jhulud Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 From the band's Myspace: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 TAAS RIP It's with a heavy heart we tell you that These Arms Are Snakes is no more. It's been a great run and we'd like to send out a very hearty "Thank You" to everyone that we've worked with or anyone that we've toured with; anyone that lent us a floor, towed our van and/or trailer, lent a van, given us a listen, downloaded our records prior to their coming out, bought our shit, or asked us where our band name came from; everyone who cooked us food, made habanero-infused tequila, had a safety meeting with us, let Steve gyrate all over you, had to live with any of us, made us pay shitloads of money to get off your punk label, got us into LOST, found Steve drunkenly wandering the streets of Tokyo alone, played Madlibs in the van (plural nouns), lost money promoting one of our shows, took Chris to the hospital, put up with our drunken sorry asses, got into a fight with us, etc. etc. This band could not have been possible without all of you. We sincerely thank you. Much love, TAAS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijux Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 damn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadmonkey Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 That sucks ass, they were an amazing band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 hopefully this means that Roy can re-form and they can get back to writing good music, band pedigree had so much potential, but all it produced was bad sassy hardcore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 "sassy hardcore"?...please define Justin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I went to see them all stoked being members of and the singer spent the entire first 3 songs wailing and playing with his hair so i walked out defeated that the drummer from botch was in the band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benchwarmer Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I liked their earliest output, but the newest stuff was a snoozefest for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlerobot Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I woke up this morning and put on some TAAS, opened a browser logged in to Twitter only to see they had just broken up. wtf so sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jurrobear Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I liked their earliest output, but the newest stuff was a snoozefest for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soysquad Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 hopefully this means that Botch can re-form and they can get back to writing good music, band pedigree had so much potential, but all it produced was bad sassy hardcore. Fixed. I like Roy an awful lot too, but well, Botch is just more special to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest errolwest Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 hopefully this means that Botch can re-form and they can get back to writing good music, band pedigree had so much potential, but all it produced was bad sassy hardcore. Fixed. I like Roy an awful lot too, but well, Botch is just more special to me. This! All though, with mtb's new album, and narrows, I doubt a botch reunion will happen any time spoon, or at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 well the Botch reunion is a given...who DOESN'T want to see that? I only got to see Roy once...so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troymess Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Loved everything they did. Oxeneers is a classic in my book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
booyahachieved Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 This is very disappointing. At least there were able to release plenty of material while they were together. I'm glad to say I got to see them live. Although I would have liked to have seen them live more than just once for a 30 minute... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtw88 Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Bummer. IMO, one of the most consistently good bands around. I was never disappointed by them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhulud Posted January 13, 2010 Author Share Posted January 13, 2010 I missed them last time they played near me. Greatly regretting not making the 3-hour drive to Orlando for that now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgoodcore Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Saw them at SXSW this year, sound was shitty but the vibe was intense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdwell Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Saw them at SXSW this year, sound was shitty but the vibe was intense. as did I...which show did you see? Fucking loved this band...so damn much....this bums me out so...so...so...so...much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamlikesmusic Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I missed them last time they played near me. Greatly regretting not making the 3-hour drive to Orlando for that now... That's like how I feel in regards to the Hot Water Music reunion show - except it was 20 fucking minutes :-[ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devinr Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I liked their earliest output, but the newest stuff was a snoozefest for me the first ep and lp are killer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlovecolouredx Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 so poor. oxeneer is my favourite. and i think it's great which brian cook annouce he is gay. not many third gender in this kind of music and he brave to say what he is.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtw88 Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I missed them last time they played near me. Greatly regretting not making the 3-hour drive to Orlando for that now... That's like how I feel in regards to the Hot Water Music reunion show - except it was 20 fucking minutes :-[ You're a dummy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakland Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Fuck a botch reunion and all that other shit. TAAS was probably the most creative, interesting post-hardcore band around. This sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robotnerd Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 good records, boring live show. i do think they ended up getting a little mechanical towards the end there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgoodcore Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 Saw them at SXSW this year, sound was shitty but the vibe was intense. as did I...which show did you see? Fucking loved this band...so damn much....this bums me out so...so...so...so...much It was a day show. The Thermals played too. It was a pretty loaded line-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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