@@burnhitsforlove3317 He studied Jazz Guitar/Theory in high school and college. That's how Nick and Vic met, was in Jazz class at university. Some people follow the ethos of "You gotta learn the rules, in order to know HOW to break them". Make no mistake, these are SERIOUS musicians, that don't necessarily take themselves seriously, in the best way possible.
me too, but in a sense it's good to see them evolve into song makers that everyone can respect as apposed to people who only want to classify them as mathrock.
why people like "They fell off, whyd they change, I miss this Tera Melos" Their music is as wild as its ever been, and they are way tighter now, they just dont break everything in sight anymore when they perform lol Plus, if you just want to hear their old songs, they still do those live.
It's not the *same*. New drummer different style. They're not as eccentric and open as with Vince. The new drummer plays old songs but it's a different style. You cannot ask me to enjoy the newer stuff. As far as music goes early tera Melos is where it's at. Nothing can quite compare to the dual album drugs/complex. They sound tighter now because they're not exploring, taking stabs in the promiscuous dark like they used to. Since Vince left they're playing standard structure songs. With Vince it's all from the feels sporadic eccentric upbeat polyrythms that have no holding to the guitar other than the beat. Vince is a masterpiece, that decided to leave the music world and become a teacher. Likely because of people who say things like "tera melos' music is as wild as its ever been." If you don't notice the minute differences what's the point of having them.
I thinks it's a somewhat ambidextrous method Vince uses too were he leads with his right hand rudiments then uses his left hand to lead. Ment for breaking in chops. Very useful for jazz orientations. Don't see any if it in the newer drummer.
Tera Melos is the coolest band I have heard in a long while. This song, Last Smile For Jaron, is one of the coolest songs I have ever heard. Wow, they are so fucking rad.
I'm attempting to tab this out by ear, and I always consult this video to try and figure out how he plays certain parts. I always think the video will make it easier. I am always horribly wrong. Damn you Nick Reinhart and your fancy fingers!
@markley90 If you're talking about the softer part (1:55) were he bends dives the pitch of the harmonics, he's using a Boss PS-3 or PS-5 which you can see to the left of the red Digitech Whammy when you bends down to fiddle with some knobs at (3:54)
So lemme get this straight. The song, "Teeth Like God's Shoeshine" was on the album, "The Lonesome Crowded West" which was released by the band Modest Mouse in 1997... and therefore could have been written as early as 1995. You're saying, however, that this song, that is, "Last Smile For Jaron" was written by Tera Melos before 1997... when they were all (around) 14 years old, and that they didn't steal the particular part in question because they wrote it then. Wow.
This intro has stuck with me 17 years later, buried in my subconscious. I've been returning to it recently for some reason. I feel that the Pure Imagination intro perfectly articulates the Spirit of this band. The intro coupled with the harmonic section legitimately brings tears to my eyes, if I allow myself to really feel it. Tera Melos Forever😭❤
woah. imm so confused after seeing this video. i thought there was only 3 guys in this band. and someone said it was worms but i thought he used to be the lead and he quit and nick took his spot. can someone help me out?
I think this is a single humbuckered peavey tracer, he also uses a green sg-i with the same pickup sit.and a newer blue kramer. worms has one like this and an orange SG. as far as equipment, (nick)triple recto, modded pedals, painted DL-4, Whammy, DOD envelope pilter and phaser i think, various other modded effect pedals, and a special dd-3/6 that he flicks with his foot. and some random wah/volume. no fm4 surprisingly.
I miss Tera Melos, but I also so much love what they've become. The early 2000's fostered this kind of stuff, and now they're one of the most influential math rock/progressive bands of this time. It's so funny to imagine that at one point they played at venues where people told them to get out of the way for the waiters. Man, I will always love and support them.
okay i see the digitech whammy. i've got that i see the tuner pedal. uh i see the line 6 delay thingie i still need to get that umm i see another pedal in the middle i think that may be a volume pedal idk (i'm not very familiar with a lot of pedals) i can't make out anything else i think he has a boss delay pedal too
Yes of course. It's a super wah thing, i believe, as opposed to a 'whammy pedal.' That particular guitar part also happens to be ripped off of a strikingly similar section in modest mouse's "Teeth Like God's Shoeshine".
Dude, why do people constantly get this wrong? He doesn't use a Kramer. He has this Tracer and he has a blue Peavey Destiny, and it is NOT new. It's from the early 90s/late 80s.
What is the effect the guitarist starts using at 1:57 ? its most obvious 2:23 / 2:25. I assume he's manipulating it with the expression pedal - sounds like some sort of portamento effect. I know that I'll realise what it is as soon as somebody says it, and feel like an idiot >.
self titled album was a 4 man band. on "drugs" worms quit/left (wutever) and nick is now the lead player. 3 man band. old drummer vince left (the one in this video) and was replaced by john wardy. (i butchered his last name i think)
I agree with the person down below. I like this version better than the recorded version. That goes for most of their songs. Tera Melos is just better live. This also sounds kind of awkward now that I've heard it with Nick's vocals in there.
