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Old 11-05-2009, 05:53 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Old 11-05-2009, 01:35 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Yeah apparently Mercer "dismissed" the rest of the band because he wants to try something new. That's what side projects and new bands are for, jerk!

So who knows how long it'll be and what it'll sound like.
Yes, I was disappointed to read that Mercer wanted the changes for aesthetic reasons. I don't understand why he couldn't just say to the band, hey, guys, let's try this new style, and the musicians, all capable, would be able to do it. Maybe they simply had developed different artistic visions? Well, it does seem to me that he should just call the group "The Shin," now.

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I'm thinking if he had enough power to fire everyone else and continue to use the name, 99% of the writing in the band was his. So, I'm not very worried, I'm sure it'll be great, just like all of their/his other stuff.
You're probably right, adidasss. Still, in their one video I've watched quite a bit because it is my current fixation ("Kissing the Lipless"), I find I feel an affinity for the actual people playing...especially the smiling rhythm guitarist. I wonder, is he still part of the band? I don't really know who's who. I'm sure the new people can play the music the same as previous band members...but the fact that the original people who played won't all be together, able to enjoy what they created, makes me a little sad...kind of like they've been forced to give up a baby for adoption.


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Wait...is this...is this perhaps "nature abhors a vacuum?" I thought nature "bears" a vacuum was cute, though, barbonodude!
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Old 11-06-2009, 05:08 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Wait...is this...is this perhaps "nature abhors a vacuum?" I thought nature "bears" a vacuum was cute, though, barbonodude!
haha no, Nature Bears a Vacuum is the name of their first 7" which is by far my favorite recording by them. Recorded in one of the dudes rooms on an 8 track i believe.
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