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Originally Posted by Jherrera Personally Ive never been impressed by SCI and i dont understand why people like them. I understand why phish has a following (because they are awesome even though i prefer moe.) but ive tried giving SCI a chance, i admit they are great musicians but vocal-wise they are impressive and their jams leave me wanting more. and then theres the dead........... enough said about the best band ever. |
I've seen SCI a bunch of times and, while i dig their jams and their musicianship (kyle Hollingsworth is an absolutely amazing keyboard player), they get a little cheesey (NO pun intended, seriously) at times with their contrived "group hoots" and other vocal/banter malarkey. I guess that's just Kang doing his thing, but it just bugs me for some reason.
Plus, I saw them absolutely and embarrassingly BUTCHER Rush's Tom Sawyer
a couple of years ago. I mean, it was one of the worst performances I've seen by a name band in memory.
They are from my area out here and you used to be able to catch them once or twice a month at the Fox for 5 bucks. They still seem like a "local band" to me.
As for moe., I'm a long time moe.ron, having seen them umpteen times. Most recently, I caught them during an etown taping in Boulder and they were solid as usual.
I was actually watching a DVD of them tonight (the winning "Home moe.vie" entry) which was filmed on 2/6/04 and I couldn't help but notice a decidedly lower energy level on their part. When I used to see them, their shows were about as energetic as it gets for jam bands, but they sort of seemed to be going through the motions somewhat. Maybe an off night, who knows.
I'd rank moe. near the top of the currently performing jam bands (keeping in mind that Phish is no longer performing, Widespread is on hiatus- and Mikey is gone - and the Dead is, of course, Jerryless
), but I'd also rank Umphrey's McGee near the top these days.
But to be honest, the band that is doing the jam thing the best right now, in my opinion, is actually Primus. Of all of the jam-oriented bands I've seen and heard, Primus (not normally a band that one would consider a "jam band", but one that has, in many respects, become one) is doing it better than anyone right now, in my opinion. Check out a performance of "My Friend Fats", "Southbound Pachyderm" or "American Life" from the past couple tours and you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.
