Comments on: STRAIGHT LINE STITCH: TO SUCK OR NOT TO SUCK?

By: jonsun

jonsun — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:47:06 +0000

jesus i had one of their shirts from 1999 or so (ironically i swear). back when they had two singers. now the guitar player is the only one left from that lineup. at some point you have to realize you’re fucking lame and move on in life. this generic ass shit is for 13 year olds and thats about it.

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By: DidgeryDo

DidgeryDo — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:43:20 +0000

This is Sevendust with the gender of the lead singer reversed. What are we supposed to be so excited about here in 2010?

By: Josh Williamson

Josh Williamson — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:43:21 +0000

havnt heard from this band any place but from the hate they get on here, obviously not doing as well as they thought, because they are shit

By: SonOF

SonOF — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:07:48 +0000

These guys have nothing in common with Arch Enemy other than a female lead singer. And Arch Enemy aren’t metalcore. But I agree that SLS are horrible.

By: SonOF

SonOF — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:06:00 +0000

This Rage guy lost all credibility (if he had any to start) when he said: “Because they are fresh, they are ORIGINAL if you actually LISTEN and look beyond your ‘pathetic labeling system’ and for the record ARCH ENEMY in my opinion is unlistenable.”

If you think Arch Enemy is “unlistenable” while SLS is “fresh and original” you either have absolutely no taste, or you are so far up this band’s ass that you can’t give a fair interpretation. Arch Enemy is composed of some of the most influential musicians in melodic death, and they have half a dozen important releases in their catalog. In addition, their live show is absolutely flawless; they have played and headlined shows all over the world. SLS may have been original in they dropped this album in 1996, but there combination of nu-metal + metalcore is absolutely overdone, tired and uninspired. Just because a black female lead singer was added, that doesn’t make it fresh. As a rule, female lead singers in metal DO NOT work. The only exception I can think of is Angela from Arch Enemy, mainly because she screams like a goddamn demon (and her voice sounds like a male’s ). This isn’t a sexist statement, it’s just that every female fronted metal act I have ever heard was terrible (other than AA). Maybe this isn’t the singer’s fault, maybe it’s because sub-par metal bands will grab a female lead singer to try to push themselves over the top (and sound “fresh and original”), when in reality they should be working on actually putting together a quality song. This is exactly the case with SLS, as it is with Otep, In This Moment, and every other shitty female-fronted metal band.

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By: Nick

Nick — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:42:59 +0000

Here are my thoughts. Why do we find in necessary to trash something that we don’t like? I have been a fan of this band for several years now and have became friends with them. They are great people as mentioned above. Now, even if you do not like the band why talk so much shit about them? Give an opinion like I don’t like them or not my thing. Obviously you people are not all that you think you are. Are you touring and doing 200 plus shows a year? NO. Why is that? Oh, that’s right, you don’t have any talent. You may say that they don’t, but they are the ones selling albums, merch, and tickets. Now, for Rage, though I GREATLY appreciate what you have done for them and do agree with you I have to say the same to you. Like I said I do agree with you about what you say about the band, but I am not going to talk shit about someone that does not agree. Once again Rage, I have to say thank you for what you have done for an amazing and talented group of people!

By: Viceroy

Viceroy — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:06:02 +0000

The drummer and guitar player stopped by Subway today and I made them some sandwiches. In conversation I found out who they were. They had just done a show here in Knoxville the night before, and were headed to Alaska for their next. I decided to look them up and I get this crappy, generic radio metal that wishes it was the next Bullet for my Valentine. It’s just another shitty Arch Enemy/Killswitch metalcore band, the kind that I got bored of around the time I was 14.

Jeez, “metal” these days.

By: alec

alec — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:23:43 +0000

yeh i fukin now

By: kenny

kenny — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:17:03 +0000

they are fucking awsome

By: G.P.

G.P. — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:12:40 +0000

Just got the new cd and im loving it.
I don’t know how they sound live but I been listen to this album non stop.
I am not such a fan of female fronts but I think their songs ranges are so vast that they will capture fans from all sides of metal… once you give them a chance and allow access to the part of you that fell in love with rock or metal in the first place.

I wish them nothing but success.

By: Ralph

Ralph — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:01:18 +0000

Had the pleasure of doing a show with these guys a couple years ago. I was in a band and also the promoter. Great band, GREAT energy, very professional and I’d have to say I agree with Rage in that the sky is the limit for SLS.

Why? Because the music buying public is made up of more than just angry, cynical music dork-snob-elitists that are angry they aren’t determining what we are all allowed to listen to.

Good luck to them!

By: Catharsis

Catharsis — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:16:40 +0000

Death to false metal.
Period.

By: RAGE

RAGE — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:44:09 +0000

Again…

Judging from the 40 or so comments on this blog (as I’ve given it a break to see what else pops up on here) not too many of the neg comments match up well to the 80,000 awesome comments about SLS on youtube!!!

If you would deny yourself the chance to love a band because someone who loves them and represents them is passionate enough to stand up for them then you only prove yourself to not even be worthy to be a fan. I am their manager, their friend and their label…so of course I’m going to react to anything neg being said and you would too if you were in my shoes…I’m not the ‘establishment’…I’m a guy who supports a band he believes in…period.

Metal Edge and EAT a substantial Japanese music rag are interviewing the band for coverage…the buzz and support o this band is amazing so no matter how many rehashed hate blogs some of you want to throw into the mx…it just doesn’t matter as you can see and you will continue to see and hear throughout this band’s career!!!

Nuff said…

Thanks for the comments both good and bad…

RAGE

By: Trainwreck

Trainwreck — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:31:28 +0000

@ Pembelton

Amen brother!

By: Pembelton

Pembelton — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:30:15 +0000

At 2:28am Rage proved my point about not being able to shut up. He also proved that he really does care about bitter and narrow-minded people and their opinions.

Corey said he did not like the band but spoke fairly and admitted that the hometown crowd loved it yet Rage has managed to twist Corey’s words into a press release and to insult Corey as well.

I think it is unlikely that Rage was going to respect anybody’s opinion. I have begun to notice deep insecurity and hubris in his ravings. You don’t see the usual record label and music video director trying to convince bloggers that he is perfect by employing constant commentary and insult.

I think that what Rage must get used to is that people will disagree with him and that SLS will not be selling records in the next 20 years. Until reading his comments I had very little feeling about this band but I now find that they are ill-represented and have lost me as a potential customer because if they allow this person to speak for them I can only assume that they approve.

Rage does need to gtfu.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:20:16 +0000

Laughing. So. Much.
humility is something worth having a look into. check it out sometime.
SLS aren’t BAD by any stretch…just not fantastic. we’ll see what happens with them…and whether Rage will have to eat his words or not.

By: RAGE

RAGE — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:28:58 +0000

K corey….

A guy like me loves idiots like you who end a comment with some cheap, shallow, cowardly remark.

I was reading ur thoughts, I was not there but my fam’ were and I was told the opposite…in fact I was told that SLS owned that show and did 2500 in merch and sold out of the 60 cd’s they had left…

So yeah I was willing to respect your ‘opinion’ till ur last remark which actually shows how jaded you are and the fact that SLS is a band that will sell many more records than any other band you know over the the next 5, 10 and 20 years is something you really need to just o get used too…

Winners win and losers bitch…so stop bitching and go help WC sell some records…and for the record I know the guys in WC and they’re good people…

RAGE

By: Corey

Corey — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:56:12 +0000

I agree with Chris (2nd post). The singing really kills it. I saw them live with whitechapel a couple weeks ago. I know I am biased for whitechapel since they are from my hometown but so is Straight Line Stitch, and I really do not like them. And Live, she sounds like she is throwing when she is “screaming.” Music is pretty lame and generic sounding. Not a fan. The hometown crowd loved it, except for the deathmetal whitechapel fans.
And Rage needs to gtfo.