Saw Wolfmother Last Night.....

[TehRoflCopter]

So I saw them last night at the Avalon. Yeah, I know, I know, Wolfmother, blah blah blah, but anyway, besides their actual performance (which was mediocre) I finally got to fully appreciate in an intimate club setting the classic P Bass through an overdriven Ampeg SVT and Fridge (or in this case, two). I know what a P Bass sounds like, of course, but I really got a taste of one at high volumes and what people mean when they say "hollow grind." I can now appreciate why it's the classic tone of rock. I am also now further convinced that it's not "my tone." I like it in its place, but I prefer the P Bass bottom but without that hollowness--a full, balanced, tight, punchy tone.

Just thought I'd share....

[these_go211]

i dig these guys. funny, in the clips i've seen of them on youtube he was always playing a ricky.

[Planet Boulder]

I LOVE Wolfmother! Nothing wrong with seeing them!

[the_fonz]

i'm sorry to do this, but i have to
in the famous words of mike patton
WHAT YEAR IS THIS? EXCUSE ME, WOLFMOTHER, BUT YOU SUCK

[corinpills]

Yeah, words of wisdom from the mean streets of Kane, PA. Wolfmother should stop ripping off the MC5 and Zeppelin and move up to ripping off Gang Of Four and XTC like all the other bands (KIllers, Franz Ferdinand, Snow Patrol, et al)

[these_go211]

so what if they aren't doing anything new. i find them riffy, cool, and fun. and you forgot to mention them ripping off sabbath type riffs too. but again, so what.

[Vorago]

The problem I have with Woflmother is that I every single note and riff they play makes me think "I've heard that before in a Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zep, ...60s 70s rock album".

And I don't like that, it's like a substitute for kids who don't know the classics.

[Matt Till]

Originally Posted by the_fonz

i'm sorry to do this, but i have to
in the famous words of mike patton
WHAT YEAR IS THIS? EXCUSE ME, WOLFMOTHER, BUT YOU SUCK

Patton proved what an ass he was in that interview. He bashed "retro rock" where as he was in the process of telling the person conducting the interview that he was making an album of 50s Italian music.

I think Wolfmother is OK, they've got a few good tunes.

[Basshole]

Originally Posted by these_go211

so what if they aren't doing anything new. i find them riffy, cool, and fun. and you forgot to mention them ripping off sabbath type riffs too. but again, so what.

+1

What's really NEW anymore?

It's certainly more NEW than the rappers who simply recycle every old funk or rock tune they can get their hands on that hasn't already been run into the ground via samples.

The P-bass not being "your tone" I can respect. There was a time, when I owned maybe 2-3 basses, that I could say I had a "tone". Now, I must own nearly 30 basses, and I love ALL of their tones...because they're ALL different, and I can use them for different things. I tend to cover a lot of ground, musically speaking, as I write everything from funk, to pop, to rock, to jazz.

Funny thing is, when you pick up that P-bass, and start playing along to all of that wonderful music you've heard all of your life, and THAT SOUND comes out, suddenly you GET IT.

Of course, YMMV, but that's how it was for me.

My favorite two basses? My serial #950 original Tobias Signature 6...and the ubiquitous P-bass. Opposite ends of the galaxy, as basses go...and yet, each wonderful in its own way.

[Ian Perge]

Originally Posted by Vorago

The problem I have with Woflmother is that I every single note and riff they play makes me think "I've heard that before in a Sabbath, Deep Purple, Led Zep, ...60s 70s rock album".

+1 - my phrase is "Someone got Zeppllin in my Sabbath. Someone got Sabbath in my Zepplin!! In 2007 ripped off by a 'barely more than cover band' they sound like &*%@"

[Blunt]

Wolfmother are unashamedly a hybrid of Sabbath, Deep Purple and some old cream riffs. Amongst others...

They have never talked about their influences, because they do not have to...

Great stuff...

[Jona-s]

I have heard their music a little and I think it's OK. Sometimes even good. Joker and the thief is great.

Why bash them? Now that Mike Patton has said something **** about them in one interview, everyone thinks it's some kind of instant truth (I don't literally mean _everyone_)
Out there's pretty many ****** bands ripping of some other ****** band, but that's not a problem? You rarely find something new and original nowdays anyway.

[dave_p]

isnt mike patton the guy who wanted to be anthony keidis in the late 80's, early 90's

[PrimusNut]

I like Wolfmother.. I think it is a very pleasant change in modern music. I have never been one to like anything that came out AFTER I was born (1988). Some newer bands are decent, I am not saying it all sucks. I just think that Wolfmother was a great change from, say, Blink 182, Sum 41, and all that garbage. Who cares if they sound like an old band.. thats the idea isnt it? To try to modernize older rock/metal. Kids will think, "Oh, I really like this band..", and then realize that the music their fathers listen to is actually the same kind of music. Soon as you know it, the good old rock/metal will be back in the mainstream. At least this is my hope.

[remo]

the words "wolfmother" and "sucks" just go in the same sentence with such ease.

[ZoSoIV]

^ Say what you want, but they are far better than almost anything else played on the radio today.

I was at that Avalon concert. Maybe you saw me, I was the kid crowdsurfing at the begining of White Unicorn 8-P
That concert kicked so much ass.

[popinfresh]

Ha, I remember on these boards not a year ago everyone loved them, now they hate them?

Nice to see people thinking for themselves.

The guys in Wolthmother never intented to be this big, they were just playing music very much like what they enjoyed. So the music industry tagged on and made it the next big thing, so what? I bet the boys are enjoying it.

[mikeboth]

Originally Posted by Jona-s

Why bash them?

Well, for one reason - there's many better bands from here in Australia who don't get the recognition they deserve. Wolfmother blatantly recycle Sabbath etc riffs to kids who weren't alive to hear them previously. However, I guess this is more a problem with the music business than the band itself.

For the record, I had an open mind about Wolfmother before I saw them live here in Adelaide (South Australia) - my brother took me for my birthday. We had seats (tiring week, ok? ) and I was asleep half-way through their show! It took all of my bluster to mumble a 'thanks for taking me' at the end of the night.

[idoru]

+1 on Aussie music extending well beyond Wolfmother, the Grates & Jet (ahhh, where are _they_ now?).

Anybody who is a Warwick and/or effects pedal enthusiast owes it to themselves to check out Cog, an awesome three-piece from Sydney.

AV files can be found on their myspace.

[Jona-s]

Well, for one reason - there's many better bands from here in Australia who don't get the recognition they deserve. Wolfmother blatantly recycle Sabbath etc riffs to kids who weren't alive to hear them previously. However, I guess this is more a problem with the music business than the band itself.

Sure, but is it Wolfmother's fault? And for real, if they are _that_ awesome they should get their share of spotlight sooner or later.
I think they introduce old bands like zep and sabbath to kids who weren't alive to hear them previously. I see no problem in any of this.

And I'm not a Wolfmother fan, but this is just what I think.

Anybody who is a Warwick and/or effects pedal enthusiast owes it to themselves to check out Cog, an awesome three-piece from Sydney.

Sounds nice!