I was listening to a user run web radio station. I can’t remember exactly, I think it was a channel on IRC. I know I was listening to it on winamp. I heard “My Axe” and fell in love. I understood immediately they didn’t take themselves seriously and were playing a bit
I do not like the blind hate they get. A lot of the music is objectively not good but that wasn’t the point. They had a message that clicked with me. I liked how they spoke out against bigotry and the “richies”; they speak about pastors taking their parishioners money to live the good life. And they hate cops
The biggest message though was inclusion. I think icp resounded with people who had no one else. I’ve wanted to go to a Gathering for a long time because for a long time those were my people
Tough choice. I’d definitely see both of them. I like more songs by ICP, but the whole backyard wrestler/clown thing doesn’t speak to me. I like sci-fi/fantasy, so I’d be leaning more toward Gwar. Plus, I don’t wanna get Faygo on me.
The masked band I’d pick over either of them, though, is MAN WITH A MISSION (stylised in all caps). They’re a Japanese rock band, they always wear wolf masks, their back story is that they were made by Jimi Hendrix, frozen in Antarctica, and discovered by a Japanese fishing boat and brought back to Japan. And their music is actually really good. They have licensed some music for anime.
This is what they sound like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2T2BJwkjL8 (band shown on-screen at 2:07) (Song is in Japanese with some English lyrics.) (Side note about this video, guy is wearing a New York baseball cap, and he’s walking through Shibuya in Tokyo, which is like Japan’s equivalent of Times Square in New York. You probably recognise the area, it’s one of the most popular locations in Tokyo.)
If you had to go see either ICP or Gwar, which is your pick?
You didn’t ask me, but I’d like to answer.
I’ve unironically loved ICP for 20+ years
I was listening to a user run web radio station. I can’t remember exactly, I think it was a channel on IRC. I know I was listening to it on winamp. I heard “My Axe” and fell in love. I understood immediately they didn’t take themselves seriously and were playing a bit
I do not like the blind hate they get. A lot of the music is objectively not good but that wasn’t the point. They had a message that clicked with me. I liked how they spoke out against bigotry and the “richies”; they speak about pastors taking their parishioners money to live the good life. And they hate cops
The biggest message though was inclusion. I think icp resounded with people who had no one else. I’ve wanted to go to a Gathering for a long time because for a long time those were my people
tldr; I’d go to a gwar show
Tough choice. I’d definitely see both of them. I like more songs by ICP, but the whole backyard wrestler/clown thing doesn’t speak to me. I like sci-fi/fantasy, so I’d be leaning more toward Gwar. Plus, I don’t wanna get Faygo on me.
The masked band I’d pick over either of them, though, is MAN WITH A MISSION (stylised in all caps). They’re a Japanese rock band, they always wear wolf masks, their back story is that they were made by Jimi Hendrix, frozen in Antarctica, and discovered by a Japanese fishing boat and brought back to Japan. And their music is actually really good. They have licensed some music for anime.
This is what they sound like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2T2BJwkjL8 (band shown on-screen at 2:07) (Song is in Japanese with some English lyrics.) (Side note about this video, guy is wearing a New York baseball cap, and he’s walking through Shibuya in Tokyo, which is like Japan’s equivalent of Times Square in New York. You probably recognise the area, it’s one of the most popular locations in Tokyo.)
Suicide?
only after you pick