They killes Rock and Roll

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

King's X...been a long time.
Yeah, they were ok. Not epic, but ok.

[AFK]

They were a rather quirky band.  They hit the scene at the height of the hair-metal movement, but they didn't really have the hair-metal band look or sound.  They were definitely more of a thinking-person's band. 

[Kai]

I really like Andrew York, both solo and with the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. You don't generally see people listening to it though.

Also, my brother gave me a Them Crooked Vultures CD several years ago and I thought it was pretty darn good.

[East Coast Hustle]

Man, I tried SO hard to get into them because I generally love everything Josh Homme has a hand in, but I just couldn't do it.

That Andrew York cat, though, he's got some serious chops.

[Eater of Clowns]

Man, I tried SO hard to get into them because I generally love everything Josh Homme has a hand in, but I just couldn't do it.

That Andrew York cat, though, he's got some serious chops.

I dig Them Crooked Vultures, but mostly just as no-gimmick, easily listenable rock.  None of the songs have a hook and none of the tracks on the album are a hook.

The new Foo Fighters album is heavy for them, and this can probably be chalked up to the fact that Dave Grohl is apparently hanging out with fucking Lemmy.

[East Coast Hustle]

Heavy, but lacking in standout tracks. Seems to me the last few albums have been a decent mix of standout tracks to throwaway tracks, but this one has few of either. It's pretty much the poster child of rock mediocrity.

Though I do really like "Arlandria".

[East Coast Hustle]

Also, Grohl's been hanging out with Lemmy for awhile. At least since they collaborated on the Probot album.

[Eater of Clowns]

Heavy, but lacking in standout tracks. Seems to me the last few albums have been a decent mix of standout tracks to throwaway tracks, but this one has few of either. It's pretty much the poster child of rock mediocrity.

Though I do really like "Arlandria".

Sounds about right.  It was a disappointing follow up to Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace, which was probably second only to The Color and Shape in terms entire album quality.

[East Coast Hustle]

Heh. It's not often that somebody posts that specific an assessment of something as broad as a well-established band's discography and I find literally nothing to disagree with.