Grex Music3 Conference

Item 49: Rock in the 21st Century

Entered by krj on Wed Oct 31 21:26:01 2001:

To my surprise I seem to have bought a current hit rock album.
 
At Borders on Sunday I was somewhat amused by the album playing 
on the house stereo, so we bought it.  The band was Incubus and 
the title was MORNING VIEW; sounded a lot like late 1980s indie-rock
maybe?  I think I gave it some bonus points on the buy-o-meter
because Scott Litt produced it; he produced some of the mid-period 
REM albums that I liked.  Lots of cool guitar sounds.
 
Today I read in USA Today that the new Incubus album is supposed to be
one of the monster sellers which will help save the music industry;
it's expected to sell a couple of hundred thousand copies in its
first week.
 
I'm surprised; the only other rock band since 1990s which has caught
my attention at all has been Blur.  I'd never heard of the band 
before.  I'd attempt a review, but Leslie swiped the CD to play
in the car on her drive to New York; she's *very* enthusiastic 
about it.
10 responses total.
#1 of 10 by mcnally on Wed Oct 31 22:29:59 2001:

  Oh no!  Maybe it's not too late to return it and salvage some
  of your indie cred..  :-p  (On second thought, Ken's probably
  more than safe on that count..)

  I'm actually sort of curious just what qualifies as plain old
  "rock" these days, as opposed to being pigeonholed in some sub-category.
  Also not sure by what sound you refer to when you describe it as
  sounding like "late 80s indie", though I can probably extrapolate
  somewhat from the Scott Litt connection..

#2 of 10 by mcnally on Wed Oct 31 22:34:30 2001:

  Hmmm..  since the only band named "Incubus" that I'd heard of previously
  was from Brazil, I decided to look this one up in the All Music Guide
  (once again:  http://www.allmusic.com - HIGHLY recommended..)

  My initial guess about what they sound like, based on Ken's description,
  is probably way off base judging from the album credits (which include
  six violin players, two violists (?), and a credit for woodwinds..)

#3 of 10 by orinoco on Thu Nov 1 09:17:31 2001:

I think the music journalism term for them would be "Nu-metal."  Then again,
I've never heard that word anyplace outside the music press, and even they
seem to be giving up on it.  Ideally, there should be an umlaut over the 'u.'
No, I don't get it either.

Whatever you call it, interesting things are going on over there.  A few of
the bands seem to be creeping into prog/indie territory.  Incubus, Staind,
Tool, and A Perfect Circle all come to mind.  

Better yet, don't listen to me.  I don't know what I'm talking about.  I think
brighn or senna might have something intelligent to say here.

#4 of 10 by anderyn on Mon Nov 5 23:58:34 2001:

I *almost* bought the Incubus disc this weekend. I'll have to get Gareth to
pick me one up for Xmas.

#5 of 10 by tod on Tue May 20 17:04:08 2003:

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#6 of 10 by happyboy on Sun May 25 18:37:05 2003:

"the fine arts, the martial arts..."  


and lotsa bong hits

#7 of 10 by tod on Tue May 27 17:00:07 2003:

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#8 of 10 by happyboy on Wed May 28 02:18:25 2003:

:)

#9 of 10 by tod on Wed May 28 04:21:51 2003:

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#10 of 10 by happyboy on Thu May 29 02:09:59 2003:

/throws THE HEMP DIAPER!

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