Vote For Bands To Be On SOTU 2006
The first year of SOTU is complete and we're already looking forward to the 2006 Sounds Of The Underground. We'll be back raging through your city in no time and we want your input! Email us back at sotu@ferretstyle.com and let us know what bands you'd like to see on the tour next year.
Not a huge request right? A few quick things:
1. We're just going to read through these so emailing about the same band over and over again from the same email address won't help the band out anymore, it'll most likely just bum us out on the band.
2. Multiple emails (more than 2) from the same email address will be automatically deleted. Just email us once with your ideas. We've got one poor dude who's going to read all these emails, go easy on him.
3. We'd like your email to list 5 bands you'd like to see. Less if fine, but not more please.
Keep in mind this is Sounds Of The Underground, we're looking for the best from the worlds of Hardcore, Metal and everything in between. The Top 20 bands we get responses about will go on a poll on www.soundsoftheunderground.com later this year.
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170 Comments on "Vote For Bands To Be On SOTU 2006"
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20. writes:
mudvayne are probobly too mainstream for this tour. not that i would want them there, but still.
nevermore should be on this tour next year.
i wont be too disapointed if they dont have any good bands next year, i dont really have very high hopes for this tour. ill bet its always gonna be a bunch of generic american metalcore...each year.
but then again, hopefully i will be wrong.
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36. writes:
WOW...I thought I was gonna be alone suggesting Mushroomhead as my first pick. But...those guys have always had a great cult following...and I think the above posts show that. My votes:
Mushroomhead
Pig Destroyer
3 Inches of Blood
Fueled II Fire
Pitbull Daycare
Send your e-mails folks...that is the only way to get heard. I already sent mine. Gotta love that these guys at SOTU are giving us a chance to offer our input. Please e-mail. With that being said...I'd like to encourage you to list Mushroomhead as one of your picks...but it doesn't seem like I need to encourage you much.
Former Contributor
42. writes:
Pigdestroyer (let the insanity begin, scare everyone!)
Mastodon (brutal fury, most fun I've had at a metal show bar none)
Dillinger Escape Plan (50 plus pits will open up, ambulances will arrive to sccop up the dead/injured)
SYL again (longer set, more songs, Devin going batsh**)
Opeth again (headliners, longer set....they have f***ing earned it)
Ten minutes from now I will have a completely differnt list that I like better but this is what I came up with off hand.
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60. writes:
what the hell is goin on here,please stop with the mushroomhead loving,its just nu metal guys,they may be one of the better nu metal bands but in a genre as horrible as it is thats not sayin much,we need some melodeath and black metal and grind and southern/stoner in here,please dont kill something that was so great last year,
my picks:
1)behemoth
2)nile
3)necrophagist
4)unearth
5)exodus
and for the hell of it,...black dahlia murder,satyricon,opeth,all that remains,arsis,cephelic carnage,chimaira,gwar,COC,clutch,a life once lost,defleshed,alabama thunderp***y,dying fetus,carnal forge,hypocrisy,and thats all i feel like naming right now
62. writes:
Yes Mushroomhead is Nu-Metal but they are also Techno, Gothic, Classical, Thrash, and Funk. They are probably only 10% Nu-Metal. They sound like a Faith No More meets Pink Floyd meets Meshuggah and with the new singer you can throw in Maynard (Tool) vocal styles in the mix and you have a genre called Mushroomhead.
This tour is about bands being true to the underground scene not playing certain genres you want.
Mushroomhead is perfect for this tour.
MUSHROOMHEAD
MESHUGGAH
CROSSBREED
CHIMAIRA
AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE
those would be my five choices
face it guys Mushroomhead will be in it this year, hope you enjoy the show!
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64. writes:
EMAIL!!! EMAIL!!! EMAIL!!! Don't just post here. Remember to get your votes to: sotu@ferretstyle.com. Man, if we get any combination of the bands I am seeing here...this is gonna be a kickass tour. Can't wait. Does anyone know how long the SOTU people are going to be accepting votes??? I know I already posted my five...but man...I forgot about DYING FETUS...I should get a sixth vote.
Former Contributor
66. writes:
Okay, so I've been aware of Mushroomhead for about 6 years now and even have a couple of their albums (weird, unique stuff, some of it borders on classic) but I had no idea they had such a huge following..
Whats their best album?..... just so I know I'm not missing something here. I have their last 2 cd's and most of the one before XX on a burnt disc....Just thought I'd ask.
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73. writes:
Murderdolls?, im pretty sure if they played there, there would be a lot of angry metal heads looking to kill them, the place would be covered in little 14 year olds with more make up on than an 80 year with a hundred scars.
1. Borknagar
2. Nile
3. Opeth
4. Arcturus
5. Naglfar
Porcupine tree would be good too, but they aint really the type of music that would be played there, although it would be good to see.
75. writes:
ok RememberMetal?. Their best album would really be opiniated, most people would say Superbuick (this is before XX, XX is just a "greatest hits" disc) is the best but I would have to say M3 is their best album.
you can buy cds here
http://stores.musictoday.com/store/dept.asp?dept%5Fid=1886&band%5Fid=588&sfid=2
remember that XX and XIII were released by Universal Records so you won't find the first 3 or 4 albums in stores.
78. writes:
Mastodon(the tighest most consistant metal band right now)
Cryptopsy(LORD WORM!!!!)
Pig Destroyer(best grind band right now. It will be intristing to see a three peice upstage all the other bands)
Mushroomhead(well, alot of people want em, and they are underground...so there cool with me...)
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79. writes:
80. writes:
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as u can see i think that they are so awsomely badass
81. writes:
this is absolutely pathetic that all of you are just following this whole mushroomhead trend,it seems like once the first guy brought them up everyone else just chimed in,if you guys have nothin new to say then why even post,can we have some different bands brought up please
Member
85. writes:
I think it's pathetic to discount someone elses taste and love for a band just because it doesnt suit your idea or opinion. I havent seen one of the Mushroomhead fans on here discount your pick. We like them, so what?! Go put on your Behemoth CD and jerk off or whatever it is you like to do. This is a public forum, and so far, looks like there are alot of Mushroomhead fans out there who want to seem them.
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97. writes:
Mushroomhead, not that underground your kidding right? Mushroomhead have no label at all, all these other bands have like a small label and Mushroomhead don't even have that.
I don't see how Mushroomhead are overshadowed by other masked bands since they were one of the first bands to wear masks in the early 90s.
"Howabout????" don't compare them to Slipknot
98. writes:
105. writes:
really i can't stand mushroomhead and i am hoping they don't get on the tour and i don't think there should be repeating bands each year, it'd get boring and there are plenty of great bands out there so we shouldn't have to see the same bands year after year, hell a different big name headliner each year would kick ass
static-x
meshuggah
six feet under
trivium
the haunted
Member
107. writes:
Okay, Im in a good mood.....theressh**onthewalls....if you dont care about SOTU, shut the f*** up. Mushroomhead kick ass, so go pout somewhere and hate something else.
And inhatredofme, good point about non-repeating bands, but Mushroomhead should and will be there. Sorry.
109. writes:
I don't see how they are a FNM ripoff. They were inspired by them, that's different. They sound like other bands too not just FNM plus all these bands that are being listed were also inspired by other bands just as much as Mushroomhead were inspired by FNM so I don't think it's faire singling out MRH just because you can't take the amount of fans here.
Plus XX is probably their worst album because Universal f***ed up the songs. Pick up Self-Titled and M3 and try to tell me they aren't creative.
I'm surprised a lot of Mushroomhead fans are here i hop they do make it on the tour people should be more open minded
Member
120. writes:
Enough with Mushroomhead!! I could care less about them, they just don't do it for me. And I don't want to see screamo horesh** like Fear Before the March of Flames and Everytime I Die. Let's keep good music on the tour. My list of favorites for the tour:
-Opeth
-Lamb of God
-Amon Amarth
-Children of Bodom
-Six Feet Under
-Suspyre (www.suspyre.com)
-Nile
-Nevermore
-Soilwork
-Suffocation
-Emperor
-Mnemic
-DevilDriver
-Necrophagist
-pretty much any of the death/black metal bands
you people are putting on your lists
Former Contributor
121. writes:
The Mushroomhead guys are persistant I'll say that much but I imagine the majority of them are one person as NegatyveOne pointed out....Which is kind of backfiring, because now I'm starting to hate the very existance of the band due to all this bullsh** hype.
Can it, or you'll end up converting people against your band.
Mushroomhead are interesting, their albums anyway, I've caught em live twice but didnt find them especially engrossing.
The passion is clearly there but they need a better singer for one (J-mann was too rappy, faux death-metal ,and waaay too much like Dez from Devil Driver) Jeff Nothing has good range but his delivery is very ho-hum to me. He needs to work on having more dynamic than just sing or scream. The best singers out there have 5 or more singing voices and lots of range. Nothing has the range but only one voice.
I would hope their new guy isn't J-mann two.
123. writes:
You should see this one coming Mushroomhead been a fan for well over 6 years so piss off if you don't like them. Oh yeah to RememberMetal? Waylon is a very very damn good vocalist he does yells of course and backing vocals for Jeff as well you just wait until the next Cd coming out beginning of Next Year.
124. writes:
Jeff can do different voices in side-projects like Hatrix and Purgatory, mostly the very high pitch 80s metal type screams but he does other stuff too.
I liked JMann more because of his lyrics but I do agree that he sounded too rappish. I've heard Waylon (new singer) in 3 Quarters Dead and he sounds like he was inspired by Maynard from Tool, he also has his own unique scream (IMO). Skinny (drummer) said this new album will be a bit harder to make because Waylon is bringing about 3 or 4 vocal styles to the table and Skinny is trying to make them all fit in and keep the "Mushroomhead vibe" there.
I can't wait for the new record and I think it's pretty sweet how the Mushroomhead fans took over but I agree that it can turn people off the band and we don't want that. The "IP Logged" things don't work at all. Some IPs show up the same for two posts that are obviously made by 2 different people (one for Shroom and one against them). Maybe it's just my computer lol
I really don't care to vote for who goes on the tour cuz I won't be able to go lol
126. writes:
Well..I hate to tell you, but there couldn't be this many MRH posts without the admins banning some IP for it. Its a ridiculous amount, yes, but thats what happens when your fans will fight tooth and nail for you. And in the end, isn't that what being "Underground" is all about? Having one badass f***ing fan base that will do anything in their power to make sure THEIR band gets places. The label 'underground' has nothing to do with the music, but almost everything to do with the fans. So why get p***ed and b**** because Mushroomhead's fans are doing the 'underground' thing and hyping what they believe to be one of the best bands ever? Its all music, its all badass, its their opinion, why sh** on it? Are they sh**ting on you? No, so don't be stupid.
PRESTO, b****!
134. writes:
look nu metal f***ing sucks and that is what mushroomhead is for all u f***s out there putting them on the list, f*** them. My bands would be Slayer, Hatebreed, Morbid Angel, Napalm Death, Mastodon, and bring back Gwar. O yeah for you dumbasses out there, korn is not underground and they are also nu metal f***ers
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138. writes:
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139. writes:
Dope are the nu-metal Motley Crue, judge for yourself whether thats a bad or good thing....To each their own.
post 137 made me laugh for the first time today, so points to shroomhead.
The senior friend finder ad on this thread made me laugh too...I'm trying to imagine the average elderly person looking for love on a metalsite. The comedy writes it'self.
I'm no fan of Mushroomhead but it kind of says something about their fans if they can steer a something as broad as Sotu '06 to Mushroomhead....
However, that doesn't change the fact that I'm very sick of hearing about them now.
Member
142. writes:
MUSHROOMHEAD put on one of the worst live shows i have evr seen in tucdon, arizona last year. no energy, charisma, or stage presence from anyone in the band. it was like 17 dudes just sitting there on the stahe. they suck anyways besides their horrible live show.
144. writes:
Haha, that's funny. "MUSHROOMHEAD put on one of the worst live shows"
Damn, every time i seen them it is full of energy, charisma, and stage presence.
They put on one of the best shows i have ever seen. Hell, THE best show.
And i bet i have seen over 1,000 bands.
If a band sucked. Do you really think they would have fans? Just look at the post. Looks to me over half this board wants Mushroomhead.
Former Contributor
150. writes:
Because a fairly impressive # of posts are from a small # of the same people.
I agree that Mushroomhead probably has a larger fan base than many bands (better and worse) due largely to their longevity and respectable touring ethic....Not to mention mask gimmicks, 4 minute long songs and a two album run on a major....
Of-f***ing-course they're going to be more well-known than say Satrycon. I'm not saying their a bad band, I've been pretty clear on the fact that I think they're decent, even semi-interesting but they just don't reach me in the same way as bands like Opeth, Strapping Young Lad and Pigdestroyer.
Member
151. writes:
I understand your opinion Remembermetal, but dont agree with it. That's the beauty of all this, I dont have to agree, nor do you. My point is not to say my band is better than yours, if that were the case we'd be back in the sand box discussing whose dad can beat up whose. Im saying why belittle a persons pick in a band just because you dont like them? You think we like them just for the reasons you gave? More to it than that. I dont particularly like 1 one the bands you just mentioned, cant stand them. Love the other two. But Im I going to make you sound ignorant or belittle you for liking them, no, it's your choice. You seem like a wise dude who knows some music.
And actually, a lot of MRH fans like the stuff that came out before the major lable albums came out.
Your last statement I dont have a problem with.
Opeth is pretty cool, out there but cool.
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157. writes:
I've got an idea! Why don't we invite some already dead boyband and let these 'hardcore motherf***ers' who would kill for their bands kill them...because very obviously, they'd kill for their bands, not because they know them personally or are attached to them in some way, but because theyre narrowminded f***s who have to be badasses to fuel some pitiful idea that the music they listen to makes them cool enough to dis anyone else who disagrees. Newsflash..if you suck as a person, you pull the band down and won't make any friends, anyway. Do us all a favor and run through a busy highway or something.
160. writes:
i went to sotu in sauget and it was the sh** but it was too much of one type of music i like core music and i a gay dancer but it gets old...be a little more diverse this year
NAPALM DEATH!!!!
cannibal corpse
dimmu borgir for sure
3 inches of blood
agony scene
chariot
winter slostice
bleeding through
children of bodom
dead to fall
horse the band
....thats just a few!!!!
162. writes:
this is my first time on this site and ive been reading through these posts and omg what the f*** is everyones problem they simply asked to vote for bands and comment and say sh** on them not f***ing makin fun of each other for voting for your fav. band why are people being made fun of for likes likes and interests in a certain band i know everyone likes there own music and everyone has there own style but why do u guys give a f*** if people want MRH they are fans who want to see there fav. band and some people are gay and put them out for it.... seriously read through all these posts and you'll see how f***ing dumb it is.....why are u wasting ur time putting other people down for thier interests...do u not have ne for ur own so u make urself feel better for puttin ever1 elses down??? so start makin ur own f***ing decisions and quit putting everyones elses down.....because theres always gonna be differnet styles of music so find one u like and stay true to it......
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165. writes:
I'm not blasting MRH fans or the band themselves, never was....I'm just tired of them being the only subject of discussion on this thread....They're good at what they do, not the best but a far cry from the worst....
It's like having one of those horrible factory jobs where you do the same thing over and over and over and over and over....
I'm tired of reading about Mushroomhead.
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166. writes:
Gutworm should also be on the tour..I've heard many great things about this band...never had the chance to see them being as I'm in America and they're in England. Go to Gutworm.com if you have no idea who they are. I think you'll agree that they should be on this UNDERGROUND tour.
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