I am reviewing a few tracks by the band "The Body" in this blog entry. Jesus christ, this band is a complete punch in this face. Slow brutal songs that meander for over five minutes each. Truly something that is an acquired taste, but without this band I would never be able to do a single paper.
The band is becoming well known for their live shows. Which usually have their guitarist playing out of multiple eight foot cabs with his guitar tuned as low as possible. The vocals can be described as screeches that you'd hear from an insane asylum, accompanied by slow drums
That video is a perfect example of the body. A sickening effort truly, a spit in the face of the music industry. For a band like this to be selling out records and having them now go for over a hundred dollars on ebay is a perfect example of everything that bands outside the mainstream do right.
The body is playing music that would puzzle the normal human being. It's aimed and marketed at a certain audience. An audience that is loyal to what it likes because it's not fake or distilled. This is reality, and these are the real sounds that these bands make. The mainstream is failing though. Why is it that an entire industry is failing while a two piece band of shrieking and eight minute songs flourishes?
It is because they are constantly chasing something. Chasing that idea of reality, and relating to their audience. This is why they will never catch up. The music industry and almost every other media industries will fail because they are constantly chasing something that they aren't. If these companies or even just the music industry truly worked on their own maybe they would get somewhere. Now though, they just sign anyone who sounds like the last person to sell records. You will never have loyalty through this because your fans and followers are just zombies who just follow what you put in front of them. They are comparable to children with A.D.D in the fact that they cannot pay attention for too long and once you lose them for a second. BAMN ! they are gone for good.
I've degressed a bit haven't I ? My apoligies dear reader. I will type more on the body and the importance of diy and punk rock tomorrow.
- tyler burns 4/4
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