Abnormal Freak
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DEP are good. Their EP with Patton is real solid and good, but I love Miss Machine so much more. It's sheer perfection, and I think that Greg Puciato is better and more fitting in DEP than Patton was (although of course Patton rocked with DEP, and Greg borrows from him), who in turn was a lot better than their original vocalist, Dimitri. DEP's pre-Irony Is a Dead Scene stuff is fascinating, but I don't listen to it much. Too much incoherent craziness. I like good songwriting, like on Miss Machine. And if I really want to listen to insanely crazy tech metal, I'll listen to Behold... The Arctopus instead of earlier DEP. They're technically more amazing, and their songwriting skills are top-notch, doing the whole math/tech metal thing better than anyone else I've heard. That and they're entirely instrumental.
As fer Patton and his projects... Yeah, he's cool and a very good vocalist. Best modern day vocalist? I highly disagree. Yeah, he's great...but people hype him up way too much. Sure, you can like him however much you like...but I'm tired of hearing so many people claim him to be the best vocalist ever. I'd like to hear him sing opera. I bet he can't. Well, actually, maybe he can. But I doubt it's where he excels, and there's no way he can be better than some of those amazing opera singers with the excellent range and the amazingly strong vocals. Yeah, Patton's great...but the best vocalist around? I can't even agree with that in the rock/metal world, but that's just my personal taste. Besides, Patton is a great producer, and does a lot of layering...and I doubt he sounds quite as great in person as he does on record.
Mr. Bungle's neat. I have FNM's King for a Day and that's pretty good. Fantomas is pretty intriguing. I like what I've heard that Patton's been involved with. I wouldn't say I love him or his work, though. |
