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STILL BETTER THAN HELLYEAH

 Monday, March 29th, 2010 at 1:00pm by

Of course not every band can be a Pantera or Down, but I’d argue that out of any member of Pantera, one Mr. Rex Brown has the best track record for non-Panteric projects. He wasn’t in Damageplan, a mediocre band we all pretend didn’t exist in the name of not doing any harm to Dime’s legacy; he’s obviously not in Hellyeah, who I still can’t quite believe are a real band and not some elaborate prank; Pantera and Down are only ones of Phil Anselmo’s 1,384 bands that Brown was in. Yeah, Rebel Meets Rebel was way too redneck for this Noo Yawk Jew, but at least they didn’t have a song called “Alcohaulin’ Ass.” So three cheers of Rex.

Of course, now Rex has another new band, Arms of the Sun, so I guess it’s possible he’s about to fuck-up his batting average. The three songs on AOTS’ MySpace page really generic bar-band stuff that sounds like it might have been cat nip for the guy who signed Candlebox fifteen years ago, but again. “Alcohaulin’ fucking Ass.” So Rex gets to keep his title belt… for now.

Check out Arms of the Sun here, then tell me why I’m being too hard on Damageplan/RMR/Hellyeah/Superjoint Ritual/whatever in the comments section.

-AR

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  • Skeletonwitchcraft

    i like this band. good 90′s vibe

    and i think you took it easy on hellyeah. worts band going, except for maybe winds of plague

  • http://www.crustcake.com Van D.
    • Alex_P

      Yeah, I thought so. Not good.

  • TXHellbilly

    I think Superjoint Ritual was a great fuckin band. Lethal Dose of American Hatred was a solid record. I have to agree with you on Hellyeah though, as much as I have tried to force myself to like that band, it just isnt happening. Plus, they are touring with fuckin Papa Roach, any chance they had of legit metal fans coming to see them has been dashed by touring with such dbags. Arson Anthem is a badass side project by Phil, lookin forward to their next cd for sure

    • Slaughterhouse

      I liked “Use Once and Destroy” better…IMO

      • junkyardgod

        agreed. Use Once… is a badass album. Lethal Dose was good but didn’t compare. Wish Phil was still doing drugs so they could do another album.

        • http://www.myspace.com/whiskeyrambleproject x101whiskey_ramble101x@yahoo

          bad idea, phil would be a scott weiland mess right now if he didn’t slow down on that shit

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Carlos-Ramirez/631635101 Carlos Ramirez

    The logo is on some Godsmack shit!

  • http://schenkeltown.blogspot.com SchenkelTown

    i’m one of a handful of people that realy liked the hellyeah album.

    tits!

  • http://schenkeltown.blogspot.com SchenkelTown

    *really

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rik-Powell/286400508 Rik Powell

    I thought Damageplan were pretty awesome.

  • DirtyWarriorMan

    Rebel Meets Rebel was the fucking shit. I have no interest in country music whatsoever, but this album blows me away. It’s full of great hooks, classic Dime riffs, and HILARIOUS lyrics. Seriously, it’s a shame no one heard this record because it’s a gem and I’ve never heard anything else remotely like it. My friends and I LOVE cranking this record when we crack open a few beers. I defy you to throw on cuts like “Cowboys Do More Dope (Than Rock n’ Rollers),” “One Night Stands,” or the title track, and not get excited. It’s just a shame they never got to tour, because the shows would have been ridiculous parties.

  • OldandTired

    meh. doesn’t really do it for me.

    Reminds me a little of Kings X.

    Still better than Hellyeah, for sure.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Paul-Quinn/1197379400 Paul Quinn

    Rebel Meets Rebel was alright. I’m just wondering why it is that people shit on Superjoint Ritual. They were pretty killer.

  • SukMyBoomStik

    I actually went back and listened to Damageplan recently. I loved it when it came out but either it hasn’t aged well or I’ve become more jaded because I didn’t like it as much as I used to. I think I was just so excited to hear new stuff from Vinnie and Dime at the time that it clouded my judgment. I will forever at least check out any output from the Pantera guys, even if it turns out like Hellyeah.

  • Savage

    Hellyeah was goo for what it is basic rock music, Superjoint was pretty good mix up of different styles 1,2, 1234, Rebel Meets Rebel was ok but have to be in the mood to listen to it and it was cool to hear dime do vocals more

    • http://www.myspace.com/whiskeyrambleproject x101whiskey_ramble101x@yahoo

      yeah dude.. awesome genre…my favorite music in the world is “basic rock”… “hey, what kinda music do you play?”, “I play rythem/lead guitar is a basic rock band”…. do you see what i’m doin here? do you see how stupid that fuckin sounds? did you learn anything? cause, that is what you said “basically”

      • Savage

        It sounds like you are rambling on whiskey

  • bearbomb

    Proof that Phil has always been the driving force behind any Pantera related awesomeness.

  • undead82

    This Arms of the Sun shit is pretty terrible. Sounds like music homosexuals would play while they f*@#ed.

    • http://www.myspace.com/whiskeyrambleproject x101whiskey_ramble101x@yahoo

      your opinion sounds like the noises of the asshole, of which is being fucked..it’s crap….. oh and don’t be afraiid to say fuck piss shit goddamn you fucking pussy,.. this aint’ the fuckin scholastic weekly reader!

  • Sammy

    You aren’t being too hard on Hell Yeah, but when Damageplan cycles through my iPod, I find that I like it more than I thought i did. And live, they were pretty damn good.

  • Porkspam

    Hell Yeah was just a bunch of guys who watched pantera ’3′ and wanted to do that whole phil “fuckin badass” attitude… too bad vin had also fucking BEEN in pantera and could get the real deal.
    Nobody cared about damageplan untill dime got shot (for playing in that band INSTEAD of pantera….. what???? too soon?)
    RBR is dime and vin with a racist trying to be texans
    SUperjoint took the angriest pantera songs and kicked it up a notch emeril stlye (BAM)
    i’lll give this band a chance though. I mean, pantera sucked at first too till phil came. and fixed them. Besides were the first 3 songs any band wrote the best of material? And rex is back in down recording their new cd (plus the down dvd comes out soon)
    let’s just hope this isn’t gonna be some echobrain style bullshit.

    • http://www.myspace.com/whiskeyrambleproject x101whiskey_ramble101x

      ….. actually…they ARE Texans….just so that you don’t get them confused with Zakk Wylde or Chad Grey for trying to act like they are from the south as apposed to BEING from the south. Hell, earlier they were trying to get us to believe that Ozzy wrote a bulk of the Sabbath lyrics…hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

  • Dan Wolfson

    this is like stone temple pantera

  • death to rap/hip-hop

    And what is wrong with hellyeah? seen them twice and they kick ass. fuck you lame ass punks.

  • Logan

    First id like to say Damage Plan was pretty good and i was surprised at how much i liked it when i first heard it, i enjoyed it.
    2nd…I actually really liked Hellyeah’s album and im very eagerly waiting for the 2nd one, im pretty sure this upcoming album will be better then the first one. Its not really fair in all honesty for us to compair any of the bands to the greatness of Pantera cause really…thats kinda what where doing even if we think where not, its not fair really. Vinnie’s just got back in the saddle after a life changing type event way back when, im sure he has a diffrent mentality, and writing music with guys hes never worked with. No chemistry like there there was with Down and even Danage plan.
    3rd Everyother memeber of Pantera was just as much as adriving force for them as Phil was, they wrote that shit together locked in a room or whatever. Group effort.
    4th Arms sound cool to me, ill pick it up when it drops. Metalsucks kinda bashed it cause thats a critcs job, to be a jackass.
    like the other dude said, ill follow anything a pantera member puts out.
    And im not to critalcal on these type of things, if i like it i like it. thats my opinions and if you dont like it then i dont care.