Comments on: CLUTCH STAY THE COURSE WITH STRANGE COUSINS http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/07/23/clutch-stay-the-course-with-strange-cousins/ IS FOR LOVERS Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:01:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ed hunter http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/07/23/clutch-stay-the-course-with-strange-cousins/#comment-374675 ed hunter Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:28:31 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=18139#comment-374675 clutch is the shit every album has a diffrent sound witch makes em unique one very tight band txs for all the music keep on making music brothers . clutch is the shit every album has a diffrent sound witch makes em unique one very tight band txs for all the music keep on making music brothers .

]]> By: enemyofgod72 http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/07/23/clutch-stay-the-course-with-strange-cousins/#comment-283202 enemyofgod72 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:25:42 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=18139#comment-283202 "Strange Cousins" isn't as good as their last few albums but it's stlll far better than just about anything else. If the chorus of "Watts" doesn't stick in your head with a near psychotic frequency then you're just not a Clutch fan and you should go back to your Myley Cyrus or Hannah Montana collection. The intro to Abraham Lincoln is equally catchy and I find myself playing it over and over in my head when I can't hear the real thing. "Watts" and "Lincoln" make the album worth buying even if every other song were a stinker which of course they are not! “Strange Cousins” isn’t as good as their last few albums but it’s stlll far better than just about anything else. If the chorus of “Watts” doesn’t stick in your head with a near psychotic frequency then you’re just not a Clutch fan and you should go back to your Myley Cyrus or Hannah Montana collection. The intro to Abraham Lincoln is equally catchy and I find myself playing it over and over in my head when I can’t hear the real thing. “Watts” and “Lincoln” make the album worth buying even if every other song were a stinker which of course they are not!

]]> By: Matthew Bush http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/07/23/clutch-stay-the-course-with-strange-cousins/#comment-276084 Matthew Bush Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:06:09 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=18139#comment-276084 Way too much "dad rock" going on here, just go to a show you'll see what I'm talking about. Men in the 50's sporting a BLS t-shirt trying to relive their glory years w/ a financed Harley parked outside. As much as I love these guys they haven't put anything remotely interesting since Elephant Riders. On the other-hand, The Bakerton Group stuff is pretty cool. I suggest you check it out. Way too much “dad rock” going on here, just go to a show you’ll see what I’m talking about.
Men in the 50′s sporting a BLS t-shirt trying to relive their glory years w/ a financed Harley parked outside.

As much as I love these guys they haven’t put anything remotely interesting since Elephant Riders. On the other-hand, The Bakerton Group stuff is pretty cool. I suggest you check it out.

]]> By: Fong Chung http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/07/23/clutch-stay-the-course-with-strange-cousins/#comment-270079 Fong Chung Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:13:54 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=18139#comment-270079 HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH you actually enjoy those bands, and yet you worship a stupid fucking novelty like ICP? Stick to the mall, and stay out of metal. HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH you actually enjoy those bands, and yet you worship a stupid fucking novelty like ICP? Stick to the mall, and stay out of metal.

]]> By: heyheymusic http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/07/23/clutch-stay-the-course-with-strange-cousins/#comment-268720 heyheymusic Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:32:18 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=18139#comment-268720 Great article on Clutch and their new album- i read it at indiepit.com. http://blog.indiepit.com/2009/07/27/clutch-guitarist-says-drt-lawsuit-is-being-resolved/ Great article on Clutch and their new album- i read it at indiepit.com.

http://blog.indiepit.com/2009/07/27/clutch-guitarist-says-drt-lawsuit-is-being-resolved/

]]> By: Alex the Kilter Lobster http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/07/23/clutch-stay-the-course-with-strange-cousins/#comment-265441 Alex the Kilter Lobster Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:01:39 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=18139#comment-265441 As much as I liked Beale Street, I thought it was a little too much of a straight ahead blues/roadhouse record (Clutch in my opinion are a nearly impossible to better as a blues-influenced metal band, but when they tip too far into blues there are better artists). I think they're really taken what they started on Beale Street and hit their groove with it on Strange Cousins tho, with more of the Blast Tyrant style hooks and imagery, and some of the sound from their earlier albums. Fucking love it :) As much as I liked Beale Street, I thought it was a little too much of a straight ahead blues/roadhouse record (Clutch in my opinion are a nearly impossible to better as a blues-influenced metal band, but when they tip too far into blues there are better artists).

I think they’re really taken what they started on Beale Street and hit their groove with it on Strange Cousins tho, with more of the Blast Tyrant style hooks and imagery, and some of the sound from their earlier albums.

Fucking love it :)

]]> By: Dutchguy http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/07/23/clutch-stay-the-course-with-strange-cousins/#comment-265438 Dutchguy Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:45:55 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=18139#comment-265438 Saw Clutch a few weeks ago, with the Bakerton Group (=Clutch minus vocals) opening. Awesome, awesome bands that both groove like a motherfucker. They're the Meters of metal. Favorites so far: the title track and Abraham Lincoln. But that might change once I've listened to it a few more times. Saw Clutch a few weeks ago, with the Bakerton Group (=Clutch minus vocals) opening. Awesome, awesome bands that both groove like a motherfucker. They’re the Meters of metal.

Favorites so far: the title track and Abraham Lincoln. But that might change once I’ve listened to it a few more times.

]]> By: Dominic Sohor http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/07/23/clutch-stay-the-course-with-strange-cousins/#comment-265405 Dominic Sohor Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:33:17 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=18139#comment-265405 It's a good album. Not their best, but has some good tracks, particularly Struck Down, 50,000 Unstoppable Watts and Abraham Lincoln. Feels like a grower as well. I mean, I wasn't blown away by Beale St at first, but now think it's one of their strongest. It’s a good album. Not their best, but has some good tracks, particularly Struck Down, 50,000 Unstoppable Watts and Abraham Lincoln.

Feels like a grower as well. I mean, I wasn’t blown away by Beale St at first, but now think it’s one of their strongest.

]]> By: Leviathuggalo http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/07/23/clutch-stay-the-course-with-strange-cousins/#comment-265344 Leviathuggalo Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:40:37 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=18139#comment-265344 hey now I'm a Juggalo and I love Clutch... much more than ICP for sure, but let it be known that there are Juggalos that listen to good metal!!! My friend and I are Juggalos but we love ISIS, Mastodon, Black Dahlia Murder, Skeletonwitch, Neurosis, etc.... It doesn't mean that I don't think that all of the ribbing done here at ICP's expense isn't totally hilarious though... hey now I’m a Juggalo and I love Clutch… much more than ICP for sure, but let it be known that there are Juggalos that listen to good metal!!! My friend and I are Juggalos but we love ISIS, Mastodon, Black Dahlia Murder, Skeletonwitch, Neurosis, etc….

It doesn’t mean that I don’t think that all of the ribbing done here at ICP’s expense isn’t totally hilarious though…

]]> By: NuMallCore Pwns Yo Mama http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/07/23/clutch-stay-the-course-with-strange-cousins/#comment-265312 NuMallCore Pwns Yo Mama Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:37:52 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=18139#comment-265312 Thanks for the free track. Didn't know about that one! Overall, the album is great. Love "Struck Down", "50,000 Unstoppable Watts", and "Let a Poor Man Be". Not sure why everyone is infatuated with "Abraham Lincoln" though. I usually skip that track. Thanks for the free track. Didn’t know about that one!

Overall, the album is great. Love “Struck Down”, “50,000 Unstoppable Watts”, and “Let a Poor Man Be”. Not sure why everyone is infatuated with “Abraham Lincoln” though. I usually skip that track.

]]> By: Leo http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/07/23/clutch-stay-the-course-with-strange-cousins/#comment-265227 Leo Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:29:02 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=18139#comment-265227 You can get an extra track "Metroliner Special" free at their website www.pro-rock.com You can get an extra track “Metroliner Special” free at their website http://www.pro-rock.com

]]> By: DemonicLemming http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/07/23/clutch-stay-the-course-with-strange-cousins/#comment-265189 DemonicLemming Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:32:08 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=18139#comment-265189 After having listened to it, I don't like it as much as Beale Street or Elephant Riders. The songs sort of blend together, without any one in particular standing out. It's not a bad album at all, but it's not as unique, song-wise, as their previous stuff. After having listened to it, I don’t like it as much as Beale Street or Elephant Riders. The songs sort of blend together, without any one in particular standing out. It’s not a bad album at all, but it’s not as unique, song-wise, as their previous stuff.

]]> By: groverXIII http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/07/23/clutch-stay-the-course-with-strange-cousins/#comment-265188 groverXIII Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:30:42 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=18139#comment-265188 This is my album of the year, hands down. Clutch are consistently brilliant, and while it's kind of a shame to lose the Hammond/harmonica, the album definitely doesn't suffer from it. It's not quite as bluesy as Beale Street, but it's definitely a Clutch album. I do have to say, though... I never saw Robot Hive/Exodus as a "neck-snapping departure from Blast Tyrant" so much as a natural evolution of their sound. It's nowhere near as jarring as the difference between Transnational Speedway League and their self-titled album, or the difference between the S/T and Elephant Riders. This is my album of the year, hands down. Clutch are consistently brilliant, and while it’s kind of a shame to lose the Hammond/harmonica, the album definitely doesn’t suffer from it. It’s not quite as bluesy as Beale Street, but it’s definitely a Clutch album.

I do have to say, though… I never saw Robot Hive/Exodus as a “neck-snapping departure from Blast Tyrant” so much as a natural evolution of their sound. It’s nowhere near as jarring as the difference between Transnational Speedway League and their self-titled album, or the difference between the S/T and Elephant Riders.

]]> By: groverXIII http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/07/23/clutch-stay-the-course-with-strange-cousins/#comment-265179 groverXIII Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:23:39 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=18139#comment-265179 Same here, but everything they've released in recent years has been almost on par with Blast Tyrant, so I can't complain. Same here, but everything they’ve released in recent years has been almost on par with Blast Tyrant, so I can’t complain.

]]> By: Brian http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/07/23/clutch-stay-the-course-with-strange-cousins/#comment-265161 Brian Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:08:21 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=18139#comment-265161 if this keeps on with Beale street then i am down. that record was bluesy and great if this keeps on with Beale street then i am down. that record was bluesy and great

]]> By: Matthew Kurtz http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/07/23/clutch-stay-the-course-with-strange-cousins/#comment-265133 Matthew Kurtz Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:35:48 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=18139#comment-265133 Out of all the Clutch records, this one has made the least impression on me. I definitely gotta give it another listen. It's probably a grower Out of all the Clutch records, this one has made the least impression on me. I definitely gotta give it another listen. It’s probably a grower

]]> By: Fink http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/07/23/clutch-stay-the-course-with-strange-cousins/#comment-265126 Fink Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:30:16 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=18139#comment-265126 There's no such thing as a self-respecting Juggalo. There’s no such thing as a self-respecting Juggalo.

]]> By: thejamminjabber http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/07/23/clutch-stay-the-course-with-strange-cousins/#comment-265102 thejamminjabber Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:51:18 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=18139#comment-265102 Blast Tyrant was and is still my favorite Clutch record. Blast Tyrant was and is still my favorite Clutch record.

]]> By: \m/Eluveitie\m/ http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/07/23/clutch-stay-the-course-with-strange-cousins/#comment-265084 \m/Eluveitie\m/ Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:29:50 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=18139#comment-265084 Yeah I figured it would give it away if I left it anyway, no self-respecting Juggalo would listen to Clutch Yeah I figured it would give it away if I left it anyway, no self-respecting Juggalo would listen to Clutch

]]> By: bucketochicken http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/07/23/clutch-stay-the-course-with-strange-cousins/#comment-265083 bucketochicken Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:26:24 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=18139#comment-265083 What an awesome, awesome band. I've been listening to this for about a week straight, with only the occasional break to listen to Elephant Riders (you know, to mix it up a bit). LOVE "Struck Down" & "Algo Ha Cambiado." So groovy. What an awesome, awesome band. I’ve been listening to this for about a week straight, with only the occasional break to listen to Elephant Riders (you know, to mix it up a bit).

LOVE “Struck Down” & “Algo Ha Cambiado.” So groovy.

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