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offline Canerfold from Minneappleseed (United States) on 2002-02-22 00:12 [#00096539]
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Any body heard Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antenae to
Heaven? Is it new, or just the latest? My friend borrowed
it to me and I love it!


 

offline Canerfold from Minneappleseed (United States) on 2002-02-22 00:12 [#00096543]
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Hehe.... loaned. I think that's a Minnessotism.


 

offline TrevorGod from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-02-22 00:15 [#00096550]
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It's ayear or two old and it's their latest release. They
are supposed to have a new disc comming out in the spring
though.


 

offline TrevorGod from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-02-22 00:15 [#00096553]
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btw: what do you thinkof it so far? Pesonally I love it.


 

offline LeCoeur from the outer edge of the universe (United States) on 2002-02-22 00:19 [#00096562]
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I JUST PURCHASED IT!!!

*waiting patiently for it to be shipped to me*

i've heard so much amazing stuff about godspeed you black
emperor.....!!


 

offline Canerfold from Minneappleseed (United States) on 2002-02-22 00:48 [#00096628]
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I've only listened to disc one and I love it!


 

offline Canerfold from Minneappleseed (United States) on 2002-02-22 00:48 [#00096629]
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You have quite the treat coming:)


 

offline flea from depths of your mind (New Zealand) on 2002-02-22 01:37 [#00096682]
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sme care to fill me in on this band?
who what why when where?


 

offline TrevorGod from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-02-22 01:43 [#00096684]
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Godspeed you black emporer is a group of about 9 musicians
from Montreal. Describing their sound is kinda difficult.
They have some bass players a few bowed instruments, someone
manipulating tape, guitarists, and precussion.


 

offline Taoist Blockade from Wales on 2002-02-22 02:40 [#00096737]
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They are amazing, in my top 3. If you like them also check
out Silver Mt Zion (godspeed side project comprising lesss
people, 5 or somehting) and also check out Set Fire to
flames, same vein and extremely good.


 

offline watermelon man from auckland (New Zealand) on 2002-02-22 10:56 [#00096975]
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lysflath is brilliant. it's their latest release (2000).
the first disc sounds a lot like their old stuff but the
second seems like a newer sound for the band to me. i
recommend getting a hold of their other releases like slow
riot for canada ep and f#a# (infinity). they are both
equally great. f#a# is my favourite.

flea:
godspeed you black emporer! i suggest you get down to
crawlspace records on k'rd. they have the releases and
reasonably cheap for imports. give them a listen. you'll
be left speechless. it's music to get lost into.


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2002-03-07 21:40 [#00116395]
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http://brainwashed.com/godspeed


 

offline grm from London (United Kingdom) on 2002-03-08 17:35 [#00117754]
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anyone going to see GYBE in brighton when they pass
through...


 

offline LeCoeur from the outer edge of the universe (United States) on 2002-03-08 22:07 [#00118155]
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i ordered 'lift your skinny fists'.....but it's backordered.
i totally love this group...the first CD was amazing and i
can hardly wait to get the second. i'm glad to hear that
it's so great!!

=0)


 

offline ViolentCaustics from Huntsville (United States) on 2002-03-08 22:45 [#00118234]
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those bastards at tower records ripped me off!!! I bought a
brand new copy of lift yr skinny wrists in the wrap and
everything and it only came with the second disc. what kind
of bullshit is that? eh, oh well. I just downloaded the
first disc off morpheus and burned it to a cd >:D slow
riot for new zero kanada is my favorite. "you think you're
god because you can send someone up the river for 20 yrs.
well you're not!!!" heehee, that old man they sample is
funny.


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2002-07-31 01:23 [#00331387]
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the 'silver mt. zion' side project albums are incredible,
almost as good as godspeed! and certainly more diverse. set
fire to flames is also worth listening to. more ambient (on
natural instruments, no synths or computers) than usual.
prog rock meets musique concrete.


 

offline MachineofGod from the land of halo's (United States) on 2002-07-31 05:12 [#00331447]
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i still need an album of theirs. so many cds to buy. i
hate how theyres so much to buy because its impossible to
get it all because new stuff always comes out.


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2002-07-31 05:39 [#00331459]
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if you like 20 minute long instrumental pieces, god speed is
for you!


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2002-07-31 05:40 [#00331460]
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for the record, lift yr skinny fists... is the only release
of theirs that i have, and i love it... the part about coney
island is so sad!


 

offline wayout from the street of crocodiles on 2002-07-31 05:42 [#00331461]
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how many sliver mount zion cds do they have out? i bought
two of them in the past week...very nice stuff... im going
to get skinny fists and set fire to flames soon too i
think..

has anyone heard their other projects? i was at a store
yesterday and they had a whole bunch of other cds in the
gybe section.. i forget the other names though...there were
like 2 or 3 others


 

offline Taoist Blockade from Wales on 2002-07-31 05:53 [#00331464]
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there are only 2 silver mt zion albums out. The otehr side
projects include set fire to flames and one speed bike. The
best are definitely sliver mt ziona dn godspeed. Though set
fire toflames ios also awesome. one speed bike is the
drummers side project, its not on par with the others. There
are a bunch of projects that have some random members. Check
out the shalabi effect if youre interested as well. Sam
Shalabi is in silver mt zion.


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2002-07-31 06:08 [#00331471]
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i found the shalalabi effect album to be boring, not nearly
on par with the set fire to flames album which was a similar
style of music.


 

offline MachineofGod from the land of halo's (United States) on 2002-07-31 14:55 [#00331847]
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I'll buy an album of theirs in nYC, which should I get
first?


 

offline skodt from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-07-31 15:55 [#00331949]
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it's good to see you are all on about gsybe!
it's been a short 4 years, but rather amazing.
they are one of my favourite bands, and one of the few that
are able to capture such passion in sound.
when i saw them lsat summer they had 13 musicians on stage
at once!
they played slow riot.. for their encore!
there roster is always changing, but my friends friend is
the celloist for them, and apparently the little band of
squatters form kanada are quite big in the europe!
their new album was being produced with steve albini, but
efrim disliked what steve was doing, so they are reworking
it.
it should be quite grand!

before tohm got into bjork adn richard, gysbe! was his
favourite band, and you can totally hear it on the bends adn
especially okay computre.
there is even a track on kid a which is a direct take from a
gysbe! song.
but that is what radiohead is known for to the underground
enthusiasts:thieves.
i think it's partially good that they do this though>gets
more people listening to the better musik.


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2002-07-31 16:55 [#00332026]
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what? the bends and ok computer came out before
f#a#infinity. i know gybe! have been around since around the
bends but i doubt thom knew about them till they were
signed. i think they were infuential on kid a, and on the
writing of the song "how to disappear completely" which they
debuted in 1998 (though, again, i don't agree that it's a
direct take from any gybe! song). the band have always been
into bjork and misc. artists on warp.

anyway thanks for the news on the albini sessions, i was
wondering if they were going to keep those. they're so
fucking picky, i don't know why they even hired albini if
they don't like his style.


 

offline fat kaimo from Finland on 2002-07-31 16:56 [#00332028]
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"there is even a track on kid a which is a direct take from
a
gysbe! song."

what song are you talking about? haven't listened to kid a
for a long time...

and MachineofGod, i'd suggest 'slow riot for new zero kanada
ep' for starters, it's only 2 tracks & 29min, but it's
perfect... then you should get the 2CD/2LP 'lift your skinny
fists like antennas to heaven'... it's a bit more difficult
but equally excellent...


 

offline fat kaimo from Finland on 2002-07-31 17:00 [#00332035]
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yeah i can't find many traces of gybe! from 'bends' or 'ok
computer' either...


 

offline hannibal from United Kingdom on 2002-07-31 18:26 [#00332169]
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other related bands (apart from mt. zion and sftf) are on
the constellation label:

fly pan am share a guitarist (roger) with godspeed. their
style is more repetetive and has jazz influences. i have the
first album, and that's really good, specially the first
track.

do make say think are another post rock band. have onlt
heard a couple of tracks, but they were good. they share no
members w/ godspeed, but they played adjacent sets at all
tomorrows parties.

im really looking forward to the new godspeed album (if it
ever comes out). i heard at least two of the three tracks
when i saw them live (which was fucking awesome).

"tazer floyd" has an immense chord sequence. it just builds
and builds.

and there's "motherfucker = redeemer" and another track
where the title is a date.

i really love "lift yr. skinny fists", especially the first
half of disc 1. also, kaimo is right to recommend slow riot!
moya is great too.


 

offline LeCoeur from the outer edge of the universe (United States) on 2002-07-31 19:02 [#00332212]
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i am now the proud owner of these:

Godspeed You Black Emperor - F No. A No. (Infinity)
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like an
Antennas to Heaven (2 Disc's)

they are soooo awesome!!!

*thanks to THE MAN who recommended them* =0)


 

offline pOgO from behind your belly button fluff on 2002-07-31 19:38 [#00332279]
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parp


 

offline MachineofGod from the land of halo's (United States) on 2002-07-31 19:46 [#00332296]
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I always thought gybe came around like 1997 or 98 but no
earlier than that. but then again I dont know alot about
them.


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2002-07-31 19:54 [#00332317]
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http://brainwashed.com/godspeed


 

offline skodt from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-07-31 20:10 [#00332347]
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i found out about godspeed around their first release of
98.
at the same time an article came out about ok computer
within tohm stated how much gsybe was an influence on the
last two album's moreso on the latest and how they are his
favourite band.
i got into radiohead and gsybe at the same time, and thought
it was pretty kewl that tohm had expressed that and openly
admittd to their influence.

and what do you mean you can't hear it?
listen to how karma police ends?
gsybe may have come out on CD in 98, but they have been
around on vinyl before that and have been touring
extensively for about 7 or 8 years i think.
They have been pretty big in europe for quite some time,
before i started into them that's for sure, and that has
been 4 yrs.
i'm just re-telling what i have read, tis all.

and the song on kid a is the instrumental i think.
but i should double check, so don't quote me on this yet.

L8ah!



 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2002-07-31 20:21 [#00332363]
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my personal opinion on the ending of karma police. i don't think it has anything to do with
gybe! - i mean, it's just distortion and i don't think it
sounds anything remotely like gybe!. also i don't think
treefingers sounds anything like gybe! either, sorry! i'm
not trying to dis you or anything, i just don't agree.

yea, they were a band long before '98 and they put out a
very limited version of f#a#infinity in 1997 on
constellation records (vinyl only). years before they
released a debut album that was pressed on only 33 tapes!


 

offline hannibal from United Kingdom on 2002-07-31 20:30 [#00332379]
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oh how much id like to hear that cassette (all lights fucked
on the hairy amp drooling). apparantly it had a harsher
sound to the GYBE! of now.


 

offline wayout from the street of crocodiles on 2002-08-01 01:58 [#00332704]
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how does the end of karma police relate to gybe?

...actually..coincidentally.. the end of the song 'souvlaki
space station' by slowdive has the same distortion effect as
the ending of karma police...and it was released in 94


 

offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2002-08-01 02:23 [#00332724]
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This topic inspired me to pick up Lift Your Skinny Fists...
and listen after almost a year of not listening to Godspeed.
I forgot how amazing they are, especially on disc 2 of that
album.


 

offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2002-08-01 02:25 [#00332726]
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Oh yeah, and if you're referencing How To Disappear, that
was a rumor started years ago to convince people that
Godspeed and Radiohead would work together on what became
Kid A. The finished song sounds nothing like Godspeed
though.


 

offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2002-08-01 02:26 [#00332727]
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oh shit wrong followup.


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2002-08-01 02:49 [#00332754]
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it sounds like it has godspeed influences to me, it just
doesn't sound "like" gybe!. i don't understand why radiohead
haters can even say so-and-so song sounds like
such-and-such, like a direct copy or something. ludicrous.


 

offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2002-08-01 02:52 [#00332759]
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you serious? i just listened to the album version and i
don't really see any similiarities. maybe a Sigur Ros
influence.


 

offline titsworth from Washington, DC (United States) on 2002-08-01 02:59 [#00332770]
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except the song was written in 1998.. anyway, i'm not saying
rh copied off gybe!'s style just some influence on the mood
and string arrangement


 

offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2002-08-01 03:08 [#00332786]
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i suppose. sounds more sigur ros influenced to me. you may
be right.


 

offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2002-08-01 03:09 [#00332790]
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you are right about these damn people saying Radiohead steal
others music, as if no other artists have influences.


 

offline wayout from the street of crocodiles on 2002-08-01 03:11 [#00332793]
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its not like there arent many songs in the style of 'how to
disappear'...theres a whole genre of music in that style
called shoegaze...another stupid genre title i know...but
thats where sigur ros, radiohead and gybe seem to be drawing
collective influences from...


 

offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2002-08-01 03:16 [#00332797]
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i agree. it just seems to be more in the style of sigur ros
than Godspeed, thats all. but radiohead were definitely
influenced by godspeed and other shoegazers.


 

offline wayout from the street of crocodiles on 2002-08-01 03:27 [#00332814]
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while were on the topic of shoegaze...what are some good
shoegaze bands i should check out?



 

offline Inverted Whale from United States Minor Outlying Islands on 2002-08-01 03:34 [#00332826]
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jesus and mary chain*, lush, ride, my bloody valentine*,
medicine, slowdive, pale saints*, for against, catherine
wheel, boo radleys, chapterhouse, loop, seely

* = my favorites


 

offline zaphod from the metaverse on 2002-08-01 03:37 [#00332827]
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if you can consider mogwai or sigur ros shoe gazers, add
them to that list. i think he got most of them though.


 

offline wayout from the street of crocodiles on 2002-08-01 03:46 [#00332841]
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cool thanks...
ive actually been getting into slowdive lately.. i wasnt too
sure if that was considered 'shoegaze' or not..


 


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