IF YOU LIKE HARD ROCK, UNIDA CHECK OUT HOUSE OF BROKEN PROMISES
Monday, November 23rd, 2009 at 10:00am by Gary SuarezFormed by some of the other members of John Garcia’s post-Kyuss project Unida, House of Broken Promises seriously rock so hard that it should terrify Buckcherry, Daughtry, Nickelback, and the rest of their lackluster ilk. Simply put, they fucking rule. Don’t believe me? Then check out the video for “The Hurt (Paid My Dues),” which comes off their just-released debut Using The Useless.
If, like me, you’ve been craving something that’s “heavy” without being “brutal,” you ought to buy this immediately. While you’re at it, be sure to pick up Pig Charmer the latest from House of Broken Promises’ Small Stone Recordings labelmates Throttlerod. Both of them are late contenders for my best-of-2009 list.
-GS
[Gary Suarez is bad for your health. He usually manages WHOLLY DIVER (a Dio tribute site) and the consistently off-topic No Yoko No. Say, why don't you follow him on Twitter?]
Well that was pretty awful.
That riff wasn’t obnoxious AT ALL.
Axl and/or Vince think Buckcherry just kick ass…..isn`t that ironic ??
I like it. I bought their album on iTunes. Decent stuff. It’s a bit of Kyuss worship but nothing wrong with that.
god your guy’s taste in music fucking sucks
I like it !
It’s like Kyuss fronted by James Hetfield…
Shit.
Gary, I just don’t trust you anymore. So since you tell me this band is good, I will likely never listen to them ever.
+1
Uh, yeah…. decent riff ruined by bad singing. Anyways, Karma to Burn are better in the “Dumb Hard Rock” category, thanks to the fact that they don’t sing.
really? i though decent singing ruined by a shitty repetitive riff
I like it.
what the fuck is wrong with you people? this shit rules. you guys just don’t appreciate beard rock and therefore can officially tongue the runny feces from my asshole, because it’s apparent you don’t know shit from good chocolate.
it’s not that this is derivative. far from it. the fact that it is derivative is why it fucking rules. calling it “kyuss worship” is stupid because every fucking band in this genre uses the same god damn chord progressions and have ever since it first crawled out the anuses of blue cheer, mountain, blah blah fucking blah. but who fucking cares because those are classic and sound fucking awesome cranked up to 11.
yeah, i guess you can talk shit about the vocals, but really, how else are you going to sing over music like this? maybe if he put some retarded guttural vocals or pig squeals in there you all would be talking about how righteous it is. fuck off.
if you don’t like it, that’s cool too. i mean, hey, there’s plenty of breakdowncore out there for you to rock out to.
Amen brutha, preach it!!!
I actually REALLY like “beard rock,” and think these guys are pretty generic. It’s not BAD but certainly nothing to go back to.
i agree. it’s definitely not memorable by any standard. but it’s honest and that’s more than i can say for a lot of the bands that get press on here.
The album is even better than this song suggests.
Well, since this song seriously kicks ass, then I’ll have to put this on the ol’ Christmas wish list.
Do we really need to compare it to other bands that coverage? That’s like watching the news and saying a fire that killed 3 people isn’t that bad, since there was a trainwreck that killed a hundred the previous day.
I said it was “Kyuss worship”, but I also said that wasn’t a bad thing. read the context of a statement before insulting people over it.
Fuck yeah.
reminds me of brand new sin (when they were good; i.e. before they got stupid and got rid of Joe Altier). I’ll definitely check out more by these guys
wait this sounds nothing like iwabo, terrible, what is this site coming to
I liked this song a lot! Epic guitar solo with really good drum playing. I’m taking! :)
Not bad at all.
Awesome. Love it and throttlerod.
Fuck all the brootal garbage – this shit rocks ass! Right on. I thought I was listening to old school Hetfield singing. I like this…I like it a lot.
Fuckin’ A… I love some good stoner rock, and that was pretty fucking awesome. Reminded me of Kyuss and to a lesser extent, Fu Manchu. I am definitely checking these guys out.
Damn you, Suarez, for making it impossible for me to completely hate you.
God damn it I love me some Unida. This is worth buying, too, especially if the rest of the album is superior to this song.
Anyone hear the “shelved” second Unida album? I, for one, think it’s terrible. Their one official full-length release, however, is immortal.
And when I learn to finally detect sarcasm, I do it wrong.
Seriously, this post reeked of sarcasm.
Sounds like Kyuss. Acts like Kyuss. Sings like Kyuss. This is Kyuss. With a different name.
I hear elements of Kyuss, but there is a touch of metal in this too – hear a bit of BLS in the guitar tones. I’ll take this over Crabcore or Emo any day.