Beardfish vs. The Mars Volta
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Topic: Beardfish vs. The Mars Volta
Posted By: peart_lee_lifeson
Subject: Beardfish vs. The Mars Volta
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 15:44
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Which one of these bands do y'all prefer? I think for me, it depends on the kind of mood I'm in. Right now, I prefer Beardfish, though, once the new Volta album comes out, this will probably change. ------------- PROG ON!!! |
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 15:45
| LOL, not even close. |
Posted By: PabstRibbon
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 15:48
| Beardfish all the way |
Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 15:51
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Beardfish by a long shot. TMV just never did it for me.
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Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 15:53
| Beardfish by a lot! The Mars Volta does nothing for me. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 16:04
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Wow. I know its early but I expected this to be a bit closer.
The Mars Volta for me. Even though their most recent albums have been terrible to average at best, their first two are quite excellent and are way better than anything I've heard from Beardfish. (Which is less than what I know from TMV so grain of salt perhaps) ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: JS19
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 16:08
Yup agreed, TMV all the way!
There's just something about them, and they wrote Frances, yup it's a landslide folks..... ------------- 
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harmonium.ro wrote:Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 16:10
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I have enjoyed pretty much everything The Mars Volta has done. Immensely creative and hectic.
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Posted By: Nathaniel607
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 16:22
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Love both... but need to go with Beardfish. Beautiful and just as complex in a subtle way. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Nathaniel607" rel="nofollow - My Last FM Profile 
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Posted By: Evolutionary Sleeper
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 16:24
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The BEARD. TMV is a really good band as well though.
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 16:27
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The Mars Volta is a band that really blows me away. Like mentioned above the "organized chaos" is something i've come to love. I also only like Mammoth and Destined Solitaire from Beardfish, while i enjoy all of The Mars Volta's albums. |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 16:29
It´s interesting how many apples and oranges is possible to compare on this site. I´ve picked Beardfish, but I still really don´t know what actually these two bands have in common, except their sorting to Heavy Prog... ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: peart_lee_lifeson
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 16:33
It's true. They don't have that much in common. I just thought it would be an interesting matchup. ------------- PROG ON!!! |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 16:35
You did a poll just like this, with the only reason that both albums were from Heavy Prog. You were quite surprised when people asked what they have to do with each other  |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 16:39
 ------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: Gandalff
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 16:55
------------- A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath, Fanuilos, le linnathon nef aear, sí nef aearon! |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 16:57
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Both ECLECTIC! Haha, though TMV is more inventive for me, funny that I just listened to the entirerty of Frances The Mute in my room, always a blast, though listen to it few times, it's looooooong.
Sleeping in Traffic Pt 2. is fab though.
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Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 17:28
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I love everything TMV have done so far. Beardfish is good too. ------------- 
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Posted By: The Monodrone
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 17:37
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Um, TMV. -------------  
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Posted By: Prog Geo
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 17:38
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Beardfish!
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Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 17:39
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De-loused in the Comatorium still amazes me, after around 20 listens. Bearfish is great, but not as spectacular as TMV. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: cyclysm748
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 17:48
| A tough one for me, but I'll have to go with the beard because I just like the beards slow songs better than TMV's slow songs. |
Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 17:58
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TMV is kind of bad IMO, being Amputechture and Bedlan Goliath the only albums by them I enjoy under cirtain cirtunstances (they aren't albums I can listen all the time). So it is the bearded fish. -------------   
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Posted By: The Neck Romancer
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 18:03
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I only like one album by each band, but I choose TMV as it is actually original, unlike Beardfish who rely on retro sounds and instruments to make their music. ------------- 
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Posted By: cannon
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 18:09
| The Beard. Both fun both bands on completely different levels. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 19:01
I agree with Caio on music for once  |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 19:18
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The Mars Volta, Beardfish dont do anything for me.
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Posted By: kawkaw123
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 19:57
| THE MARS VOLTA they are the most unique |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 21:10
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Posted By: CCVP
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 21:22
WUT? -------------
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Posted By: Luna
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 21:32
Everyone get to the bomb shelter.  ------------- https://aprilmaymarch.bandcamp.com/track/the-badger" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: JakeMM626
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 21:41
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This is tough for me. Just starting to get into Beardfish now so my vote is for TMV, though Mammoth blew me away. very solid album indeed. ------------- 
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Posted By: DanthraX
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 22:32
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Love both bands, but gotta go with Beardfish... This was my first vote, finally!!! ------------- I look up, I'm almost blinded by the warmth of what's inside me and the taste that's in my soul, but I'm dead inside as I stand alone... |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: April 05 2011 at 22:59
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Im still new to Beardfish so The Mars Volta get my vote
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Posted By: King Manuel
Date Posted: April 14 2011 at 02:14
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Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: April 14 2011 at 12:45
| TMV. Beardfish bores me. |
Posted By: MillsLayne
Date Posted: April 14 2011 at 13:44
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Beardfish for sure. I'm just getting into them as well, but I'm loving what I hear and honestly, I just can't get into TMV. I usually like different and unique vocalists, but I just get annoyed by the vocals in TMV. ------------- http://gamercards.exophase.com/xbox/user/MillsLayne/" rel="nofollow">  ht |
Posted By: colorofmoney91
Date Posted: April 18 2011 at 09:37
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Volta! ------------- http://hanashukketsu.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow - Hanashukketsu |
Posted By: NecronCommander
Date Posted: April 18 2011 at 12:55
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The Mars Volta, hands down. -------------  
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Posted By: Fyrus
Date Posted: June 11 2011 at 21:50
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They have almost nothing alike :p Besides that, I prefer Beardfish, as every release of theirs is solid, and a few of their releases are masterpieces. Mars Volta has Deloused as their masterpiece and Frances as a great album. Random electronic f**kdicking totally ruined the flow of Frances if you ask me...
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Posted By: Mushroom Sword
Date Posted: June 11 2011 at 22:07
This absolutely this all the way. I just can't get into Beardfish, plus the screaming is really annoying. |
Posted By: Anthony H.
Date Posted: June 11 2011 at 22:55
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Beardfish is excellent, but TMV beats them by ten landslides.
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Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: June 11 2011 at 23:28
| at the drive in for me |
Posted By: JonteJH
Date Posted: June 12 2011 at 19:48
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A really tough one, been listening to beardfish today and they are still so so so so GOOD love them! Beardfish for me.
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Posted By: MillsLayne
Date Posted: June 12 2011 at 21:21
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Now that I've listened to both Frances The Mute and De-Loused, I for sure have to give this one to Beardfish. While the quieter moments on the two aforementioned albums are alright, the music is just too bombastic for me to enjoy and a lot of the times the music doesn't seem to really go anywhere. I don't know, maybe I'm just deaf. ------------- http://gamercards.exophase.com/xbox/user/MillsLayne/" rel="nofollow"> ht |
Posted By: topographicbroadways
Date Posted: June 13 2011 at 09:27
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Results = Wrong -------------  
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: June 13 2011 at 09:41
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Posted By: The SaidRemark
Date Posted: June 16 2011 at 01:59
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Mars Volta all the way. Frances the Mute is one of the most unique and creative albums of all time. Beardfish is alright but a little derivative. I'm sure they have a much better live sound then TMV though. |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: June 16 2011 at 14:37
| I like both but Beardfish for me. |
Posted By: Slaughternalia
Date Posted: June 16 2011 at 19:05
| TMV is #5 in my favourite modern prog bands. Beardfish is #2. |
Posted By: TheLastBaron
Date Posted: June 16 2011 at 20:01
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I like both bands. I choose The Mars Volta mostly because I've heard their entire discography and have only heard two beadfish albums, both sleeping in traffics. I love what I've heard by both bands, but i have to say I really enjoy everything I've heard from TMV. ------------- " Men are not prisoners of fate, but prisoners of their own minds." - FDR |
Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: June 16 2011 at 20:42
How can anyone not find TMV vocals annoying... Anyway I go for Beardfish, solid, warm-sounding stuff.
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Posted By: Gandalfino
Date Posted: July 05 2012 at 12:14
| Beardfish. Mars Volta's vocalist is unbearably annoying for me. |
Posted By: Master of Time
Date Posted: July 05 2012 at 17:30
| I love The Mars Volta, but Beardfish is in my top 5 favorite prog acts of all time, and Rikard Sjoblom is probably in my top three favorite vocalists with Jon Anderson and Peter Gabriel. So the choice was easy for me. |
Posted By: Luna
Date Posted: July 05 2012 at 17:39
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lulz results are lulz ------------- https://aprilmaymarch.bandcamp.com/track/the-badger" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: July 05 2012 at 17:47
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TMV needs more of a retro sound to win polls obviously. TMV is prolly my favorite band right now, surpassing even Rush. I find all their albums masterful with their own identity. Beardfish are great too, Destined Solitaire is one of my favorite albums ever. Though i don't seem to have the same love for their more quirky side of their music. Part 1 is better than Part 2 imo. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: July 05 2012 at 19:34
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Haven't heard much from neither, but I will soon have all of MV's first four albums (De-loused and Frances is in the mail as I'm writing this), so I'll be checking them out shortly. -------------  
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: July 05 2012 at 20:03
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Seriously? Where's all the TMV fans? They're light years ahead of Beardfish. Way more innovative, original and all around better musicians. All my opinion of course, but I'd think a fair amount of people would agree with me.
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: July 05 2012 at 20:05
TMV are only trailing by 7 votes. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: Luna
Date Posted: July 05 2012 at 20:06
butt they should be winning by a gazillion ------------- https://aprilmaymarch.bandcamp.com/track/the-badger" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: July 05 2012 at 20:10
TMV annoy people, I understand. Beardfish are pretty progressive themselves. It's not like they're losing to The Flower Kings 
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: July 05 2012 at 20:12
Sorry, my bad.  Could of sworn I read that as 27 votes, instead of 37. Earlier today though, they had below 30 votes, and I remember when this poll was originally made and Beardfish were winning my a landslide.  I don't know, both bands are great though.-------------
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: July 05 2012 at 20:15
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: July 05 2012 at 20:19
Yeah, I completely understand why a fair amount would prefer Beardfish. They definitely have a more friendlier, 70's influenced sound that is quite welcomed. If it's the voice for TMV, yeah, Cedric's voice is certainly unique - certainly not for everyone. Their frantic, dissonant sound might be another factor, but I love it of course. -------------
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: July 05 2012 at 20:22
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Max you have wonderful (4* amount of wonderful) avatar. Usually we got with people, but that works too. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: July 05 2012 at 20:23
Thing is, Beardfish are influenced by modern bands too, as can especially be heard on their last 2 albums. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: July 05 2012 at 20:23
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If you guys think this is bad, we should bring back the Spock's Beard vs. The Mars Volta poll.
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: July 05 2012 at 20:37
Thanks Austin. You need to write more reviews. Your review for Emrpos was really well written, excellent use of vocabulary and a great overview of all the songs. I love the album cover as well - one of my all time favourites really. I was going to put Tony Banks in or something, but I was tempted for RC. I'll most likely change it in a couple days anyways.  -------------
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: July 05 2012 at 20:39
I forgot the results. Do I even want so witness them? Spock's Beard probably one.  I'll search it up.-------------
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Posted By: Zombywoof
Date Posted: July 05 2012 at 20:50
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Beardfish, but I am a fan of both!
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