Comments on: STRAPPING YOUNG LAD

By: Capillarian

Capillarian — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:02:30 +0000

I nearly cried when you said Skeksis was your favourite song you ever did… I thought you’d said in interviews that City was your magnum opus. I’ve always maintained that Alien was a masterpiece, and I am in complete fucking awe of Skeksis. That song has something new every time I listen to it…

By: baldmosher

baldmosher — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:21:33 +0000

whoops, I meant to write “with Physicist you’re heading to a happy place…. then again that’s how I viewed The New Black.”

By: baldmosher

baldmosher — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:20:34 +0000

I’m with you man. Dev described it as “SYL-lite” at the time but I think CM might have had issues with that analogy. What doesn’t hold true about that claim IMO is the “lite” part – sure it’s not angry but the sheer brutality of the songs (and they ARE songs) is up there with some of the heaviest parts of SYL. When Alien was released it was like a dark version of Physicist for me. Where SYL differs I guess is the feeling that you’re being driven down into a dark place with Dev at the wheel and the band whooping and hollering like lunatics… then again that’s how I viewed The New Black.

I was in love with Physicist from the second spin and every run-through is like another day of wedded bliss for me. (Thankfully having affairs with other CDs isn’t immoral but I’m certain I could happily spend the rest of my life with Physicist alone.)

By: Reaper-X

Reaper-X — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:10:10 +0000

Dev never came off as some guy trying to market to you though.
He just made kick ass albums and let it speak for itself, rather than rely on some image to appeal to the hip crowd.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:28:31 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ_VBf38XUA

Damn, I wish I could have seen SYL live.

By: prives

prives — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:59:02 +0000

Strapping Young Lad rocks my hairy anus!

By: C.J. Crawford

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:08:11 +0000

I’m so glad I got to experience SYL live in, of all places, Davenport Iowa. The show was mind blowing.
The best part was that it almost seemed as Devin was totally unaware of what his music was doing
to the minds of everyone in attendance while he was on stage.
It seemed as though he just thought it was another show, rawk out and say some funny comments in between songs, which he did, but that show will forever be one of the best I’ve ever seen.
I don’t even remember a single other band that played that night.
Thank you Devin.
You may not be that same guy anymore, but the music of SYL will stay with us.
Oh and also thanks for not being a dick about my dumb question on how
you did that scream at the beginning of Shitstorm.
I appreciated the answer of clutching your balls as hard as you could!

By: Meow

Meow — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:27:10 +0000

Im too stoned to understand what your talking about. SYL are pretty badass.

By: Brandon Simmons

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:45:13 +0000

Alien is by far my favorite metal record. I have to admit when I first heard it I didn’t understand it, but as I’ve gotten older and when I started listening to your full catalog I finally got it, and to me it is perfect.

By: Sophus

Sophus — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:32:50 +0000

Alien is probably my favorite SYL record…favorite song though, would definitely have to be “Imperial”. It is 2 minutes of the most ball-crushingly ball crushing that I’ve ever heard, and possibly will ever hear.

By: Blake

Blake — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:25:38 +0000

“Shitstorm” blew me away, and it came during the lowest point in my life. It was the most pissed-off song I’d ever heard, and I never knew what chaotic anger truly sounded like ’til I heard it. From then on, I was hooked.

Dev, not sure if you’ll ever read this – but thank you. So much.

By: cosk!

cosk! — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:43:00 +0000

errr skeksis….

By: cosk!

cosk! — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:42:14 +0000

hell yeah, skesis was always my favorite…

By: Lybrium

Lybrium — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:32:23 +0000

Damn, i dunno Devy, I’m gunna have to say my two fav SYL tracks are Spirituality and AAA. booyah.

By: Sin and Death

Sin and Death — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:23:03 +0000

Yeah, I guess that the next best thing is to see DTP on tour with BTBAM and Cynic.

By: Nick from hell

Nick from hell — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:14:02 +0000

Man, I am enjoying the hell out of Devin day!
I’d have to say that aftermath is my favorite SYL song. The atmosphere in that song is absolutely crushing.

By: Peter Hodgson

Peter Hodgson — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:50:23 +0000

Awesome post, Devin. My first SYL album was City, which I heard when I was 18 or 19 in 1997. I’ll always love the band (and Skeksis is my favourite SYL song too) but now I’m 31, I’m a dad, and the things that are on my mind are very different to where I was when City came along. It’s been awesome following your development as an artist and person in parallel with my own development and life experience. I’ll always love SYL but I don’t feel like I need new SYL – you said what you needed to say and made some kickass music with SYL but your solo/DTP/DTB/etc stuff speaks to me much more these days – I relate more to ‘that guy’ than the SYL guy.

By: Killer Kovarik

Killer Kovarik — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:05:18 +0000

I’m glad SYL left where they did, I’m tired of bands making album after album and dwindling their original fan base.

SYL FOR LIFE!!!

By: jibbler

jibbler — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:40:00 +0000

And yet certain people bag certain bands on here for making albums that express what’s happeing in their lives at the time but when others do the same thing they’re honoured for it.

By: OBEY1019

OBEY1019 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:40:39 +0000