What's worse than Dave Matthews Band?

[JohnH]

Nothing.

Not that this is a new revelation for me, but good lord, he just came on Palladia and I just don't fucking get it. Not a lick of singing chops, hardly any hooks or even attempts at hooks (the guy fucking opens up playing the same acoustic riff thirty times in unison with the violin player - even my wild ass kitten fell asleep), and nothing great about the instrumentation.

Speaking of instrumentation, I think it's hilarious that these guys get classified as a "jam band." They couldn't carry the water of real jam bands like Allman Brothers, Phish, or even a more contemporary band like moe. They suck dick and their popularity is truly appalling.

Agreed fully. I just don't get it and Ive tried. I think his ethics suck too...(Not cancelling a show the day a bandmate dies is poor taste- ) . The band are good musicians but other than that the whole thing is rubbish.

[fightingilliniJRNY]

Agreed fully. I just don't get it and Ive tried. I think his ethics suck too...(Not cancelling a show the day a bandmate dies is poor taste- ). The band are good musicians but other than that the whole thing is rubbish.

To be fair...saxaphone player LeRoi Moore had left the tour after being injured in an ATV accident. He passed away suddenly six weeks or so later after being expected to recover. It wasn't like LeRoi was touring with the band when he passed away on the day of a show. Still might be considered a questionable decision, but really no different than a football team deciding to honor a fallen teammate by playing the game because "that's what he would have wanted us to do."

[wastingbeerz]

Ok, I have to admit I don't have a clue, what the hell is a cookie monster singer?

Most death metal singers are so bad at singing death metal that they sound like the cookie monster. There are a few who do exceptionally well at singing though. Usually not a huge fan of death metal but there are several bands I really like. When death metal is done well, it's done REALLY well. And death metal vocals tend to be an acquired taste, almost as if the singer is issuing a challenge to everyone to listen to the music.

[JohnH]

Agreed fully. I just don't get it and Ive tried. I think his ethics suck too...(Not cancelling a show the day a bandmate dies is poor taste- ). The band are good musicians but other than that the whole thing is rubbish.

To be fair...saxaphone player LeRoi Moore had left the tour after being injured in an ATV accident. He passed away suddenly six weeks or so later after being expected to recover. It wasn't like LeRoi was touring with the band when he passed away on the day of a show. Still might be considered a questionable decision, but really no different than a football team deciding to honor a fallen teammate by playing the game because "that's what he would have wanted us to do."

Uh ok...but the same is exactly true of Springteen's bandmate Danny Federici, who died in April, 2008. Other than his three songs they pulled him out of the hospital for in March, 2008, he'd not on tour since November 2007. Springsteen did the appropriate thing, he cancelled the shows. DMB did not. I already thought DMB were jackasses and this confirms it. The music sucks and they suck. Racing teams don't race the same weekend either when the teammate is killed in practice/qualifying. That's taste and class- of which DMB have shown none.