Alter Bridge

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  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    Kilgore_Trout wrote:
    listened to a few songs on youtube thinking i was missing out on something here... nope :D

    carry on, cock rock fans

    This sounds like cock rock to you?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv-EZx-qI_8

    :?
  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,578
    Just put Blackbird on, I'm digging it.
  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    facepollution wrote:
    Kilgore_Trout wrote:
    listened to a few songs on youtube thinking i was missing out on something here... nope :D

    carry on, cock rock fans

    This sounds like cock rock to you?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv-EZx-qI_8

    :?
    ha... YES

    and i assume thats the best they have to offer if you chose that link

    its just chris daughtry with a better guitarist
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  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    edited August 2010
    Kilgore_Trout wrote:
    ha... YES

    and i assume thats the best they have to offer if you chose that link

    its just chris daughtry with a better guitarist

    OK I don't think you know what cock-rock is. Name me one Daughtry song anywhere near that epic, with vocals anywhere near as accomplished. I get it if you just don't like them, but right now you're just coming across as ignorant.

    See on the one hand you have people like yourself saying they are cock-rock, and then on the other hand you have people saying they sound just like Creed, which makes me laugh because anyone with even the vaguest knowledge of rock music would be able to tell you Creed aren't a cock-rock band - a shit band, obviously, but stylistically they have little in common with bands like Motley Crue or Poison. So which are they? The reality is they (Alter Bridge) are just a straight up hard rock band with a vocalist who can really sing. They're not reinventing the wheel or anything, but they are not without talent.
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  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    For anyone interested, here's a song from Myles Kennedy's old band, Mayfield Four:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIXRjw1Oye0

    Pretty much channeling his inner Jeff Buckley, just wait for the vocals from the 4:50 minute onwards :shock:
  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    we're really gonna debate cock rock vs. shit rock? lets just agree that cock rock is music that appeals to cocks and shit rock is shitty music that appeals to cocks (no offense to anyone here)

    and for the sake of clarifying my review this music is shit/cock rock... I came in neutral, with an open mind... there is some merit to the technical quality of the voice and the guitar... collectively however it is formulaic, boring, pseudo-metal

    lets not split hairs or throw around vague insults like "ignorant"

    to each his own... i just wasn't going to stay quiet after REALLY hating what I heard... you may resume fan discussion 8-)
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  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    Kilgore_Trout wrote:
    we're really gonna debate cock rock vs. shit rock? lets just agree that cock rock is music that appeals to cocks and shit rock is shitty music that appeals to cocks (no offense to anyone here)

    and for the sake of clarifying my review this music is shit/cock rock... I came in neutral, with an open mind... there is some merit to the technical quality of the voice and the guitar... collectively however it is formulaic, boring, pseudo-metal

    lets not split hairs or throw around vague insults like "ignorant"

    to each his own... i just wasn't going to stay quiet after REALLY hating what I heard... you may resume fan discussion 8-)

    Ok, you say cock rock appeals to cocks and shitty music appeals to cocks, and you are calling Alter Bridge both of those, so you are essentially calling me and anyone else who listens to them a cock? And that's not ignorant? It's not a vague insult, you're tarring people with the same brush, based on your narrow perceptions. I listen to loads of different types of music, some mainstream, some not. I totally get that Alter Bridge aren't reinventing the wheel, but then nor do bands like Foo Fighters, Green Day, Audioslave, Stone Temple Pilots amongst others. It's all just catchy rock music to me.
  • red mos
    red mos Posts: 4,953
    I know people give Alterbridge shit because of Creed, but Alterbridge was a heavier sound.

    Both albums really have the heavy sound, and I don't really favor one over the other.

    Blackbird kinda sounds country at times though. like "watch over you"

    "Blackbird" is such a sad song, but has a really cool twangy guitar melody to it, really showcases Myle's vocal ability too, I think.

    Blackbird- the album has more slower numbers but also has crunchy heavy riffs.

    Listen to previews on Itunes and Amazon and see which you prefer.
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  • Champagne Breakfast
    Champagne Breakfast Posts: 1,526
    Alter Bridge is nothing like Creed. Myles Kennedy farts more musical talent each morning than stapp could evvvvver have. Alter Bridge is a great band and Kennedy is extremely talented. The dude can wail.
    He's currently singing for slash and touring with him. Both AB records are pretty good and the new one coming out is supposed to be heavier. The song blackbird is amazing.
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  • stargirl69
    stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    Kilgore_Trout wrote:
    listened to a few songs on youtube thinking i was missing out on something here... nope :D

    carry on, cock rock fans

    :lol::lol: ...

    I knew nothing about this band either.My friend is a fan,although she has been never been a reliable source for decent music.She had a poster of Poison on her wall in the 80's :wtf:
    She was playing them when I visited recently,but I didn't know who it was.I was tortured listening to them and asked her if she could change the cd ... she was so offended declaring but its Alter Bridge ... ah that will explain the intense aural pain I am experiencing then!
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