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Black Tide

Posted by HenryJames on May 5th, 2008 under Uncategorized

I’m a rocker through and through. Here’s a list of my favorite bands: AC/DC, Van Halen not Van Hagar, Skynyrd, Def Leppard…and now Black Tide.

They’re four teenagers from Miami who are one of only a handful of new metal bands I’ve liked in the last 15 years. The guitars sound crisp and the drums don’t sound like a machine (f Lars Ulrich for starting that trend on And Justice For All). Most important of all the singer doesn’t sound like Cookie Monster. I can’t emphasize this enough. I’ve lost count of how many bands that sounded great musically only to make me want to cockpunch the vocalist once he started singing. Like Mastodon.

Here’s a live cover of Metallica’s Hit The Lights off their debut Kill ‘Em All album.

One of the band members says that St. Anger sucks, and it most definitely does suck. But Kill ‘Em All is the shit. This is important. Music is a race against time. Bands almost invariably do their best stuff when they’re young so it’s important to get out as much stuff as you can early. The Rolling Stones are the best rock ‘n’ roll band ever, but they haven’t put out anything good in over 25 years. Metallica hasn’t put out anything good since And Justice For All, and even the merits of that album are debatable.

So Black Tide can distinguish between what is allsome and what is teh suck. That’s very uncommon for teenagers. And because of their youth, they have a head start. Hopefully they can put out a lot of great stuff before they invariably get old and start sucking.

So check them out while they’re still great.

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  1. BigSatan said:

    May 5th, 2008 at 9:28 am

    What? And Justice for all was a great album.

  2. kchorn04 said:

    May 5th, 2008 at 9:37 am

    I thought this was going to be about Benson’s lake trip.

  3. What? And Justice for all was a great album.

    It was good but not great. The drums are horrible, and you can’t even hear the bass. If Cliff Burton hadn’t died, he would have when he heard that album.

  4. Greg Davis Rides the Short(pass) Bus said:

    May 5th, 2008 at 11:42 am

    I find nearly everything from the 80s hilarious.

    Led Zeppelin was the greatest band of all time, BTW. Their race against time was pretty sad too.

    I’ve been really digging the Black Keys as of late, if anyone cares.

    The throwback to bands of an earlier era has been of great interest to me too. The Black Angels from Austin are one of the best, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Brian Jonestown Massacre both rock, and Black Mountain puts out some quality work.

    What is it with the name Black in every band name thats a “throwback” anyways?

    -Music Snobberist.

  5. Parlin Hall said:

    May 5th, 2008 at 4:15 pm

    HJ–You’re neither a Rocker nor a Mod.

    You’re a Mocker.

    (with props to Ringo)

  6. Objective Aggie said:

    May 5th, 2008 at 7:16 pm

    Definitely right about St. Anger and Metallica in general. Breaks my heart.

  7. TTP, Fred said:

    May 6th, 2008 at 4:21 am

    Black Tide
    Black Keys
    Black Angels

    ….oooh, such scary names!

  8. BrickHorn said:

    May 6th, 2008 at 9:10 am

    They’re pretty good. But they’d be better if the guitarist played a B.C. Rich Bich.

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