All inside Filter magazine this month. Mars Volta and Queens of the Stone Age have 2 of the best albums this year in my opinion. The article calls them "Art Rock" bands. To me it is just rock. The Patton article is cool too.

i'm interested in that fantomas record that just came out recently, with the 30 or 31 tracks or whatever. sounds interesting...though mike patton's weirdo experimental projects always seem better in theory than in practice. i've never really been able to dig on his stuff as much as i wanna. i do like some of his naked city contributions and i like parts of faith no more's 'angel dust' album, though.

I can only comment on QOTSA but they are definitely not art rock. To me they're a hard rock band in the vein of Jane's Addiction, Led Zeppelin and all the great 70's rock outfits. To admit liking this kind of music is difficult for a lot of music writers so they try and create some new tag to justify them liking it. IMO They're the best hard rock band on the planet right now.

It's so interesting to see/hear The Mars Volta all over place these days. I went to school/hung out did the whole teenage/early twenties thing with these guys, when they were with At The Drive-In.

I remember my first ATDI show was in my friend's backyard back in El Paso, Texas and then to see them 8 years later at the Reading Music Festival in London was surreal...

Best Wishes to both The Mars Volta and Sparta...the two bands that came out of the defunct ATDI...

Is "At The Drive Inn" any good? check out this website for Patton's stuff http://www.ipecac.com/

my favorite opening of any website ever

pkidwell said:

At The Drive In, in my opinion, was one of the last great bands in Rock & Roll today.


They will be sorely missed.

NWF said:

I really liked 'em too.

Anxiety said:

parts? That album is all that.