Comments on: EVERY TIME I DIE’S ANDY WILLIAMS: “WITH NEW JUNK AESTHETIC, I’M FINALLY HAPPY.” http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/09/24/every-time-i-dies-andy-williams-with-new-junk-aesthetic-im-finally-happy/ IS FOR LOVERS Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:01:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: BFUNK http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/09/24/every-time-i-dies-andy-williams-with-new-junk-aesthetic-im-finally-happy/#comment-315627 BFUNK Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:38:55 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=21305#comment-315627 very good interview, took me a while but I read it all. Great album by a great band, cant say much more than that very good interview, took me a while but I read it all. Great album by a great band, cant say much more than that

]]> By: Jo http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/09/24/every-time-i-dies-andy-williams-with-new-junk-aesthetic-im-finally-happy/#comment-314478 Jo Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:04:36 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=21305#comment-314478 Corecore Corecore

]]> By: Dan Contogiannis http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/09/24/every-time-i-dies-andy-williams-with-new-junk-aesthetic-im-finally-happy/#comment-313005 Dan Contogiannis Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:58:42 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=21305#comment-313005 Great, great interview. I love Andy's honesty. Good dude. Great, great interview. I love Andy’s honesty. Good dude.

]]> By: Fufkin http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/09/24/every-time-i-dies-andy-williams-with-new-junk-aesthetic-im-finally-happy/#comment-312507 Fufkin Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:34:03 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=21305#comment-312507 Seriouscore Seriouscore

]]> By: HammeredHero http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/09/24/every-time-i-dies-andy-williams-with-new-junk-aesthetic-im-finally-happy/#comment-311379 HammeredHero Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:56:09 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=21305#comment-311379 Obviously not as much in metal, but don't people realize that certain bands and acts have always gotten an easy road in the music industry? Yea maybe a shitty band can get a couple million plays on myspace and get on tours quickly but back in the day bands could get signed to a huge major label deal after a couple of shows. If your band was hot you could get picked up have the label pay to get you on radio and get put on huge tours right off the bat. Those days are over though. Ask most bands in the industry and you have to tour your ass off and be able to draw crowds all over the country before you are going to get those kind of breaks anymore. Also, it is a much much more crowded market and smaller venues are not as abundant. My main point is just that I am sick of anyone who is in a band for a few years thinking every up and coming band sucks. I am sure we could dig up interviews from the 70's, 80's and 90's of bands talking about how kids today don't have to go through the shit we had to go through. Same shit different day. Also, there always has been and always will be shitty, predictable pop music just as there will always be certain bands pushing the envelope and taking risks. Obviously not as much in metal, but don’t people realize that certain bands and acts have always gotten an easy road in the music industry?

Yea maybe a shitty band can get a couple million plays on myspace and get on tours quickly but back in the day bands could get signed to a huge major label deal after a couple of shows.

If your band was hot you could get picked up have the label pay to get you on radio and get put on huge tours right off the bat. Those days are over though. Ask most bands in the industry and you have to tour your ass off and be able to draw crowds all over the country before you are going to get those kind of breaks anymore. Also, it is a much much more crowded market and smaller venues are not as abundant.

My main point is just that I am sick of anyone who is in a band for a few years thinking every up and coming band sucks. I am sure we could dig up interviews from the 70′s, 80′s and 90′s of bands talking about how kids today don’t have to go through the shit we had to go through. Same shit different day.

Also, there always has been and always will be shitty, predictable pop music just as there will always be certain bands pushing the envelope and taking risks.

]]> By: NoCowNoFood http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/09/24/every-time-i-dies-andy-williams-with-new-junk-aesthetic-im-finally-happy/#comment-311241 NoCowNoFood Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:25:04 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=21305#comment-311241 F. R=FREAKING RULES F. R=FREAKING RULES

]]> By: niggaplease http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/09/24/every-time-i-dies-andy-williams-with-new-junk-aesthetic-im-finally-happy/#comment-310598 niggaplease Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:48:36 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=21305#comment-310598 Great interview. He comes off way more likeable than I would imagine considering, as a former ETID fan, how obnoxious they can seem or how annoying their fans can be. Really faux-intelligent, arrogant Long Island/upstate NY bro-types Also, its "The Hellacopters", not "The Helicopters" Great interview. He comes off way more likeable than I would imagine considering, as a former ETID fan, how obnoxious they can seem or how annoying their fans can be. Really faux-intelligent, arrogant Long Island/upstate NY bro-types

Also, its “The Hellacopters”, not “The Helicopters”

]]> By: etidsucksdick http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/09/24/every-time-i-dies-andy-williams-with-new-junk-aesthetic-im-finally-happy/#comment-310509 etidsucksdick Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:40:01 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=21305#comment-310509 this band hasn't made a decent record since Last Night in Town. Hot Damn was just ok. everything after that (especially Gutter) was utter shit. not only that but this band won't play any songs off of Burial Plot Bidding War or Last Night in Town live. any band who ignores a back catalog as good as those first two albums are pathetic and shouldn't tour anymore. i was really hoping for something different with New Junk. i heard and read all these different interviews where Keith was talking about taking it back to the old school sound... when i finally got a chance to hear the whole album on Exclaim.ca it all became clear (again), everything Keith and Co. said was bullshit. of course as soon as i heard Steve Evetts was producing for the 3rd time i should have known exactly what to expect; a shit album by a bunch of losers. it sounds just like their last two albums... recycled riffs, boring song structures, and Keiths worst lyrics since Gutter. just retire ETID. you guys suck and shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence as Converge. it doesn't surprise me that Metalsucks approves this album. this band hasn’t made a decent record since Last Night in Town. Hot Damn was just ok. everything after that (especially Gutter) was utter shit. not only that but this band won’t play any songs off of Burial Plot Bidding War or Last Night in Town live. any band who ignores a back catalog as good as those first two albums are pathetic and shouldn’t tour anymore.
i was really hoping for something different with New Junk. i heard and read all these different interviews where Keith was talking about taking it back to the old school sound… when i finally got a chance to hear the whole album on Exclaim.ca it all became clear (again), everything Keith and Co. said was bullshit. of course as soon as i heard Steve Evetts was producing for the 3rd time i should have known exactly what to expect; a shit album by a bunch of losers. it sounds just like their last two albums… recycled riffs, boring song structures, and Keiths worst lyrics since Gutter.
just retire ETID. you guys suck and shouldn’t even be mentioned in the same sentence as Converge.
it doesn’t surprise me that Metalsucks approves this album.

]]> By: jorbams http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/09/24/every-time-i-dies-andy-williams-with-new-junk-aesthetic-im-finally-happy/#comment-310507 jorbams Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:35:24 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=21305#comment-310507 That was one of the best interviews I've read. I enjoyed the honesty and candidness. Andy has always seemed like a genuinely awesome dude that would be a blast to hang out with. This interview solidifies this image. Good read. That was one of the best interviews I’ve read. I enjoyed the honesty and candidness. Andy has always seemed like a genuinely awesome dude that would be a blast to hang out with. This interview solidifies this image. Good read.

]]> By: tom cash http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/09/24/every-time-i-dies-andy-williams-with-new-junk-aesthetic-im-finally-happy/#comment-310387 tom cash Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:49:18 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=21305#comment-310387 Wait... Does this make ETID, Converge, DEP, and Poison the Well the big 4 of metal for us in our mid to late 20's? Unlike the real big 4, this tour could actually happen, sans egos and whatnot. Wait… Does this make ETID, Converge, DEP, and Poison the Well the big 4 of metal for us in our mid to late 20′s? Unlike the real big 4, this tour could actually happen, sans egos and whatnot.

]]> By: jason http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/09/24/every-time-i-dies-andy-williams-with-new-junk-aesthetic-im-finally-happy/#comment-310234 jason Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:18:34 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=21305#comment-310234 I want to be Anthony Bourdain when I grow up. I want to be Anthony Bourdain when I grow up.

]]> By: Shinaain http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/09/24/every-time-i-dies-andy-williams-with-new-junk-aesthetic-im-finally-happy/#comment-310158 Shinaain Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:26:11 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=21305#comment-310158 Maybe it would have been different had I heard this interview rather than read it, but Andy's rapid-fire, stream-of-consciousness style of conversing was a little difficult to process at first. It took me until almost halfway through to jump on his track and decode his transmissions, so to speak. But once he got going, I was very interested to read his thoughts on the recording process, his values in terms of the music he respects, and his incredulity at the get-made MySpace generation of bands. I also appreciate his candor in discussing the fact that bands don't always get to choose who they tour with, even that it doesn't necessarily matter so long as a band is putting themselves out there, networking, and taking every available opportunity to hone their craft. Generally, there should be some kind of baseline of respect between bands for others who are out there doing it, regardless of whether or not you can be on board for everything another artist does (or does not) stand for - to include politics and aesthetics, among other things. Those of us who consume and enjoy the end product don't always have the most complete picture possible of what goes into creating the finished products we love or hate so much, which can mean either we don't always fully appreciate genius or are occasionally taken in by chicanery. Other points of interest (to me): * It's not fashionable to NOT dog your label, so points to Andy for speaking frankly on that point, x 2. * Anthony Bourdain and Jack White as inspirations? Our Dark Lord, Satan, is not amused. (I, however, AM.) Another good one, guys. Maybe it would have been different had I heard this interview rather than read it, but Andy’s rapid-fire, stream-of-consciousness style of conversing was a little difficult to process at first. It took me until almost halfway through to jump on his track and decode his transmissions, so to speak. But once he got going, I was very interested to read his thoughts on the recording process, his values in terms of the music he respects, and his incredulity at the get-made MySpace generation of bands. I also appreciate his candor in discussing the fact that bands don’t always get to choose who they tour with, even that it doesn’t necessarily matter so long as a band is putting themselves out there, networking, and taking every available opportunity to hone their craft. Generally, there should be some kind of baseline of respect between bands for others who are out there doing it, regardless of whether or not you can be on board for everything another artist does (or does not) stand for – to include politics and aesthetics, among other things. Those of us who consume and enjoy the end product don’t always have the most complete picture possible of what goes into creating the finished products we love or hate so much, which can mean either we don’t always fully appreciate genius or are occasionally taken in by chicanery.

Other points of interest (to me):

* It’s not fashionable to NOT dog your label, so points to Andy for speaking frankly on that point, x 2.
* Anthony Bourdain and Jack White as inspirations? Our Dark Lord, Satan, is not amused. (I, however, AM.)

Another good one, guys.

]]> By: \m/Eluveitie\m/ http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/09/24/every-time-i-dies-andy-williams-with-new-junk-aesthetic-im-finally-happy/#comment-310096 \m/Eluveitie\m/ Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:34:44 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=21305#comment-310096 Hellacopters Hellacopters

]]> By: Sweeney http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/09/24/every-time-i-dies-andy-williams-with-new-junk-aesthetic-im-finally-happy/#comment-310089 Sweeney Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:25:15 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=21305#comment-310089 Disclaimer: I'm an asshole. "Skynard"?? Ugh. Come on, man. Sounds like flying testicles. Disclaimer: I’m an asshole.

“Skynard”?? Ugh. Come on, man. Sounds like flying testicles.

]]> By: metalguy http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/09/24/every-time-i-dies-andy-williams-with-new-junk-aesthetic-im-finally-happy/#comment-310040 metalguy Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:56:23 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=21305#comment-310040 honestly that was one of the few interviews ive read entirely, and probably my favorite. good job sammy honestly that was one of the few interviews ive read entirely, and probably my favorite. good job sammy

]]> By: IWRESTLEDYOURMOMONCE http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/09/24/every-time-i-dies-andy-williams-with-new-junk-aesthetic-im-finally-happy/#comment-310027 IWRESTLEDYOURMOMONCE Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:39:14 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=21305#comment-310027 OK. I dig this album too, but did you say swaggercore? We seriously need to stop putting core on the end of words and using it to label metal bands. Seriously.... OK. I dig this album too, but did you say swaggercore?

We seriously need to stop putting core on the end of words and using it to label metal bands. Seriously….

]]> By: Brad Whiteside http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/09/24/every-time-i-dies-andy-williams-with-new-junk-aesthetic-im-finally-happy/#comment-310024 Brad Whiteside Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:37:55 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=21305#comment-310024 I don't know...I thought New Junk was a weak attempt of an album. Sounds like they put no thought into the song writing and god damn, the lyrics are just horrible. All the ironic phrase turning made me want to vomit. ETID is now boring and predictable. I don’t know…I thought New Junk was a weak attempt of an album. Sounds like they put no thought into the song writing and god damn, the lyrics are just horrible. All the ironic phrase turning made me want to vomit. ETID is now boring and predictable.

]]> By: Matt http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/09/24/every-time-i-dies-andy-williams-with-new-junk-aesthetic-im-finally-happy/#comment-310022 Matt Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:37:09 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=21305#comment-310022 "The great bands aren’t going to get recognition because they sound different. It’s sad." Biggest truth, ever “The great bands aren’t going to get recognition because they sound different. It’s sad.”
Biggest truth, ever

]]> By: Dave http://www.metalsucks.net/2009/09/24/every-time-i-dies-andy-williams-with-new-junk-aesthetic-im-finally-happy/#comment-310004 Dave Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:24:12 +0000 http://www.metalsucks.net/?p=21305#comment-310004 I'm happy too. I've never been able to get into any of their previous stuff. This album fucking hooked me and hasn't let go yet. So fucking good. I’m happy too. I’ve never been able to get into any of their previous stuff. This album fucking hooked me and hasn’t let go yet. So fucking good.

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