Thank You, SPARTA...

Beav

I like Sparta quite a bit. Never got around to getting threes but I like the first two probably equally. Got to see them last year and was right in front of Jim. It was sweet. Got the setlist too.
I'm also now a fan of one of the other bands that played, mewithoutYou. Amazing lyrics and lots of energy. They put on a better show than Sparta I must say. You must all check them out.
Also I prefer The Mars Volta over Sparta and I think Amputechture is great. In most aspects better than Francis the Mute. Francis had too much aimless noodling towards the end. New album coming out soon! Yeehaw!

..Check out mewithoutYou......:)

DaytimeDilemma

I was a huge At The Drive-In fan. After the split, Sparta's first LP was VERY good. The second was decent. Then when the guitarist left to be the button pusher for the Mars Volta I quit listneing. I hear they are crap now apparently. The drummer...still the ATDI dude...is killer though.

Blind Melon

Ok, on this whole name thing for Blind Melon... I honestly don't care.. I'm just going to put that out there... it's just a fucking name, just because it doesn't have Hoon in it (which of course, I'm taking in to account that he was the lead singer, and yes usually the lead singer is the spokesman and all), but in all honesty, I don't fucking care... it's just a god damned name to me. I'd feel the same way if Pearl Jam did such a thing... as well as Incubus (now I'm just saying that now, but if Boyd was replaced, I might feel different, haha, but I sure as hell can say this now..).

And the drummer of Sparta is fucking killer, the new CD was pretty good, but I still prefer Porcelain to any... the band is mediocre live... they just fucking play the songs, and that's it... I went to one of their concerts and yelled, "One Armed Scissor"... to which Jim replied, "You've got the wrong band buddy" as some else yells, "ENFILFUCKINGADE!"... haha, I'm sure they get this shit all the time, but why the hell are they even mad at the other two? I'm so confused...

On the other hand, the Mars Volta had so much potential during De-Loused and even into Frances... but Amputechture... yeah... what the fuck... Omar and Cedric are both just getting way too pretentious now... I still will try out this new cd, but yeah, not really hoping that much.

In other words, I still think At the Drive-In is better.

jamtemplechains

Blind Melon wrote:

Ok, on this whole name thing for Blind Melon... I honestly don't care.. I'm just going to put that out there... it's just a fucking name, just because it doesn't have Hoon in it (which of course, I'm taking in to account that he was the lead singer, and yes usually the lead singer is the spokesman and all), but in all honesty, I don't fucking care...

i agree in some instances; like alice in chains...i'm not all that worked up over that; jerry cantrell was by far the main songwriter and creative force of the band. layne staley WAS the frontman but he was really just the voice, so it's not that big a deal to me that they retain the name. i think it's lame though when the main creative force and songwriter is dead or gone, and the band carries on with the same handle. doesn't seem right. i'd be REALLY pissed if pearl jam kept their name if something happened to ed. it's like if when john lennon was shot, the beatles decided to start recording music again as the beatles. would just NOT be right.

pearljam_addiction

I love Sparta

7 Kettles

sparta's first two albums were pretty solid...

the latest one (threes) was pretty terrible though. it sounded like a U2 record....which might have excited some, but not this guy.

mouthfulofsoup

Beav wrote:

I like Sparta quite a bit. Never got around to getting threes but I like the first two probably equally. Got to see them last year and was right in front of Jim. It was sweet. Got the setlist too.
I'm also now a fan of one of the other bands that played, mewithoutYou. Amazing lyrics and lots of energy. They put on a better show than Sparta I must say. You must all check them out.
Also I prefer The Mars Volta over Sparta and I think Amputechture is great. In most aspects better than Francis the Mute. Francis had too much aimless noodling towards the end. New album coming out soon! Yeehaw!

..Check out mewithoutYou......:)

I saw mewithoutyou with SPARTA & no way did they put on a better show. (Unless you call stupid fake cloud type stage props better.) lol...I think that guy is still singing about that same "spider on a leaf" or something, I know I heard that line in like 5 of the songs. & I always make my way to the front, in front of Jim is the best place to be! I got to meet the guys in March (SPARTA not mwoy) & they were really nice & down to earth. I talked mostly to Jim...what a sweetheart.

Beav

mouthfulofsoup wrote:

I saw mewithoutyou with SPARTA & no way did they put on a better show. (Unless you call stupid fake cloud type stage props better.) lol...I think that guy is still singing about that same "spider on a leaf" or something, I know I heard that line in like 5 of the songs. & I always make my way to the front, in front of Jim is the best place to be! I got to meet the guys in March (SPARTA not mwoy) & they were really nice & down to earth. I talked mostly to Jim...what a sweetheart.

Well in Pittsburgh they put on a better show. I came to see Sparta and had never even heard of mewithoutYou. They just had more energy, more crowd connection, and sweet lyrics. I'm not putting Sparta down, just telling it like it is. And the spider/leaf thing is a theme on the latest album. I think there's three different short songs with different lyrics in different keys. And maybe I didn't feel this way about them initially, but after listening to the album and thinking about the show, they've really grown on me.

And those of you that don't like Amputechture, why do you think it's weaker than the other albums? I don't think anything will ever be as great as Inertiatic ESP or Take the Veil but come on!