That was really a brilliant idea for a photo series. I wish someone would bring that back.
Inara: So, explain to me again why Zoe wasn't in the dress? Mal: Tactics, woman. Needed her in the back. 'Sides, those soft cotton dresses feel kinda nice. It's the whole... air-flow.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Spidra Webster - Oct 14, 2010 9:52:57 am PDT #3666 of 6436
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Trudy Booth - Oct 14, 2010 7:32:23 pm PDT #3667 of 6436
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
So from the Kerrang articles it looks like My Chem just isn't going to have a drummer. Which, really, seems like a sensible solution to The Drummer Dilemma which strikes so many bands.
What bands have gone with this approach before? Having someone(s) record and (maybe) some other someone(s) tour but exist as a unit without a stated drummer? You see it plenty with keyboard players, backup singers, incidental percussion, a second guitar...
DavidS - Oct 14, 2010 7:47:33 pm PDT #3668 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
What bands have gone with this approach before?
That's what R.E.M. did.
Trudy Booth - Oct 14, 2010 7:52:20 pm PDT #3669 of 6436
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Was this about the time when the cries of SELLOUT began to echo through the land?
Spidra Webster - Oct 14, 2010 8:00:49 pm PDT #3670 of 6436
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
XTC has done it ever since Terry Chambers left during Mummer.
Liese S. - Oct 14, 2010 8:04:22 pm PDT #3671 of 6436
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Smashing Pumpkins did, but their drum machine album was not a favorite with fans. I liked it, though.
Atropa - Oct 14, 2010 8:06:00 pm PDT #3672 of 6436
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
What bands have gone with this approach before?
I know lots of solo acts do this, because a friend of mine is married to a very nice guy who is constantly recording or on tour with Tori Amos or Morrissey.
(And good G-d, if by wacky coincidence her husband ends up being the touring drummer for MCR, I am pulling EVERY connection I have to get to meet them. Oh yes.)
juliana - Oct 14, 2010 9:23:13 pm PDT #3673 of 6436
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Was this about the time when the cries of SELLOUT began to echo through the land?
Yes, but because they had often stated that if one of them quit, the entire band would quit.
Trudy Booth - Oct 14, 2010 9:42:01 pm PDT #3674 of 6436
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Ah.
Well, life happens, doesn't it? Try and explain that to a bunch of durn kids...
sumi - Oct 15, 2010 5:42:33 am PDT #3675 of 6436
Art Crawl!!!
I remember the REM thing a bit differently (for some of my friends the cries of "Sell out" happened way before Bill Berry had his aneurysm) - they were going to tour with different drummers but still record with Bill. But that wound up not working either.
Of course, that was a while back.