Don the Reader: they should have stuck to reading
Once again, trend prevails over talent. “Don the Reader” got a record deal against all odds and common sense, and even gets airplay on Liquid Metal with their grotesque waste of satellite bandwidth, “Human Esque.” According to their Myspace profile, they are “everything that Los Angeles isn’t.” Sounds like L.A. is a good place to move to. (No, I am not going to stain your screen by linking to their Myspace profile. Google it at your own risk.)
They proudly display a Metalsucks “endorsment” on Myspace, which by the way was about only one song that the band distributed for free–and that post only got nine comments since August 25. They also refer to a review by Mouth of War, but neglect to mention that the reviewer says that “the cacophony ends up taking on a repetitive nature as you’re left unsure if you’ve already heard a series of riffs previously on the album.” How a repetitive cacophony could lead a reviewer to give that album a score as high as 3.5/5 is beyond me. Anyway, if Don the Reader can only find a score of 70% to promote their album, I think it says a lot. It’s like bragging about a C- to convince your old man to give you 15$ as a reward. Ain’t gonna work.
I’m not even sure it’s metal. Degenerate NYHC, perhaps. Certainly in the same Insanity League as I Wrestled a Bear Once. (I guess I just coined a new category for my blog!) Is this just another piece of junk that the industry is pushing through our good friend José?
Anyway, if you like that band please leave a message telling me why you believe it’s good. I want to understand. I really do. ‘Cause right now, I just don’t get it.
This entry was posted on November 19, 2008 at 1:11 am and is filed under Bands, False metal, Insanity League, Sirius Hard Attack, Sirius Liquid Metal with tags Don the Reader, Human Esque, Insanity League, Liquid Metal, Metalsucks, Mouth of War, NYHC, Sirius Liquid Metal, XM Liquid Metal. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
April 29, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Don’t know if anyone will read this since the post is super old, but I saw them live and the energy was insane. The singer ripped the light out of the ceiling and the show was almost stopped. Outside of that, I don’t really listen to them because it certainly is outside of what is deemed traditional in the metal world. But, the EP was free when I saw them, so you can’t beat free shit.