wow, where did that come from? i met them after their halloween show in
madison, wi, and there were nothing but unpretentious and humble to the fans
who waited outside for them. there weren't many of us, maybe 10 at one
point. they stood out there and talked to us for well over an hour, and
were amazingly friendly. maybe you just bumped into them at a bad time
man....i consider myself lucky that they had the energy to talk to their
fans after such a great performance, so i think maybe when you met them,
they just weren't in the same mood they were in when i met them. people are
people, we all have our bad moods. if i was in a band, i'm sure i would
take a lot of time to talk to my fans, but i also know that i couldn't do it
every single time someone came up to me. it's a weird perspective, but i
just think your degrading comments toward them are a result of feeling let
down by not getting to talk to them at a good point in their lives, or
something. bummer, man, i wish you could have been there when i met them.
matt
----- Original Message -----
From: Charlie Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 12:59 PM
Subject: [sdre-l]: genuine? humble? ambitious? don't bet on it
> <<they are very genuine, very humble and yes, musically ambitious>>
>
> As for the band being genuine and humble, I've never seen any aspect of
this
> after meeting them. I've bumped into Dan and Jeremy twice, both times Dan
> gave me a big "I'm a rockstar, I know I'm wonderful" act, and Jeremy just
> ignored me and treated me like an asshole (there were three of us and him
> outside Slim's this last time, the only people on the street, and he still
> did not say one word to us even after we said hi and complimented his
band).
> SDRE has turned into a huge conglamorate "rawk" band, a band who knows
> they're good, and has let it go to their heads. This is not the friendly,
> likable group of artistic pioneers it once was. This is a band who has
left
> behind any artistic integrity they had in search of the almighty dollar. I
> used to think there was nothing worse than a mediocre band who thinks
> they're great. Sunny Day's worse then that; they're a medicore band who
used
> to be great and thinks they still are. The Rising Tide is a joke. The
> prog-rock finger is pointed simply because the album is a wannabe
prog-rock
> album, from the cryptic, mystical lyrics, to the overblown production, to
> the neo-new age artwork, right down to the "artistic" pictures fo
themselves
> in the liners. They list every goddamn instrument and who plays what on
each
> track, like someone would care that on "The Rising Tide" Jeremy did
vocals,
> bass, guitar, piano, and keys, or that Dan played a lap steel on "Killed
By
> an Angel." Prog-rock ultimately brings around an image of pretentiousness,
> and that's exactly what SDRE has on an unprecedented level. They got lazy,
> they claimed importance and respect they didn't deserve, and this is the
> result: a half-assed album with gobs and layers of production and added
crap
> to cover that THERE ARE NO REALLY GOOD SONGS ON IT. Maybe the
> ho-hum-nobody-gives-a-shit reaction to it will give the band a wake up
call
> and they'll stick to the music instead of fantasy visions of arenas and
> devil signed hands flung up in the air. But since they're already at work
> again(!) on another album, I really doubt that.
>
> To see what I listen to, go to my blog and click "music."
>
> from Charlie Wagner | AIM=themadlord
> np: Enon, "Believo!"
> band=http://speedlab.cjb.net/
> blog=http://thepleasuresofzero.tripod.com/
> zine=http://scientificreviews.tripod.com/
>
>
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