Geir Hongro - Classic or Dud?

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Ah, the legendary page.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Every time I see this thread title I imagine that it's about a band - Geir Hongro would be a great name for a band: perhaps speed metal or post-rock indie.

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:37 (twenty-three years ago)

no o. nate because there WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH MELODY!

― M Matos (M Matos), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Are we making you feel young again Ned?

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:41 (twenty-three years ago)

geir hongro doesn't exactly float off the tongue...

― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:41 (twenty-three years ago)

Maybe I'm not pronouncing it right - is it "GAIR HON-gro"?

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:42 (twenty-three years ago)

Geir Hongro sounds like an Urban Dance Squad side-project, or a Fishbone b-side

― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:42 (twenty-three years ago)

herr hongro gotta little more rhythym and melody.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:43 (twenty-three years ago)

G'yer Maker!

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:45 (twenty-three years ago)

"geir hongro" is actually an alias used by carter usm for a lone rmx in 1991

― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:46 (twenty-three years ago)

hahaha - I like how his name definitely suggests early 90s though

― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:47 (twenty-three years ago)

this poor bastard

― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:47 (twenty-three years ago)

http://home.online.no/~knhongro/Geir/Geir.jpg

― jess (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:49 (twenty-three years ago)

ILM has found a bouncer!

― James Blount (James Blount), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:51 (twenty-three years ago)

the cutting edge of melody and mentalism

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Are we making you feel young again Ned?

Fresh, dewy and moist, Mr. Noodles. And I know you wanted to know that.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 03:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Specially the part about Moist.
I hate them, no melody.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 04:01 (twenty-three years ago)

i paraphrase, in agreement, what Ally said a while ago ... Geir looks like Matt Pinfield's demented Norwegian cousin.

― Tad (llamasfur), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 05:05 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.dwightmarshall.com/photos/Pinfield.jpg

― Prude (Prude), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 05:17 (twenty-three years ago)

WOW

― jm (jtm), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 05:26 (twenty-three years ago)

The band should just drop the Geir part and be HONGRO. And they must play power/prog metal.

― original bgm, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 06:32 (twenty-three years ago)

http://home.online.no/~knhongro/Geir/Geir.jpg
http://www.30kfirepay2.co.uk/yourcampagin/rosskemp.jpg

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 11:13 (twenty-three years ago)

haha shakey got his lick in first

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 11:23 (twenty-three years ago)

but as usual he is right

― mark s (mark s), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 11:43 (twenty-three years ago)

Can we keep him like we did with D00m Patrol? You know sort of an ill tempered pet, like a lap dog.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 15:05 (twenty-three years ago)

But he's not ill-tempered! That's a very poor equation to draw. He is supremely calm.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 15:45 (twenty-three years ago)

I noticed, but still he doesn't seem to move, like some shitsu parked on an old ladys gown.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 15:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Geir Hongro would be a great name for a band:
Howsabout Gastr del Hongro?

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 15:58 (twenty-three years ago)

http://home.online.no/~knhongro/Geir/Geir.jpg
http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/archive/2001/pictures/2001-11-23-shrek.jpg

― Prude (Prude), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Rock history is filled with overrated artists
(Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Animals, Stones, Who, Led
Zeppelin, Doors, Velvet Underground, James Brown, Sly Stone, any
rap, any early house), but Beatles are NOT among them.

Funniest thing I've read on ILM yet!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:51 (twenty-three years ago)

...or a Fishbone b-side

LOL! But it's too short, it would be more like "Geir Hongro's Multitudinous Orrifaces of Dick Slamming Power Capitalism Shtick".

I've been reading WAY too much Dr. Madd Vibe. :D

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 19:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Rock history is filled with overrated artists [...] but Beatles are NOT among them.
[ RANT MODE ON ]
Bullshit!
Fact 1: No band, no matter how good, deserves THAT level of idolatry. I'm sick to death of the glazed-eyed cultists! It would not amaze me if some yoyo came up to be, grabbed me by the lepels and barked (in a perfect Dennis Hopper impersonation) "Don't understand, maaaaaan! Paul McCartney Invented GRAVITY!"; It's just pop music, okay, put away your nude photos of Ringo Starr and get a grip on something other than shmendrick. 'Kay?
Fact 2: They've never made an album without at least one genuine stinker ("yellow submarine", "oh blah dee, oh blah duh!"); So the pretense that "all their albums are perfect" is complete bunk.
Fact 3: They spent half their career as milksops and the second half as two pairs of Befuddlemint Twins! So they never achieved either the rawk grit of a good blues based act, nor the clarity of a finely tuned Classical quartet. So the pretense that they were the perfect balance of rock/pop/classical is bunk.

Now, on the plus side, I will admit the following:
Counterfact 1: They did innovate/popularize alot of nifty ideas BUT they didn't invent everything they get credit for. Concept Albums, foreign instruments and close harmony singing existed long before the Beatles.
Counterfact 2: It would the rantings of a madman to not admit They We're the Most Popular Band Evah. BUT this does not mean they are the BEST band. Especially in genres they aren't masters of. Their stabs at folk or country do not surpass the specialist masters (ie. "Rocky Raccoon" is NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT a better Country Choon than Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire". In fact, it's a borderline irritating tune thats not even a match for "A Girl Named Sue"); So any claims that they are the BEST BAND EVAH overlooks the fact that to be the best BAND they have to be better than all bands in EVERY GENRE. Face it, they aren't better metalheads than GnR, Def Leppard, Metallica or Slayer. They aren't a better Jazz quartet either. And their combined funk doesn't even equal the Funk Level of one of P-Funk's roadies.
GRRRRRAAAAGRGGGHHH!
(pant pant pant pant pant....)
[ RANT MODE OFF ]

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 22:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Easy there, boy!

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 22:17 (twenty-three years ago)

b-b-but "Yellow Submarine" is grate!

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Tuesday, 4 March 2003 22:21 (twenty-three years ago)

(pant pant pant pant pant...)
okay...I'm okay...it just (pant) gets on my last (pant) fucking nerve ending.

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 22:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh I know, and you're such a good little boy! Yesh you are.

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 22:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Can I have a cookie?

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 22:29 (twenty-three years ago)

donuts for ALL!

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 22:31 (twenty-three years ago)

donut bitch to thread!

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 22:34 (twenty-three years ago)

mmmmmm....donuts....

Or maybe not. It was the toffee popcorn I just ate that gave me the psycho-carbo energy to write that rant.

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Tuesday, 4 March 2003 22:37 (twenty-three years ago)

But he's not ill-tempered! That's a very poor equation to draw. He is supremely calm.

Just you wait until I consult my good friend Usama Bin Laden. :-)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 02:14 (twenty-three years ago)

haha people died!

― James Blount (James Blount), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 02:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Hm... Perhaps he's friends with Rolci?

― Prude (Prude), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 03:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Whose this Usama guy, I dont think he posted on A.M.A?

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 03:28 (twenty-three years ago)

No offense Geir, but until a couple days ago I thought you were an urban legend. Some practical joker's idea of the ultimate rockist.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 05:34 (twenty-three years ago)

considering how he gives more love to peter gabriel over stephin merritt his 'I'm all about melodies' stance is fraudulence and whitewash

― James Blount (James Blount), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 07:32 (twenty-three years ago)

I mean if his 'melody - yes, rhythm - no' thing was for real, then you could agree with it or disagree with it whatever, but he clearly hasn't really thought it out - it's like he happened to like a bunch of bands already (genesis, xtc) and then tried to pretend there was some aesthetic guiding his choices when really they're more arbitrary then he'd like to admit, as he clearly doesn't really adhere to the aesthetic he puts forth, just pretends to.

― James Blount (James Blount), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 07:35 (twenty-three years ago)

it's a shame though as someone actually representing a 'melodies - yes, rhythm - no' outlook would really have something to add to ILM, but this guy just spits out soundbites. oh well.

― James Blount (James Blount), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 07:37 (twenty-three years ago)

plus clearly he's a bit of a social retard

― James Blount (James Blount), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 07:40 (twenty-three years ago)

blount, the problem with meritt is he doesn't use enough chords, see? so his melodies are simple rather than harmonic.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Wednesday, 5 March 2003 09:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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