Post rock/ MATH ROCK? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Easy Livin wrote:

I've had to edit some posts in this thread to remove the quoting of a now invisible offensive one.

oh! the forums been struck by "The Man"! LOL

Why'd you have to go edit a post, now im killing myself trying to remember which post was deleted and considered offensive, i cant help it! errggg the mystery!

What im listening to

ooooohhh. . . ha ha i remember, crips fo' life!
I knew about math rock before as a legitimate genre, i was just curious as to its very quiet, seemingly unnoticed combination with post.

Edited by keiser willhelm - December 10 2007 at 03:56

What im listening to

^ good point

and though certain artists (like Fripp or the Tech metal bands) are recognized as having mathematic tendencies, it was the U.S. brand of heavy, punk-tinctured minimalism that began emphasizing the strong pattern-based guitar rock that would eventually be labeled 'Math Rock'

Edited by Atavachron - December 10 2007 at 18:48

Proletariat wrote:

Math rock is not probably the best term for the style, but we need to remember that it Is already considered a genre and already has a name that has been widly accepted, its not made up by the site like "eclectic prog".

The defining characteristic of Math-Rock is that it is a fusion of Prog, Avant, and Punk. And a lot of it sounds like punk in complex time signatures.

As for the post connection it is because they both developed around the same time by groups of connected bands. (math rock has a ton to do with Tortoise and early post but has little to do with GY!BE and the second wave of post)

that was what I was afraid of... I now know I will never get into math rock... LOL

from the little I have heard and understood it involves this st**id punkish beat Angry

Edited by aapatsos - December 10 2007 at 20:41

aapatsos wrote:

Proletariat wrote:

Math rock is not probably the best term for the style, but we need to remember that it Is already considered a genre and already has a name that has been widly accepted, its not made up by the site like "eclectic prog".

The defining characteristic of Math-Rock is that it is a fusion of Prog, Avant, and Punk. And a lot of it sounds like punk in complex time signatures.

As for the post connection it is because they both developed around the same time by groups of connected bands. (math rock has a ton to do with Tortoise and early post but has little to do with GY!BE and the second wave of post)

that was what I was afraid of... I now know I will never get into math rock... LOL

from the little I have heard and understood it involves this st**id punkish beat Angry

To be honest I've never heard a "punkish beat" in any of the math rock bands I know of and if does have it they add polyrhythms, play it backwards and make it sound as complicated as possible...

So that simple punkish beat won't sound so simple nor punkish after a math rock band plays it. Wink

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I count on your comments folks Thumbs%20Up

^ just WOW - both videos are AMAZING - much jazz/fusion in there Thumbs%20Up

I begin to like math rock Big%20smile

Edited by aapatsos - December 10 2007 at 21:28

Great! I'm glad you liked them. Hopefully this will spark some curiosity to check out the genre even further. Wink

EDIT:
Too late. LOL

Edited by chamberry - December 10 2007 at 21:36

yeah I remember them, glad they made it here

Thanks Ian,glad you liked them.They are starting to get quite a bit of attention,and not just locally.I have known them for years and they are tireless.They just tour,tour and tour some more.A real hard working band and a great bunch of guys too.