I saw SOAD last night and the concert was kick ass. I feel I must own Hypnotize right now. They played 3 new songs: I Killed Rock'n Roll, Hypnotize, and an instrumental (I heard they made one but I don't think it will be on the album, but maybe the Hypnotize single). The song Hypnotize is so frickin great as is I Killed Rock'n Roll but I've heard that one before.
Are you serious? I couldn't hear any of the vocals of Mars Volta. I thought they were pretty bad. The only thing good about them was the dancing of the singer but that got old fast. At least they weren't as bad as Hella. Hella mainly did instrumentals while each guy played as hard as they could but with no rhythm. The screeching of the music with drums being played simply as hard and as fast as possible could have been used by police for crowd control. The entire audience just sat their with no expressions on their face and with body language that showed nobody was getting into them. I honestly don't think I've ever heard a band as bad as them before in my life.
oh god did hella suck. no sense of rhythm, no timing, just 5 guys (or was it 4?) just playing the hell out of there instruments for songs that had nothing. it was a huge waste of time
i liked Volta better because well. i like volta better haha. the dancing was interesting and the lights and backdrop were pretty trippy. they both put on an excellent show, but i liked Volta better.
hella is by far the worst band i have ever heard. ever.
I've seen the MTV live videos of TMV and it seems good. His(Cedric's) clapping in dancing is very infectious, made me go into a very weird spiritual like movement and feeling. Love it. I don't know, you won't be able to get into their music if you don't "get it." I will see them live before i die, i have to.