Man, Devin is such an interesting, intellegent and extremely talented person. His views on religion, downloading, songwriting and playing an instruments are so brilliant and really inspiring! One of my biggest influences for shure! :D
When I will get proper job I will buy his whole discography!!! It drives me crazy that I am mean fcker who doesn't support him... DEVIN TOWNSEND you deserve much more from your fans! (from me too...)
"Nature's awesome, and I don't understand anything. great. ok, let's make a record" :D He's so laid back.. and gave us all some really fucking great music.
Yeah, Addicted seems to be selling good (and Ki did ok as well), so I hope we get a good nice European tour sometime next year. I sure don't want to miss that!
I really hope I'm not too late for the party!? I just bought By A Thread and I think it's brilliant!! I'd like to give Devin cash directly to cut out the middle man and continue the DTP.
I had to laugh as I understand where Devin came from when trying to find himself through life experiences and talking to other people about them as it's so true. He stated pretty much the sum what he meant at 2:46 - 3:08. In Essence, you say to those older than you "my god, I just came to this profound conclusion about the true nature of the universe!!" "No shit - can we jam now?"
I'm glad he shares my view on progressive music. Daniel Gildenlow from Pain of Salvation I believe has a similar view as well. It disappoints me when bands like Dream Theater (even though I love them) that have been doing the same thing for over a decade now get labelled as progressive.
Well, if you listen with more of an open mind, the way PTH's songs flow is quite impressive. There isn't a bit that sounds out of place in any of their songs. I like storytelling over personal lyrics probably because I myself enjoy writing out stories and reading literature, so I respect the aspects of such things being evident in songs. Especially when they put personal stuff in the story telling, like PTH did with Kezia. And they formed when they were like, 15. and thank you.
I agree with devin, on the downlaoding aspects. Downloading is good for checking, supporting shit records from a band isnt what should be supported... just the good ones :D
Don't know devin's work very well but he seems very interesting. I have the final Strapping Young Lad album, I'm also well into prog and probably ambient stuff but dont have much knowledge of that genre. Could anyone know recommend any albums to try next?
I respect Protest The Hero far, far more than Dream Theater, even from a songwriting perspective. Not only are their lyrics vastly superior, and there is more technical development. Sure, Dream Theater has more "verse, chorus, verse" structure, but they're annoying, their wanky shit sounds lame and it's dull. PTH has a structure, it's just a progressing time structure. It's actually more difficult to write a PTH style song than a DT style song, because you need to adapt to the next parts. Dolt.
Sounding out of place and sounding coherent are two very different things. PTH have no idea how to create coherency. Their songs lack a severe sense of personality. Few songs have their own identity.
