melt banana

terminal pharmacy · 07.27.2009, 09:13 PM

melt banana playing at the melbourne international arts festival in october......

PAULYBEE2656 · 07.28.2009, 07:30 AM

...saw them in dublin last year...fucking stunning!

Derek · 07.28.2009, 07:31 AM

...saw them in glasgow last year...fucking stunning!

07.28.2009, 07:33 AM

I missed them last year in hamburg and I am still regretting it

jimbrim · 07.28.2009, 07:40 AM

saw them in southampton a few years back and they were indeed...fucking stunning!

Toilet & Bowels · 07.28.2009, 07:50 AM

i've seen them about 10 times, they are always amazing

atsonicpark · 07.28.2009, 07:56 AM

saw em in bloomington, indiana 2 years ago... fucking stunning!

Glice · 07.28.2009, 10:42 AM

Seen them about 5 times (I think). One of those bands that everyone should see.

terminal pharmacy · 07.28.2009, 05:16 PM

if they dont tour the rest of the country i am going to have to travel interstate

Dr. Eugene Felikson · 07.28.2009, 06:14 PM

...missed them when they came to Detroit last year...fucking stunning!

atsonicpark · 07.28.2009, 07:25 PM

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Semperet · 07.28.2009, 07:54 PM

Also at the Dublin gig (see Pauliebee). Put me down for fucking stunning. And the singer is unspeakably hot. Best not speak about it, then.

atsonicpark · 07.28.2009, 07:56 PM

I'd nail the 2 foot tall bassist.

batreleaser · 07.29.2009, 05:46 PM

always good live. in all honesty ive been getting over thier tunes lately, i just dont ever have any jones to listen to hyperactive spazzy prog punk stuff like them. which is wierd cuz i still dig the early records by dazzling killmen, u.s. maple, and the first yowie record. melt banana just doesn't do it for me anymore, as talented as they are they seem more of one of those "gateway" bands to me. they sound great and bizzarre when you're young and naive, but the second you listen to the electric eels or no wave (the 70s kind) or something like that i feel thier appeal drops. maybe it's just i don't dig this kind of thing anymore in general, but i feel if i wasa going to listen to fast as fuck spazz music id just go all out with dropdead or fear of god or something.

atsonicpark · 07.29.2009, 10:36 PM

yeah, I never listen to 'em either.. but I've been listening to them for nearly 10 years now so of course I'm a bit over them at this point. Haha.

chairman of the bored · 07.29.2009, 10:49 PM

bambi's dilemma was totally overlooked as far as i know. bloody shame, it rocked.

atsonicpark · 07.29.2009, 10:58 PM

overlooked? From what I've heard and seen, that was their most popular and well-recieved album ever. I personally know 2 people who hated Melt Banana who loved that record.

chairman of the bored · 07.29.2009, 11:00 PM

hm...i just dont remember hearing anyone talk about it /see anything about it on the internet...good for them, what do i know

atsonicpark · 07.29.2009, 11:06 PM

I distinctly remember it being on tons of "top 100" lists and all that nonsense. Also, shortly after it came out, they toured with Tool and they did the theme song for Perfect Hair Forever. They grew much larger in success afterwards.

Of course, they are still the ultimate proof that some styles of music will never be popular. For as good as they are, as many fans as they have amassed, and for as long as they've been doing this shit... they still play in small clubs and people's houses and shit, often. Granted, that may be one of their choices, but you know, they should be much bigger at this point. They reached their glass ceiling with that last album, I think, I don't see them getting any more popular than that.

I am pretty sure they don't make a living off of their music. Also, I read that they said they can't even tour Japan, because it's expensive and people don't go see them anyway. Weird...

batreleaser · 07.30.2009, 11:06 AM

yeah, it was their most commericla record for sure.

they're mega-popular in tucson where i go to school. the so called "hip" kids there seem to don't go past hardcore and thrash type stuff, and melt banana seems to be "wierd band" for all those dudes, prolly because they're still fast and thrashy and did a split with discordance axis.

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jimbrim expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: UK Posts: 1,308	saw them in southampton a few years back and they were indeed...fucking stunning!
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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,273	i've seen them about 10 times, they are always amazing
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	saw em in bloomington, indiana 2 years ago... fucking stunning! __________________
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terminal pharmacy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,358	if they dont tour the rest of the country i am going to have to travel interstate
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Dr. Eugene Felikson invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7,571	...missed them when they came to Detroit last year...fucking stunning!
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Semperet little trouble girl Join Date: May 2008 Location: Between thought and expression Posts: 71	Also at the Dublin gig (see Pauliebee). Put me down for fucking stunning. And the singer is unspeakably hot. Best not speak about it, then.
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	I'd nail the 2 foot tall bassist. __________________
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batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	always good live. in all honesty ive been getting over thier tunes lately, i just dont ever have any jones to listen to hyperactive spazzy prog punk stuff like them. which is wierd cuz i still dig the early records by dazzling killmen, u.s. maple, and the first yowie record. melt banana just doesn't do it for me anymore, as talented as they are they seem more of one of those "gateway" bands to me. they sound great and bizzarre when you're young and naive, but the second you listen to the electric eels or no wave (the 70s kind) or something like that i feel thier appeal drops. maybe it's just i don't dig this kind of thing anymore in general, but i feel if i wasa going to listen to fast as fuck spazz music id just go all out with dropdead or fear of god or something. __________________ listen to pink reason
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	yeah, I never listen to 'em either.. but I've been listening to them for nearly 10 years now so of course I'm a bit over them at this point. Haha. __________________
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chairman of the bored the destroyed room Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 569	bambi's dilemma was totally overlooked as far as i know. bloody shame, it rocked. __________________ stay awake to the ways of the world
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	overlooked? From what I've heard and seen, that was their most popular and well-recieved album ever. I personally know 2 people who hated Melt Banana who loved that record. __________________
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chairman of the bored the destroyed room Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 569	hm...i just dont remember hearing anyone talk about it /see anything about it on the internet...good for them, what do i know __________________ stay awake to the ways of the world
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07.29.2009, 11:06 PM	#19
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	I distinctly remember it being on tons of "top 100" lists and all that nonsense. Also, shortly after it came out, they toured with Tool and they did the theme song for Perfect Hair Forever. They grew much larger in success afterwards. Of course, they are still the ultimate proof that some styles of music will never be popular. For as good as they are, as many fans as they have amassed, and for as long as they've been doing this shit... they still play in small clubs and people's houses and shit, often. Granted, that may be one of their choices, but you know, they should be much bigger at this point. They reached their glass ceiling with that last album, I think, I don't see them getting any more popular than that. I am pretty sure they don't make a living off of their music. Also, I read that they said they can't even tour Japan, because it's expensive and people don't go see them anyway. Weird... __________________
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batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	yeah, it was their most commericla record for sure. they're mega-popular in tucson where i go to school. the so called "hip" kids there seem to don't go past hardcore and thrash type stuff, and melt banana seems to be "wierd band" for all those dudes, prolly because they're still fast and thrashy and did a split with discordance axis. __________________ listen to pink reason
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