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Garion81 
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Posted: December 16 2004 at 12:50 |
Ok all you prognosticators what about this? Is this good for prog or should this go in the weed stories thread?:
RELIC is happy to announce that our first DVD will be available before Christmas! Visit our site for more details. For those who are new to our music, let me introduce ourselves:
San Francisco based band RELIC performs in full Medieval armor. Relic's music can be categorized as progressive art rock, which in reviews often is compared to Pink Floyd, early Genesis and Yes, King Crimson, Gong and Dream Theater.
..:: RELIC ::..
http://www.relicscastle.com
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James Lee
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Posted: December 16 2004 at 12:53 |
Full medieval armor? They must be even hotter than Gwar!
Can you fret with gauntlets?
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Reed Lover
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Posted: December 16 2004 at 12:59 |
 James Lee wrote:
Can you fret with gauntlets?
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Sounds like the chorus from Iron Maiden's
"Can I Play With Madness"
Can I fret with gauntlets - the prophet stared at his crystal ball
Can I fret with gauntlets - there's no vision there at all
Can I fret with gauntlets - the prophet looked and he laughed at me
Can I fret with gauntlets - he said you're blind too blind to see
God, I must be at a loose end!
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Garion81
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Posted: December 16 2004 at 13:36 |
Here is my thoughts
1. They watched Spinal Tap and thought it was a true documentry.
2. They take themselves way to seriously (read the bio page. The drummer is an expert in torture. Does this mean he can't play?)
3. One of them has been to a marketing class at his local community college and smokes a lot of pot.
I am not going to see them unless they can play in full medieval armour AND Ice skate. 
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Garion81
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Posted: December 16 2004 at 13:38 |
Reed Lover wrote:
James Lee wrote:
Can you fret with gauntlets?
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Sounds like the chorus from Iron Maiden's
"Can I Play With Madness"
Can I fret with gauntlets - the prophet stared at his crystal ball
Can I fret with gauntlets - there's no vision there at all
Can I fret with gauntlets - the prophet looked and he laughed at me
Can I fret with gauntlets - he said you're blind too blind to see
God, I must be at a loose end!
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since it is Christmas how about "the armoured drummer boy"
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Reed Lover
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Posted: December 16 2004 at 13:47 |
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James Lee
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Posted: December 16 2004 at 16:43 |
I respect them already...back in my SCA days I wore armor briefly, and I could barely walk ten yards, let alone play a guitar.
Musically...well, they're the greatest armoured band I've ever heard. Much better than Armoured Saint, anyway. 
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Reed Lover
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Posted: December 16 2004 at 16:46 |
Yeah, apparantly their first single is called:
Armour Chameleon.
OUCH!!!!!!
Edited by Reed Lover
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James Lee
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Posted: December 16 2004 at 17:08 |
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Prog rock, Armoured prog rock
What kind of kids love Armoured prog rock?
Big kids, little kids, kids who climb on rocks
fat kids, skinny kids, even kids with chicken pox
love prog rock, Armoured prog rock
The rock kids love to bite!
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Certif1ed
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Posted: December 17 2004 at 06:05 |
Actually, the music isn't bad at all!
I must say the Spinal Tap link is there, though, as I listened to "Kill Them All" (expecting some Metallica style thrash...), and got to the ambient section in the middle with shredding that is actually very well thought out and executed and incredibly ambient. This in itself is very progressive thinking, as most guitarists that noodle over quiet sections tend to ruin it.
Um... back to the Spinal tap link - just calling a piece with such beautiful and atmospheric ambience "Kill Them All" made me think of the scene in the ST movie where Nigel is seated at a piano, playing a little piece in D minor. When he finishes, the interviewer says "That's beautiful - what is it called?".
Tufnell replies "Er... Lick My Love Pump"
Generally the really proggy ideas are stolen or adapted from periods of Genesis between 1972-1978 - I can't hear much King Crimson or Yes in there. The production and execution is slick, but not overly so - the overall textures are very well thought out, although I'm not keen on some of the more "cookie-cutter" heavy metal riffs.
The one really weak link is the vocalist and the lyrics. Both suck worse than a sucking thing in Suck Street, Sucksville.
Did I mention the vocals and lyrics suck?
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