At 10:27 PM -0500 11/21/00, Stimp wrote:
>Wow, you mean you know who Godspeed You Black Emperor is? Being from
>Montreal, Canada (that's where Godspeed's from), I obviously know of them,
>but I'm surprised to hear that their becoming internationally recognized.
>Personally, I'm not crazy about them, as I feel that what they're doing was
>done by bands like Genesis (Peter Gabriel era), King Crimson and other
>prog-rock bands about 30 years ago, and much better at that. Considering
>that it's rock and that everything's been done a thousand times already, I
>don't feel that GYBE is contributing anything significant or groundbreaking
>to music, and you sure can't dance to it! Just my two bits worth, but I'd
>love to hear from those who disagree with me, as I'd really wanna know what
>the big deal is with these guys. I'm convinced it's just hype.
>
>Stimp
They're fairly huge amongst the indie/undie-rockers over on the
Droneon list; & there's been fairly big buzz amongst that general
populace since the first album.
And there's been lots of "they're all hype" backlash, too--
--Jason Witherspoon ICQ #62837760
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