Normally, I'm not a fan of rockers getting political. But I'm willing to make an exception for Audioslave. Cornell is a better song writer than most, and it doesn't sound like it is an overall theme in the album. The only concern I have is that they are sliding back into Rage Against the Machine territory. They have written enough political songs to last a lifetime and I don't really care to hear Cornell doing that. I like that apparent change in how the band is writing songs though. I liked RATM's The Battle of Los Angeles best of their albums and it was easily the most funk influenced.
The article is wrong about O'Brien producing the last album that was Rick Rubin. I kind of wish Rubin was producing, but it is hard to argue with O'Brien's success with these guys. But Rubin is probably the best producer for any type of music around.
To: Mr. Blonde
Zeppelin sucked. Only the Third album remains listenable. Robert Plant squealed like a pig, while Jimmy Page was sloppy.
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John Paul Jones was the only man with talent in that band.
2 posted on
04/06/2006 7:07:27 PM PDT by
Clemenza
(I Just Wasn't Made for These Times)
To: Mr. Blonde
Sounds kewl.
Hope it lives up to the Zeppelin/EWF analogy.
4 posted on
04/06/2006 7:14:21 PM PDT by
Mr. Brightside
(Watcher of the Skies)
To: Mr. Blonde
I'm listening to some old Soundgarden tonight. (Superunknown)
10 posted on
04/06/2006 7:40:17 PM PDT by
cripplecreek
(Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
To: Mr. Blonde
I've heard Audio Slave riffing and, to be honest, it ain't that impressive. What is impressive is a now defunct band called Atomic Bitchwax (the 1st CD). They makes Audio Slave sound like snotty English prep school boys. Morello gives you the pentatonic scale but he doesn't dig deep with it or takes any chances. It may be that he wants a radio friendly formula, more cash to pay for his rock star lifestyle indulgences... Metallica did the same move in the 90s.
Chris Cornell is talented, intelligent and apolitical but he's in a band that cut its teeth on the side of the Left -- and they still come across that way (Live in Cuba CD). The irony is that they are probably spoiled rotten and can only imagine even more of everything and anything Capitalism has to offer... If they didn't why bother leaving Cuba.
If I ever met them I'd have to say, Adios Slave.
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