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rileydog22 
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Posted: September 07 2007 at 22:51 |
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Merzbow |
Naw, that's easy. You just put the sound of the audience screaming in agony at your noise through a noise filter, thus creating a sadistic vicious cycle of Merzbowian pain.
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Lady In Black
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Posted: September 07 2007 at 20:24 |
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In this poll sure King Crimson and Meshuggah.
But I prefer to be a singer of Opus Avantra tribute band or Andromeda (UK) tribute band!
Edited by Lady In Black - September 07 2007 at 20:25
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Posted: September 07 2007 at 19:51 |
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Of this poll, Mahavishnu, Meshuggah, GG and Spiral Architect!
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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stonebeard
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Posted: September 07 2007 at 11:19 |
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Merzbow
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Posted: September 07 2007 at 04:57 |
Mahavishnu Orchestra. I wouldn't know where to begin with that stuff.
Gentle Giant would be a non starter unless you had a few decent singers in the band.
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The Whistler
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Posted: September 07 2007 at 04:31 |
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Van der Graaf Generator.
Seriously, you try singing Peter Hammill. |
I do, every morning, in the shower.
"I can SEE the LEMmings comING!!!"
Gets the neighbors up nice and early.
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Posted: September 07 2007 at 02:28 |
Matt Dickens wrote:
my vote goes to Meshuggah.... Why, you ask?.....well you just tell me where i can pick up an 8 string guitar and I'll get that tribute band going right away. |
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Matt Dickens
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Posted: September 07 2007 at 02:20 |
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my vote goes to Meshuggah.... Why, you ask?.....well you just tell me where i can pick up an 8 string guitar and I'll get that tribute band going right away.
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Posted: September 07 2007 at 02:06 |
Absolutely GG, but The Flower Kings is soooo dificult too
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 22:25 |
Van der Graaf Generator.
Seriously, you try singing Peter Hammill.
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rileydog22
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 22:23 |
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The Harry Partch Ensemble. It's not rock, but the music is physically impossible to perform unless you either somehow acquire his original instruments (already owned by Dean Drummond) or construct your own, which would take on hell of a lot of effort.
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 22:22 |
GG would be really tricky to cover with the vocals
and the innumberable instruments
too distinct of a sound anyway, wouldn't come out that great
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Philéas
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 13:59 |
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No one would ever manage to cover Gentle Giant with satisfactory results, I'm sure.
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 12:39 |
el böthy wrote:
funny you say live, cause then definitly the Mahavishnu... why do I remark the live aspect? cause I think you can easyly cheat some bands life, like Meshuggah... live it can be so loud and distortioned that you might play those incredible time signatures a bit different, much simpler of course, and the result might not be that bad... now, this is one thing you cant do in studio...
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There would be no point in making the complex music if they couldn't pull it off live as well, that would just be ridiculous. And my vote goes to Meshuggah anyway, polyrhythms, odd time sigs, complex musicianship among other things go to them being my vote.
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 11:51 |
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I would love to form a Mahavishnu tribute band called Birds of Fire.
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moebius
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 02:45 |
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I think that may be Magma, I don`t know any cover of them, you have to learn kobaian (by ear!) and play like Vander.
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NotSoKoolAid
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 02:06 |
Mahavishnu Orchestra without a doubt, though putting Gentle Giant in there was a good idea too!
If you want to hear some guys try to sound like MO, check out Mahavishnu Project.
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Posted: September 06 2007 at 00:21 |
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funny you say live, cause then definitly the Mahavishnu... why do I remark the live aspect? cause I think you can easyly cheat some bands life, like Meshuggah... live it can be so loud and distortioned that you might play those incredible time signatures a bit different, much simpler of course, and the result might not be that bad... now, this is one thing you cant do in studio...
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Zitro
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Posted: September 05 2007 at 23:02 |
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I choose Emerson Lake and Palmer just because of Keith Emerson.
the way he uses his hammonds and synthesizers is explosive fun. Have you seen him in moogfest 2006? he played the entire tarkus with a band and his playing was spectacular. Also, his piano parts can be crazy at parts. Last thing: you gotta be able to replicate his stage antics like playing backwards, lifting heavy keyboards, stabbing keys, and rubbing your butt with a portable synthesizer (pictures of exhibition DVD)
Mahavishnu Orchestra slightly behind. However, Moogfest 2006 had the keyboard player and there was apparently a different set of musicians and they played better than on the studio IMO, so it's possible. I gotta tell you, I was in awe at how they seem to play different songs at once in odd time signatures and don't mess up.
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Posted: September 05 2007 at 22:37 |
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Gentle Giant, all those authentic baroque instruments, and even baroquer 4 part harmonies, Mahavishnu seems like an easy 3 set gig in comparism.
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