Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
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Topic: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Posted By: The Minstrel
Subject: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 19:15
| Does anyone like this band? While I'm not a big fan of prog metal, after downloading the sample song here, it sounded so interesting that I had to buy the album Of Natural History. It's probably one of the most interesting and innovative albums I've heard since Mr. Bungle. I also heard that they play homemade instruments. Check them out. |
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Posted By: hdfisch
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 19:25
They're great, at least something quite innovative, although I can't listen to them at any moment.Quite demanding stuff (well I suggested them to the Archives since I think They should be there!). But anyone who likes Sepultura and doesn't mind some feamles voices as Björk and has a open mind should check it out, I think!
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Posted By: hugo123
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 19:32
| Yep, very interesting group, mixing everything from RIO to death metal, worth checking out for anyone wanting something different. Of Natural History is a great place to start, though I prefer Grand opening and Closing. |
Posted By: PipeDreamer
Date Posted: June 09 2005 at 19:57
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My son recently switched me on to them. He's a fan of Mr. Bungle, Primus. Yeah, they can get heavy. Creative arrangements, big on dynamics. hdfisch is right, I dig Sepultura's Roots lp and was immediately impressed with Sleepytime Gorilla Museum. Part of their allure is the occultish presentation complete with arcane musings to augment the listening session. fwiw: Found a track online and posted it on my streaming playlist comp: http://webjay.org/by/AgentA/blacklightpipedreams - http://webjay.org/by/AgentA/blacklightpipedreams
power on http://webjay.org/by/AgentA/blacklightpipedreams -
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Posted By: Politician
Date Posted: July 06 2005 at 14:57
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Fascinating band - stunning musicianship and incredibly creative. A
fusion of RIO and metal could have been a dreadful head-on collision, but they pull it off with aplomb. |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: July 06 2005 at 14:58
| Bloody superb. Of Natural History is essential listening for those with adventurous ears. |
Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: July 06 2005 at 16:34
I just experienced them live for the first time a few weeks ago, and
was absolutely floored. If you have the opportunity to see them, DO it.
Simply mind-bending. The only show I've ever seen that was more
mind-bending was Negativland.  ------------- Pure Brilliance: 
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Posted By: BlackWinterDay
Date Posted: July 06 2005 at 16:44
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Sepultura?!?! What the hell do SGM have to do with Sepultura?!? |
hdfisch wrote:Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: July 06 2005 at 16:48
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Yeah, I'm not following that reference either. I find they have more in
common with Einsturzende Neubauten, the Residents, Mr. Bungle, and Tom
Waits. (I definitely hear Waits in some of the vocals)
------------- Pure Brilliance:
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Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: July 06 2005 at 16:55
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SGM are pretty interesting... one of the only bands in the prog metal genre that can hold my attention!
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Posted By: AngelRat
Date Posted: July 06 2005 at 17:35
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I downloaded the song here from this archives and I found it to be very interesting. I will definitely check out their albums. -------------  |
Posted By: hdfisch
Date Posted: July 06 2005 at 17:53
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You've got to admit that the male vocals remind a lot to this band!And what's wrong with Sepultura, apart of that they aren't my fav neither. What I wanted to say with this, is that someone liking them could as well try SGM one!
Sepultura?!?! What the hell do SGM have to do with Sepultura?!? [/QUOTE]------------- To be prog or not to be, that's not the question! Sillyam Likesbeer |
Posted By: progreviews
Date Posted: July 06 2005 at 18:01
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I second the recommendations for Of Natural History, a pretty phenomenal album although it kind of peters out for the second half. And the recommendation to see them live - they are pretty jaw-dropping, and it's fun to see all the bizarre homemade instruments they use. Luckily for us they tour incessantly.
The debut, Grand Opening and Closing, is pretty good too, with some more straightforwardly metal parts. I don't really recommend the live recording, unfortunately... a little too cut-and-paste postmodernist for me. ------------- http://www.progreviews.com/"> 
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Posted By: hdfisch
Date Posted: July 06 2005 at 18:04
I'm knowing just few records of the artists mentioned here, mainly due to the fact that they are not my favs (SGM isn't neither,but they are interesting,that's different). Tom Waits I can't follow that much this idea, he's got strange vocals that's for sure, but I use to associate him with some strange songwriter music style, he's got nothing to do with metal, as far I know, but SGM has a quite high input of metal, if you ask me. The Avantgarde influences might come from the other bands ( Einsturzende Neubauten, the Residents). Mr. Bungle might be a reference for both Metal and Avantgarde, but I can't hear that much similarity, because I find most of their stuff rather boring! One question: Could this be another case of a desperate search for references within the more prog-ish and avantgarde genre for justification of liking a band. I'd still insist that the main influences of SGM come from Sepultura and Bjork (although both of them are not included on this site doesn't mean that they're not showing some progressive tendency!)
------------- To be prog or not to be, that's not the question! Sillyam Likesbeer |
Posted By: GrahamK
Date Posted: July 06 2005 at 18:15
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"Of Natural HIstory" is probably the best album I've heard in a very long time. Buy it... |
Posted By: hdfisch
Date Posted: July 06 2005 at 18:16
I tried their first record as well.Really awful stuff, not to be compared with their second recording!
------------- To be prog or not to be, that's not the question! Sillyam Likesbeer |
Posted By: Violenza
Date Posted: July 06 2005 at 18:30
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Its a little harder to get into, the first one, but I find it better. You should all check out Idiot Flesh if you like SGM. Members of Idiot Flesh formed SGM after they broke up. |
Posted By: BlackWinterDay
Date Posted: July 06 2005 at 19:15
| Well... now that you mention it... no, I still don't see many similarities between SGM's vocalist and Max Cavalera or Derrick Green (I think that's his name). And there is nothing wrong with Sep if you discount everything they released after "Chaos AD". |
Posted By: WillieThePimp
Date Posted: July 07 2005 at 01:43
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Saw them last night and they are pretty comical also. Definetly some of
the most talented or at least innovative group of guys + a gal i've
seen.
------------- You can't possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven's Seventh and go slow. ~Oscar Levant, explaining his way out of a speeding ticket |
Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: July 07 2005 at 02:09
| I downloaded Of Natural History a little while back, and was pretty impressed. It's weird, of course, but really creative and unqiue. |
Posted By: cold103
Date Posted: September 29 2005 at 09:04
| Wow, this album has a nearly perfect overall rating. |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: September 29 2005 at 09:14
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What's that I hear? Two free live recordings? Seems that way:
http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=27423 - http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=27423
http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=27501 - http://www.archive.org/audio/etree-details-db.php?id=27501
NB I haven't listened to either so I'm not speaking for either the musical or audio quality!
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: September 29 2005 at 09:19
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IMO they're not at all a metal band. Perhaps they're more metal in live situations ... but Of Natural History is not a prog metal album. (that might explain why some people like it although they generally don't like metal). They're Avant-Prog or even RIO ... on their hompage they say that their motto is "Rock against Rock". ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to: 
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: September 29 2005 at 09:21
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oh, for playing FLAC files:
Winamp, you need a file in_flac.dll,
foobar foo_flac.dll
Windows Media Player and iTunes i have no idea but there are ways.
To decode to wav to burn to a CD on PC I'd use a program called FLAC Frontend ( http://members.home.nl/w.speek/download/FLAC_frontend.zip - http://members.home.nl/w.speek/download/FLAC_frontend.zip ) as well as the FLAC codec ( http://cyberial.com/flacinstaller.asp - http://cyberial.com/flacinstaller.asp )
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: September 29 2005 at 09:23
I think they're grouped as metal because there's such a stigma against metal sounds in other styles - if a metal band uses jazz sounds that's fine and still metal, but if a jazz band uses metal sounds a lot of jazz fans wouldn't give it a chance. That's not terribly clear, is it? 
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: September 29 2005 at 09:31
Fantomas, Mr. Bungle, SGM ... they all belong in RIO/Avant-Prog. Mr. Bungle are already there, so what's the deal? ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to:
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Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: September 29 2005 at 09:54
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They are all in RIO, SGM as well. |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: September 29 2005 at 10:17
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------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to:
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Posted By: Mnemosyne
Date Posted: September 29 2005 at 10:54
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Yeah, SGM belongs more to Avant-Prog than to Prog metal... i'm glad they're now on the RIO/Avant list... ------------- I'm a Man-Owl-Fish. Creator-Observer-Muse. |