any good??

i was thinkin about checkin out one of thier shows

My brother is really into them. He gave me some albums and live shows of theirs to try out. They sound a lot like Phish to me. Not really my style, but they seem to be good musicians.

if you're into the jam band scene (phish, GD, widespread, etc) then you will dig them.

i can get into it sometimes, and have heard some good shows. one in particular includes segues into sister christian and the darth vader imperial march. amazing.

they are hella-talented.

They are certainly incredibly talented musicians and they play very tightly as a band. But their music is SO busy. They're alot "rockier" than Phish and I think they're a heck of alot more talented (this is coming from a Phish fan) - vocally they leave alot to be desired, but when they're just playing music they're about as technically sound as you can get. I can't get into 'em, but if you like Jam Bands, you might like these guys.

i got the bonnaroo set not too long ago..its playin as i type..its cool..theyve been jammin the fuck out for the last 10-1 min..its good

These guys can be kind of a mixed bag. Archive.org has something like 750 shows of theirs available for download/streaming so there is plenty to check out. I've grabbed some shows from archive that have had some impressive moments on them, but by the same token, I watched an excerpt of their live DVD that is playing this month on Concert TV On Demand and found it kind of boring. Sometimes they just come off a bit corny, I guess? A little bit too white-bread for my taste. Probably ties into to what someone said earlier that their weakest point is their vocals. Talented musicians all, but their songwriting sometimes leaves something to be desired.

I really liked these guys a few years ago.

Anchor Drops is one of my favorite albums of the last decade. You should definately give it a listen. It has some great songs on it. The first four songs are pretty amazing, and they are not long jam songs at all, pretty solid rock songs.

I don't really care to see them again live, but they put on a killer show. Their last album was boring.

It's funny I just heard these guys for the first time this past weekend. They drew me in with the ...And Justice For All cover. They do an interesting and wide range of covers. Their stuff isn't too bad, but from the setlists I saw, I wanna see them now.

They cover "Release" and do a decent job too. "Sex Farm" is another sweet cover they do.

Has anyone heard the Bottom Half?

Link?

i might go see them next week

Where they playin?

I found the Bottom Half, it's about half done. Have you heard it?

no id like a link tho!!

i may go next wed at a place called penns peak in jim thorpe, pennsylvania

its like a half hour from me, and yes it was named after the famous athlete..

Ah nice. It didn't even cross my mind that it was named after an athlete.

But this fucking torrent is stuck at 98.5%!

As soon as I get it done I can upload it for you via megaupload. There is like 35 tracks or something.

playin at the same place friday, may go

by any chance, does anyone have any of their 2008 boots??

ugh

I started typing a tirade regarding my hatred of jam bands but realized everything I could say could be pretty accurately summed up by just quoting chud's post, so: