That's exactly what I thought. His voice right now is reminding me of how Matt Skiba's was before he got vocal surgery. I was figuring either that or shoulder surgery because he's been wearing his guitar strap on his other shoulder for a long while now. Whatever it is, I just want John to feel better and/or recover this summer.
Funny thing is Nathan actually has a pretty good singing voice and they barely utilize it. Go back to the 3 guitar set up with Fred taking over those WYWTB/LN 2nd vocals, keep everything a full step down for Adam's range, and this band will be the most solid they've been live since the Fazzi era.
I wish TBS was pre-meltown Mark, Eddie, Fazzi, Rubano, and Fred. As long as Mark let Fred and Fazzi just do their thing, I think that would be a solid band on record AND live.
I don't know. I was just thinking of an alternate universe where Mark and Eddie were cool original members, and then Fazzi, Fred, and Rubano took over the rest of the duties.
If this isn't exactly what they're planning when John comes back, I'm gonna be real sour. (Assuming we are just accepting the hearsay of Fred coming back for a bit as fact)
forever mad they nixed that version of you should have waited from that video because they said the riff sounded too much like Still Waiting. I don’t care if it did, the song sounded awesome with it!
Feel like the production fucked with a lot of songs in that album. All the bits we heard sounded rad. Final product was too sparkly I guess?
I will however point out that if you look at their website it is so obvious it was written by ChatGPT. "This isn’t a reunion. It’s a rebirth." "This is more than a band. It’s healing." "This isn’t just a casting call. It’s a collaboration." I think anyone who has used ChatGPT for writing will recognize that particular brand of corniness.
back to the topic of b-sides being better than album cuts, Up Against has been ruining the momentum of Louder Now for almost 20 years, and I can't believe that song made the album as-is. Brooklyn is so much better that it is unfathomable to me that UA made the cut for the first half of their major label debut.