System of a Down

I have never listened to a SOAD track or album for the lyrics. I'm in it solely for the isntrumentals. (Chop Suey and Aerials are exceptions)
And since SOAD has had their 15 minutes of fame and they're doomed to become has beens I imagine any side project from here on out will suck.
It was good while they lasted.

Maybe I cans sell my ticket stubs from their concerts on ebay back when they were good. Like two years ago when I saw them live. I think I can get maybe 300 hundred for it by the end of the year. What do you think?
 
Daron Malakian is doing Scars On Broadway now, which i still need to get round to hearing.
I think SOAD's stance is that they're on a 'hiatus', have to wait and see i suppose.
 
You are the idiot if you think they aren't a politically based band.
They write songs about Bush and the war, and sure, one song doesn't make you a political band. But being political doesn't mean just writing about George Bush. They have songs about the Armenian government and the genocide they inflict on their people. 95% of their songs touch on different political issues. They just write them poorly.
 
hehehehe yeah i don't like his new hair either he looked alot better in the first 3 album times and daron looked like a *** with long hair too
 
How does everyone like the new album? Ive only heard BYOB twice on the radio it **** rocked man but it was such a grovey song totally danceable. When the album comes out I gotta get it.
 
I didn't mean that you are a hater of it, btw. Firstly, I'll tell you about them. Opeth is an extreme progressive metal band. They've released a fair few albums which are a mixture of heavy/light stuff and they've released one completely mellow album called Damnation, which I recommend to Opeth beginners.

I'd describe Opeth as Beauty and the Beast. They have very heavy parts with great riffing, good death metal vocals and insane drumming. They also have beautiful parts with acoustic guitar riRAB, clean vocals and nice keyboard work. It is not unusual for Opeth to have long songs with acoustic and electric guitar work, growling, clean vocals, double bass blasts etc.

The vocals are outstanding. The basswork and guitarwork is very good too. The drumwork is always interesting (which is saying something coming from someone who doesn't listen for drums) and the lyrics are great.

With that said, Opeth is progressive music centered around song structure. Very few of their songs are shorter than 10 minutes. If you don't like progressive music, you might not like Opeth, but I'd give them a try anyway. Start with the completely mellow Damnation album. If you're after particular songs from their whole career, I would probably try Windowpane, Bleak, To Bid You Farewell, the Drapery Falls, the Moor, Ghost of Perdition and possibly Credence. Chances are that you'll have to give them a few listens to like them. If you don't like the harsh vocals, you'll get used to them. I'll try and get around to actually uploading the songs somewhere. I can recommend you songs that have good examples of particular things, i.e. drumwork, acoustic work etc.

Remeraber, a good attention span is critical for listening to them, otherwise, you may not be doing yourself justice when you listen to them. Opeth songs are much better when you listen to them as a whole.
 
Brilliant Band, I fell in love with "Chop Suey" and from there I just can't get enough of them. They are serious musicians and they will go far.
 
Yes, let's look at the definition of it shall we...
The political agenda is the issues and policies set out by either the executive or cabinet in government which dictate existing and near-future political news and debate. The political agenda while shaped by government can be influence by Grass roots support from party activists at events such as a party conference and can even be shaped by non governmental activist groups which have a political aim. Non-governmental organisations such as Make Poverty History and environmental groups such as Green Peace have been able to shape the political agenda at international conferences. [1]

Increasingly the mass media can have an effect in shaping the political agenda through its news coverage of news stories. Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver was able to shape the political agenda by running a series of programmes which criticised the quality of school dinners in the United Kingdom. This led to government action by education secretary Ruth Kelly to improve the quality of meals which would not have occurred if it was not for such prominent and vocal criticism. [2]

A political party can be described as
 
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