It's been awhile since we've done one of these things, so let's do one of these things.
A lot of good music comes from Canada.
A lot of baad music comes from Canada.
Which is Toronto's Three Star Seed?
I'm going to do you a favor and save your ears. You are going to be able to tell what kind of music 3SS plays without even listening to any of their songs. How? Just take a quick glance at this promo shot.
(I hope SOMEBODY is wearing pants.)(Also, who is the lead singer? You have exactly one guess.)
Man, can't you just hear the distortion and the ANNGGST and the catchy riffs? And the scratchy vocals? Check, check, check, and check. Do they call their biceps "guns"? I'll get back to you on that.
Okay, obviously I'm not a fan of alterna-nu-metal-doucherock. There is just so much of it, and Canada appears to be the leading supplier (Nickelback, Finger Eleven, Theory of a Deadman, Three Days Grace, and now... this). I'm sick of the constipated vocals. I'm sick of the one-dimensional music. I'm sick of the meatheads who listen to this crap. I'm sure Grunge is sorry it spawned such tripe.
As for the band itself...
Venture into 3SS's hyper-cluttered myspace site if you dare. It bogs my computer down terribly, so enter at your own risk. They don't have a real website, which is lame, but maybe they were too busy ROCKING OUT to purchase a domain and hire a site designer. Know how I know they are often too busy ROCKING OUT to do anything else productive? Check out those photos. All the alternative rock douchebaggery you can handle.
(Editor's Note: Sal Coz from the band just sent me a terribly nice email full of positive feedback. Now "I" feel like the douchebag. I'm probably just jealous because I'm not hanging out with Deep Purple. Ignore all those personal attacks I just made.)
Next item up for bid: the music.
3SS has four streaming demos up for a courtesy listen. The first one is called "Caroline", and it pisses Neil Diamond off quite badly. "Sweet Caroline, she's all mine." ...Followed by the sound of me shooting myself in the face.
Second is a little ditty called "Who", and honestly it's not bad. Not awful. It sounds like... you know when a screamy band includes one odd clear-voiced song near the end of a CD? It starts off sounding like one of those before wandering off into nu metal territory. It's got a bit of a groove to it and the basswork is alright, so if you must listen to a 3SS song then listen to this one.
RE: "Run With Me" -- Jonathan Davis called. He wants his beatbox back.
And finally, the fourth track, "Little Boy", sounds like it belongs on the soundtrack to a failed Tony Hawk video game.
I hope the band doesn't read this and start yelling at me (Editor's Note: Thank you for not yelling at me... I'm actually quite fragile) 'cause then I'd have to argue, and really I want to be done with this music forever. Three Star Seed is better (believe it or not) than most of the other nu metal bands around (including all the ones I mentioned above), but if this is as good as it gets then I pray for ear leprosy.
I give Three Star Seeds three star seeds out of ten.
(Editor's Note regarding Editor Notes: I'm my own editor, there are no others, so I'm really just talking to myself here. Thank you for tolerating my schizophrenia.)
Okay, obviously I'm not a fan of alterna-nu-metal-doucherock. There is just so much of it, and Canada appears to be the leading supplier (Nickelback, Finger Eleven, Theory of a Deadman, Three Days Grace, and now... this). I'm sick of the constipated vocals. I'm sick of the one-dimensional music. I'm sick of the meatheads who listen to this crap. I'm sure Grunge is sorry it spawned such tripe.
As for the band itself...
Venture into 3SS's hyper-cluttered myspace site if you dare. It bogs my computer down terribly, so enter at your own risk. They don't have a real website, which is lame, but maybe they were too busy ROCKING OUT to purchase a domain and hire a site designer. Know how I know they are often too busy ROCKING OUT to do anything else productive? Check out those photos. All the alternative rock douchebaggery you can handle.
(Editor's Note: Sal Coz from the band just sent me a terribly nice email full of positive feedback. Now "I" feel like the douchebag. I'm probably just jealous because I'm not hanging out with Deep Purple. Ignore all those personal attacks I just made.)
Next item up for bid: the music.
3SS has four streaming demos up for a courtesy listen. The first one is called "Caroline", and it pisses Neil Diamond off quite badly. "Sweet Caroline, she's all mine." ...Followed by the sound of me shooting myself in the face.
Second is a little ditty called "Who", and honestly it's not bad. Not awful. It sounds like... you know when a screamy band includes one odd clear-voiced song near the end of a CD? It starts off sounding like one of those before wandering off into nu metal territory. It's got a bit of a groove to it and the basswork is alright, so if you must listen to a 3SS song then listen to this one.
RE: "Run With Me" -- Jonathan Davis called. He wants his beatbox back.
And finally, the fourth track, "Little Boy", sounds like it belongs on the soundtrack to a failed Tony Hawk video game.
I hope the band doesn't read this and start yelling at me (Editor's Note: Thank you for not yelling at me... I'm actually quite fragile) 'cause then I'd have to argue, and really I want to be done with this music forever. Three Star Seed is better (believe it or not) than most of the other nu metal bands around (including all the ones I mentioned above), but if this is as good as it gets then I pray for ear leprosy.
I give Three Star Seeds three star seeds out of ten.
(Editor's Note regarding Editor Notes: I'm my own editor, there are no others, so I'm really just talking to myself here. Thank you for tolerating my schizophrenia.)
