thebiglebowski Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I'm not into participating in this kind of speculation butttt I'm pretty sure Brian went through a divorce recently, so I think that would contribute to his temperamental behavior and attitude lately. It's gonna take some time for him. And yeah, the fan club was a bitter experience for most, even myself. But I just chalk all this up to rough patches. The band's nowhere near done. Not only a divorce but his ex is the sister of a bandmate (right?). That's gotta be a really akward situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtcohenour Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Interesting interview addressing the near break-up of the band starts on page 74: http://issuu.com/redbulletin.com/docs/1213_nz_lowres Thanks for sharing the article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exitenglish1208 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 even reading they almost broke up bums me out. i will probably cry if they do. while he does say ryan adams couldn't have written heartbreaker with whiskeytown he follows that up right away saying "but i know i can do what i want with these guys" so i'm not worried for the immediate future. when i saw them on stage last year he looked like he was having as much fun as i've ever seen him have. that being said - it sounds like no brian solo record? i'm pretty okay with this if it means more gaslight. imaxcowboyx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyShackelford Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Does this mean more or less songs about Maria ? BobbyHill, lexicondevil and ozfacter 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacredheart Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Brian comparing himself to Ryan and Gaslight to Whiskeytown is ridiculous. Ryan has a lot more talent than Brian has. Covering pop songs with an acoustic guitar does not make you a singer/songwriter, it makes you like every other person on youtube with a fucking ukelele. BobbyHill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr. sincere Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Does this mean more or less songs about Maria ? Probably the same amount. They've been giving interviews about redefining their sound since 59. And essentially, all of their records sound like Gaslight, except for maybe Handwritten, which sounds like Gaslight-lite. Not an edge to be found on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr. sincere Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Brian comparing himself to Ryan and Gaslight to Whiskeytown is ridiculous. Ryan has a lot more talent than Brian has. Covering pop songs with an acoustic guitar does not make you a singer/songwriter, it makes you like every other person on youtube with a fucking ukelele. Well he's never been as good as Springsteen, Westerberg or Strummer either, but that's not really the point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiglebowski Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Does this mean more or less songs about Maria ? Not sure if you were joking or not but there is no Maria. It's just a name that works well in songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyHill Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Not sure if you were joking or not but there is no Maria. It's just a name that works well in songs. Nu uh Maria was dead the whole time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicondevil Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Does this mean more or less songs about Maria ? He should steal Jenny from the singer of The National. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyShackelford Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Not sure if you were joking or not but there is no Maria. It's just a name that works well in songs. Next thing you're going to tell me is that there is no radio or classic cars?!? thomasj182 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear801 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Good band for a few years. They fell apart because of their "extreme" influences. I dont mean Gary Cherone but instead trying too hard to write like Bruce while acting like Eddie. Never figured out who they were. Consciously trying weird instruments might help but itll take a few albums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexicondevil Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Good band for a few years. They fell apart because of their "extreme" influences. I dont mean Gary Cherone but instead trying too hard to write like Bruce while acting like Eddie. Never figured out who they were. Consciously trying weird instruments might help but itll take a few albums. Looking forward to the next album exclusively featuring theremins, sitars, and Brian on the didjeridoo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacredheart Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Good band for a few years. They fell apart because of their "extreme" influences. I dont mean Gary Cherone but instead trying too hard to write like Bruce while acting like Eddie. Never figured out who they were. Consciously trying weird instruments might help but itll take a few albums. I can totally see Brian covering ' More Than Words' and acting like his was the best version ever. konk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannonball Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 If they fell apart...I couldn't tell from Handwritten. Thought that album was just as good as any..other than SOS. And they never found their identity....so why does every album sound like a TGA album? Where's the emoji for rolling my eyes when I need it? Could use that emoji a bunch of times on the past few pages. Opinions... Everyone's got one. imaxcowboyx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggle Von Swift Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Because I am a sucker, I renewed my membership. Haven't gotten a single e-mail since my receipt on August 12th. I think the t-shirt is scheduled for next month, no word of a 7" Glad they revamped it to make it much better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear801 Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 If they fell apart...I couldn't tell from Handwritten. Thought that album was just as good as any..other than SOS. And they never found their identity....so why does every album sound like a TGA album? Where's the emoji for rolling my eyes when I need it? Could use that emoji a bunch of times on the past few pages. Opinions... Everyone's got one. lol let me rephrase it then. Their identity is writing lyrics like Bruce while trying to be Pearl Jam. It was interesting til about 2010. Shit they were a big reason why my wife and I drove 7 hrs to a festival before. I wish they couldve evolved into something more. When I think about them I think of Bruce, eddie, dulli, etc. They championed their fav bands a little too much without doing anything special of their own. BobbyHill and sacredheart 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr. sincere Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Opinions... Everyone's got one. Yeah, including you. They championed their fav bands a little too much without doing anything special of their own. Disagree with this. I think they've done pretty well combining their influences into their own thing. I've always liked how much Brian wears his influences on his sleeve and uses them as the setting for his own music. I mean he lifts whole lines from other songs. It's not like he does that thinking no one would notice. It's the point of most of his writing that all those guys are the soundtrack to what's going on around him. That's pretty much what the entirety of The 59 Sound is about. That said, he obviously boxed himself in writing that way album after album and it's no surprise that it became a hard thing to get away from in terms of people expecting it. And it never helped that he always describes his own stuff as sounding like other bands. I remember in the lead up to American Slang he described it as sounding like The Jam and The Who and a few other bands. And it really didn't at all, so it seemed kind of strange that he would put that sort of weight on it when he could have just as easily described it as its own thing. It's lame to hear him getting this pissy about it now when he did it to himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacredheart Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I also find it funny that in that article where he was upset about people chanting "Bruce" so to shut them up he played "Baba O'Reilly". Maybe if you played your own songs and not famous songs by other people fans would chant for your own shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cannonball Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Yeah, including you.Yeah, that's what I meant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiglebowski Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Who really does anything new these days anyways? Shit like Skrillex is what "new" music sounds like today. If you've got two guitars, a bass and drums someone else has used that chord progression, or had a similar drum beat, etc... Sounds like Brian wants change just for the sake of change. I don't think the vast majority of their fans have any problem with the current musical trajectory. They don't care if it sounds similar to another band, just that it sounds good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collectivemike Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Brian comparing himself to Ryan and Gaslight to Whiskeytown is ridiculous. Ryan has a lot more talent than Brian has. Covering pop songs with an acoustic guitar does not make you a singer/songwriter, it makes you like every other person on youtube with a fucking ukelele. "Hold You Up" is a pretty good Whiskeytown-era Ryan Adams impression, in my opinion. Let the dude grow within the genre a little bit before you compare him to a random dude on youtube. imaxcowboyx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseypride Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 My take is that moderate success went to homeboy's head and he needs to take himself much less seriously. Be grateful that people give a shit about your band and get over yourself a little bit. The Springsteen thing (which you instigated by the way) will never go away so just learn to ignore it and realize that a million people would give their left nut to be in your shoes. I say all of this as an admitted Gaslight fanboy. BobbyHill, sacredheart, GradedOnACurve and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggle Von Swift Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Has anyone heard anything regarding the shirt or 7" ...or anything at all for that matter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchard Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Has anyone heard anything regarding the shirt or 7" ...or anything at all for that matter? Here we go... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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