Review cites Wolfmother as preferable to the Darkness who are clubbed as unworthy. But the Darkness essentially went to the same demographic being shilled on Wolfmother this year. The band sold fair on its first release but didn't entrench with old school and hardcore metal fans in the US and come the second record, which I liked two or three songs on, they were pretty much finished because no one seemed to cared anymore. Vera innerestink.

Frazetta did art that was used on one or two Nazareth rekkids. However, they were the Nazareth rekkids that weren't the ones most people kept in their collections.

I dunno. I've hear Wolfmother's "Love Train" and stuff over and over and I don't hear 70's or I'd like it a lot more than I do. Which is the equiv of an 'eh' when its on.

― George 'the Animal' Steele, Thursday, 30 March 2006 02:51 (7 years ago) Permalink

It's a detail of a 1970s Frazetta, I think, not an original commission. (Glenn should know, though.)

― kit brash (kit brash), Thursday, 30 March 2006 03:41 (7 years ago) Permalink

At least with The Darkness, you knew it was all a joke.

― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!! (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Thursday, 30 March 2006 04:43 (7 years ago) Permalink

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― hjfkzl, Thursday, 30 March 2006 08:17 (7 years ago) Permalink

7 months pass...

> THEY HAVE A SONG CALLED "TALES FROM THE FOREST OF GNOMES"

This was intended as ad hominem, but personally, I couldn't think of a better endorsement for the band. When it comes to rock, I'm fascinated by the absurd, the esoteric, and adventurous bordering on the daft. Did Led Zeppelin really need to reference Tolkien in some of their songs? Not really, but it's what they felt and I love them for it.

>The fact remains - no matter how good or bad, real metal fans
>will never buy albums by Wolfmother

Probably true. I like metal and metalheads have a certain charm but lord knows they're fairly dogmatic and narrow in their tastes.

My personal opinion of Wolfmother: I was introduced to them via the "Jimmy Kimmel concert series" where they played about four songs. I was tremendously entertained and immediately downloaded the album. What a dissapointment! It's like all of the rawness and excitement were smoothed down. Live, the singer essentially howled, with passion if not precision, and the solos were monstrousl raw and volcanic. The studio recordings are much more restrained and predictable. Alas. I hope in the future they'll be able to capture the tremendous energy of their live show.

― Squirrel_Police (Squirrel_Police), Sunday, 5 November 2006 03:35 (6 years ago) Permalink

Hard rock for people who don't like hard rock.

― Urnst Kouch (Urnst Kouch), Sunday, 5 November 2006 09:04 (6 years ago) Permalink

"WOOOOOOMAN, YOU GOTTA DECLARE ITEMS ON ENTRY TO AUSTRALIA! WOOOOOOMAN!"

-- Domenico Buttez (estebanbutte...), September 4th, 2006.

― Hoosteen (Hoosteen), Sunday, 5 November 2006 09:07 (6 years ago) Permalink

Wolfmother: Alpha to omega.

― Urnst Kouch (Urnst Kouch), Sunday, 5 November 2006 09:08 (6 years ago) Permalink

>> but lord knows they're fairly dogmatic and narrow in their tastes.

I was told I'm Jim Anchower. But I don't have a stocking cap. And I am too old. I thought the Detroit Rock City movie had nothing to do with my experience. It was always easy to get AC/DC, Kiss and Sabbath tickets.

― Urnst Kouch (Urnst Kouch), Sunday, 5 November 2006 09:28 (6 years ago) Permalink

The one time I heard these guys, I thought they were doing a Billy Squier rip. [Shrugs.]

― A Radio Picture (Rrrickey), Sunday, 5 November 2006 09:46 (6 years ago) Permalink

I honestly thought this crap would be long forgotten by now.

WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE NO FUCKING TASTE? :-(

― wordy rappaport (EstieButtez1), Sunday, 5 November 2006 12:03 (6 years ago) Permalink

Video of Mike Patton being interviewed at Lollapalooza as Wolfmother start to play; his reaction is amusing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r98WLLWMq3o

― Tiki Theater Xymposium (Bent Over at the Arclight), Sunday, 5 November 2006 14:06 (6 years ago) Permalink

Bwahahahahaha, that's fucking fantastic.

― wordy rappaport (EstieButtez1), Sunday, 5 November 2006 14:13 (6 years ago) Permalink

"What year is it?!"

― Hoosteen (Hoosteen), Monday, 6 November 2006 00:38 (6 years ago) Permalink

i'd be more inclined to like any band that douchebag hates.

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 6 November 2006 01:16 (6 years ago) Permalink

...b-b-but Patton is going to record an album of Italian 60's songs?!!
GREAT!!!

― Marco Damiani (Marco D.), Monday, 6 November 2006 13:53 (6 years ago) Permalink

I wanna hear him singing some Mina or Carosone songs!

― Marco Damiani (Marco D.), Monday, 6 November 2006 13:53 (6 years ago) Permalink

He's already done "24,000 Baci".

― dommy p is alright WHICH IS A LOT MORE THAN I CAN SAY ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE (Dom, Monday, 6 November 2006 13:57 (6 years ago) Permalink

Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDWWUafU6IM

― dommy p is alright WHICH IS A LOT MORE THAN I CAN SAY ABOUT A LOT OF PEOPLE (Dom, Monday, 6 November 2006 14:00 (6 years ago) Permalink

The singer from wroflmother's voice is HORRIBLE.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Monday, 6 November 2006 14:06 (6 years ago) Permalink

He's already done "24,000 Baci"

Celentano + Patton = unbelievably demented classic.
His Italian is incredibly good, by the way.

― Marco Damiani (Marco D.), Monday, 6 November 2006 14:30 (6 years ago) Permalink

10 months pass...

Video of Mike Patton being interviewed at Lollapalooza as Wolfmother start to play; his reaction is amusing:

Repentance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XT26VjTfug

― energy flash gordon, Monday, 17 September 2007 04:51 (5 years ago) Permalink

Tongue piercing cheek, tickling woman's hairstyle.

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 17 September 2007 05:03 (5 years ago) Permalink

you cant seriously like wolfmother

― the galena free practitioner, Monday, 17 September 2007 13:41 (5 years ago) Permalink

who can't?

― energy flash gordon, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 13:46 (5 years ago) Permalink

4 months pass...

Someone was telling me the other day that Wolfmother straight from the get go had critics talking. As industry bigwigs fumbled for their cheque books they sold out show after show without even a proper release to their name, sending Sydney hipsters crazy.

― Dom Passantino, Thursday, 7 February 2008 21:56 (5 years ago) Permalink

i still kinda like "woman"

they will have a decent singles collection in like 4 years and i will probably buy it

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 7 February 2008 22:19 (5 years ago) Permalink

woman is probably my favorite song to play on guitar hero

― J0rdan S., Thursday, 7 February 2008 22:20 (5 years ago) Permalink

I saw the singer in a really shitty restaurant in Brisbane the other week.

― W4LTER, Thursday, 7 February 2008 22:27 (5 years ago) Permalink

I ran in to an old friend literally seconds after this happened, which was more exciting.

― W4LTER, Thursday, 7 February 2008 22:29 (5 years ago) Permalink

Oh, they're Australian?

They make more sense now.

― jim, Thursday, 7 February 2008 22:30 (5 years ago) Permalink

What a shitty band.

― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 7 February 2008 22:32 (5 years ago) Permalink

yeah, "woman" is pretty fun in guitar hero.

― Creeztophair, Thursday, 7 February 2008 23:10 (5 years ago) Permalink

pretty much the case from what i remember - they were allegedly signed after their third gig. of course they'd been rehearsing for nigh on eight years before playing any gigs so you'd hope they'd be somewhat polished

― electricsound, Thursday, 7 February 2008 23:16 (5 years ago) Permalink

I had always kinda hoped these guys would turn into a worth-taking-seriously Stoner Rock Zeppelin. Disappointed they didn't go anywhere.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 7 February 2008 23:21 (5 years ago) Permalink

6 months pass...

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=18035203&blogID=421944476

Pour one out

― The stickman from the hilarious "xkcd" comics, Thursday, 7 August 2008 12:30 (4 years ago) Permalink

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKDvJTxZDbA

― mark e, Thursday, 7 August 2008 12:46 (4 years ago) Permalink

Patton brings the lols!

― Neil S, Thursday, 7 August 2008 12:48 (4 years ago) Permalink

12:38 AM - 0 Comments - 30 Kudos

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 7 August 2008 12:49 (4 years ago) Permalink

made me properly laff out loud ..

― mark e, Thursday, 7 August 2008 12:49 (4 years ago) Permalink

― King Boy Pato, Thursday, 7 August 2008 13:29 (4 years ago) Permalink

― King Boy Pato, Thursday, 7 August 2008 13:30 (4 years ago) Permalink

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M0du1ar has declined to release their 3rd album, too.

― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Thursday, 22 March 2012 12:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

mixed blessing

― roadie road (electricsound), Thursday, 22 March 2012 13:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

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