Comments on: THE HARD R: DALLAS COYLE ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS

By: Phill

Phill — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:55:01 +0000

Hey Dallas,

So what do you think of this new genre called Bro-Core?

By: killerkrayon

killerkrayon — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:42:27 +0000

the fucked up thing Dallas is he does play guitar for the last ten years but this band needed a drummer and he doesn’t care if he’s playing drums he just wants to be on stage + he writes riffs for some of the songs but if you dont wanna listen thats cool thanks anyway.

By: Kevin Salinas

Kevin Salinas — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:30:47 +0000

Hey bro, im really bummed about GF, the chemistry you guys had was amazing, but i’m super stoked about your new stuff.
so i had a question about your new material, are you going to be assuming vocal duties? the back ups you did with GF were amazing.

check out the Metal band im in http://www.myspace.com/sagaciouspast . Do you think we got the chops? what would you recommend we do to improve?

i wish you the best of luck with your new ventures.

By: dallas

dallas — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:51:58 +0000

No, I won’t. Tell your brother to pick up the guitar like Dave Grohl did. Then I’ll listen.

By: dallas

dallas — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:50:57 +0000

I don’t dig High On Fire

By: bloodrock

bloodrock — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 17:53:32 +0000

Hi Dallas,

Could you give a detailed analysis (using charts and graphs if possible) on what it is that makes High on Fire rule so damn hard?

Come, enter the feast, eat flesh of kings
Hands crying blood, scourge making way
Sonic its sound, destroyer comes down
Feet plant on Earth, forcing the toll
Wasting what was, reap what you sow
Hammer of death delivers the blow

By: killerkrayon

killerkrayon — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:41:02 +0000

hey Dallas my brother has a band he plays drums in and im trying to get them moving if i send you some mp3’s of their work would you take a listen and give an honest opinion .

By: nightwing

nightwing — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:07:38 +0000

Hey man Are the legends about crazy groupie sex true? Do you have any crazy groupie stories that you can share?

By: Shinaain

Shinaain — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:28:29 +0000

I’m sorry, what?

By: O'Connor

O'Connor — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:56:21 +0000

Dallas I was in a band for a long time (more of a rock band then metal band) and we received local radio air play and had good support at local shows. However, for whatever reasons we couldn’t get anything going outside of Philadelphia and couldn’t figure out how to start getting on any tours. No one wanted to book us because we didn’t have a draw in there area and if we did get a show even if they liked our music it would be hard to get another gig because we couldn’t bring a ton of people.

My question is mainly how did you start the process of moving from local band to successful touring band? How were you able to make that transition and what steps did you take along the way.

By: Attic

Attic — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:04:35 +0000

“Dying breed”? Uh… what are you talking about? If anything, prog and power metal have been making quite a resurgance as of late.

Why is it you people think so-called “screaming” is new? It’s been around since the early 80s when the first thrash and grindcore acts popped up. It’s not going anywhere, and neither is “Singing” in metal.

By: Biggus Dickus

Biggus Dickus — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:40:51 +0000

Hey Dallas,
You are a great guitar player, i loved your contribution to God Forbid, I think you and Doc had a great connection, and i think it made God Forbid amazing…
You will be missed…

Do you still play guitar while you are hanging at home?
Rip out some awesome licks like on Chains of Humanity or Empire of the Gun…
Do you and Doc ever get together just to do some brotherly Jamming?
Dude, i hope you are still playing…
I Love Earthsblood!!!

By: cougar party

cougar party — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:58:16 +0000

win.

By: Sven

Sven — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:58:23 +0000

What you fail to understand is that Sammy Hagar isn’t making lofty claims of being able to help bands get signed if they pay him enough money.

By: Sammy

Sammy — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:34:53 +0000

The idea is to find a niche, something that you not only like but are good at, and turn it into a way to earn a living. What you call “whoring” others would call “earning a living” or “paying the mortgage”. For all of the fame and money earned by Sammy Hagar playing in not one, not two, but three or four or five famous bands, he made more money investing in and then selling the majority share in his Cabo Wabo tequila.

It’s called being a good businessperson. So what if it’s hot sauce? You want to know who will never use the term “sell out”? Someone who is successful.

By: Sven

Sven — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:19:13 +0000

You don’t understand.

It’s one thing for bands to have vanity projects, but this strikes me as flagrantly trading on some kind of perceived level of “fame” or street cred. But to some starstruck, naive bunch of kids in a band, it might enough to grease up their wallets to pay for some kind of nebulous consultation – whatever that entails (”Play faster”, “More synchronized headbanging”, “Make a mean face at this part of the song”, “how about you wear TWO chains on your wallet! There’s a Hot Topic, let’s go!”)

I have plenty of friends and acquaintances who will tell me my demo sucks for FREE.

Additionally. I’m skeptical of a music consulting website that has movie pitches on it, seeking investors. One of which is basically Predator with voodoo. Where is the focus? Way to have a professional website. I’d hate to be in the studio only to be interrupted by phone calls from the SyFy channel. Yeesh. Fucking embarassing.

I’m glad to see you guys learned something from touring with Anthrax and Scott Ian. Be as much of a whore as possible, and profit by attrition, because respect and credibility are nice but they don’t pay the bills. What next, hot sauce? I’m sure the graphic novel and VH-1 appearances are coming next. Say Dallas, what’s your opinion on Popples? Just how rad WERE the 80’s? (Super-rad, I bet)

By: DemonicLemming

DemonicLemming — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:04:37 +0000

Sorta out there, but do you think so many smaller, maybe not “underground” but lesser-known bands that break up do so because of the difficulty in signing to a label, due to the seeming preference of labels to sign “safe bands” that are following in current trends? There have been a lot of small bands that do one or two albums, either as something like a demo release without having any signed label, or one or two albums on a tiny label, and it sort of seems like the lack of backing capital (that I’d assume a larger label could provide, for bigger tours, more promotion, etc) was what killed the band, not the content or actual musical ability of the band. Are a lot of those smaller bands that could have the prospective chance to sign on a big label wary of doing so because of the possibility that the label might start leaning on them to do specific things, musically?

It seems like some of the best bands out there (at least among the non-headliner names) only get one or two albums out, then nosedive.

By: TurdFerguson

TurdFerguson — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:39:45 +0000

If K.F.C. stands for Kentucky Fried Chicken, why do they play sweet home Alabama on the commercials?

By: Metal Fuckin' Dave

Metal Fuckin' Dave — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:36:22 +0000

How the fuck do I keep a drummer? And where do you find drummers that aren’t complete dope fiends to the point where they fall off of their stools at practice? Seriously….that just described my last 3 drummers and they were ALL promising leads at the start.

By: JesseBinaryCode

JesseBinaryCode — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:59:53 +0000

Sven -

If you can sense someone’s going to sell you snake oil, and you’re intelligent enough to acknowledge that it’s being sold, what do you have to worry about? There are worse people out there selling bands useless tools, banking off of their lack of music business ethics.