eddieface_yo wrote:

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who the f!uck cares think what cha want! if people think they are then let them they obv. they dont know a thing about them. iv been seeing them since freshman year and im just about done with jr. and oh has it changed there was no fuc!king scene back then it was all about people seeing music and a place for scummy people to hangout. If all of you wanna stop this crap then ignore it not complain about it. skdflsjfalsjk! oh and another thing.... People are people A human is a human just like you me him her heshe dont suck up everyone is the same "an apple is an apple and an apple is the same" -- Edited by eddieface_yo at 20:23, 2006-06-14

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d00d,right on. I like said... the most popular scene is always changing from one thing to another. Metal is dead here, now Southern Rock will rise up from that.

Haha right on... you'll go far in the world, buddy, as soon as you get the cd!

"no one knows how to spin a guitar"

that made me laugh.
wtg dan; wtg scars ♥

Rorschach wrote:

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Thanks...please keep reminding me how much I suck.

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Better late than never! Keep going for that goal!

Rorschach wrote:

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Thanks...please keep reminding me how much I suck.

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this makes me want to buy it for you & express ship it

im gonna buy 2 extra cds just incase one gets scratched or lost

MissMae wrote:

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theywerexlove wrote: Rorschach wrote: Thanks...please keep reminding me how much I suck. this makes me want to buy it for you & express ship it Haha, I always get the urge to do that too! :) Let's buy cds!

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Seriously I will give e-blow jobs to the first person to do this for me. Also I may even throw in a real one...so get to it.

BANNED! YOU DARE SPEAK AGAINST THE GREATNESS OF TROPHY SCARS? YOU SHALL BE SMITED BY MANY MANY LUCKY CATS THAT WILL BRING YOU NO LUCK AT ALL!

pixiesfanyo wrote:

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Houdini_The Great wrote:


wait a second. you thought the use of piano was "gimmicky."


Where did I say that?

And do you guys really think the rapping in those two tracks is good?-- Edited by pixiesfanyo at 21:28, 2006-06-14

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Blow me, ****

Houdini_The Great wrote:

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pixiesfanyo wrote:

Houdini_The Great wrote:


wait a second. you thought the use of piano was "gimmicky."


Where did I say that?

And do you guys really think the rapping in those two tracks is good?-- Edited by pixiesfanyo at 21:28, 2006-06-14
Blow me, ****

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Ah yes. For that song I was agreeing with a complaint a friend of mine had with the last EP Goodnight Alchemy. I should've probably reposted in that thread, but oh well.

Here is his compliant..

The generic breakdowns seem superimposed. The piano on "Traps and Tricks and Such" seems gratuitous, and though while they enhance the crescendo of the song, they don't have the overwhelming power and ambience of the piano on "There Are Ghosts." They seemed wasted and thrown in so they could have a song with piano.

-- Edited by pixiesfanyo at 21:58, 2006-06-14

Houdini_The Great wrote:

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pixiesfanyo wrote:

Houdini_The Great wrote:

pixiesfanyo wrote:

Houdini_The Great wrote:


wait a second. you thought the use of piano was "gimmicky."


Where did I say that?

And do you guys really think the rapping in those two tracks is good?-- Edited by pixiesfanyo at 21:28, 2006-06-14
Blow me, ****


Ah yes. For that song I was agreeing with a complaint a friend of mine had with the last EP Goodnight Alchemy. I should've probably reposted in that thread, but oh well.

Here is his compliant..

The generic breakdowns seem superimposed. The piano on "Traps and Tricks and Such" seems gratuitous, and though while they enhance the crescendo of the song, they don't have the overwhelming power and ambience of the piano on "There Are Ghosts." They seemed wasted and thrown in so they could have a song with piano.-- Edited by pixiesfanyo at 21:58, 2006-06-14
but you fail to realize, as jerry said, piano has been and is about 80% of trophy scars music. It's not just thrown in. as far as Alchemist.s. goes, piano actually carries that song musicwise and a good portion of music on the cd leads up to the piano in that song. It wasn't a strategy or a scheme by having piano on the song, nor with any of their songs. To say that the piano in their songs is a gimmick is to say that the drums in their songs is a gimmick.

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It's true that they had experimented with piano on their other albums. The problem with it on Alphabet. Alphabets and Goodnight Alchemy is it lost some of it's value because they just turned it into another "riffing" device. It's like just throwing a bagpiper in their for no reason.

Neh. I guess you could say like this.. distortion is fun, right? Yeah, distortion is fun, but if you have an entire album of completely distorted guitars for an hour straight, it takes away the power distortion has when you use it sparingly in some songs.

Sure, their is nothing wrong with the piano on the album. It's just subparly used, they've retreated it to just being a background insturment and it is used to good effect on some of the tracks like Alligator. Alligators. where it furthers the "waltzy" feel of the song, but on some of the tracks it just feels like it's there, to be there.

Another band that fell trap to this was The Fall of Troy, whose Doppleganger album feel short of their past releases because they thought by adding "effects" and "noise passages" they'd be being more original. No, they were just adding effects and noise passages to good music and clouding it. Trophy Scars runs into this problem on some of their tracks, where they are just adding things to music that is already great. (Assassin. Assassins. rap passage for example). All personal opinion but, it just seems like they could do so much more with so much less in my honest opinion.

Why are you still talking? No one cares about your opinions. As long as you disagree that Alphabets. Alphabets. is not one of the greatest things on this earth no one will pay attention to you. We don't care.

-- Edited by Rorschach at 22:17, 2006-06-14

It must be embarassing to have fans like you..

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pixiesfanyo wrote:
It must be embarassing to have fans like you..

I'm pretty sure the band is more then estatic to have fans like us. I've talked to 3/5th's of the band with a friend of mine. They were more then happy have us hear about how awsome we think they are. We were overly enthuisatic and they didn't care. I'm pretty John got tired of me just randomly walking up to him just to have me ask him questions. Any band would be happy to have fans that defend their music down to the said fan's last drop of blood. It's people who don't defend bands like this that starts throwing terms around like "sell-out", "scene" and "poser". You should be disgraced to call your self a fan. It's not even the music that you have to like you have to acknowledge how much effort each of these 5 guys put into this album while still doing shows.
I don't wanna hear your rants on how the music "like they are following paths that have already been blazed" WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? This band sounds like nothing out there. I can't compare them to any band because they are one of the few to craft their own sound and stick with it. If people ask you what Trophy Scars sounds like and you say "A mix between this and that..." you should be shot because the only answer you should have is "Awsome!" or "Orgasmic!" whichever.
As a sidenote I would like to address your ****ness.

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# 1. Most of the bands I know are pretty troubled when they have fans that just mindlessly follow them no matter what they do. Tool, anyone? Sure you guys don't have the same "Maynard is GOD" attitude that those guys have but.. god damn do you not take criticism well. Jerry and the rest of the guys have taken the criticism them I've sent on here and myspace much better than you have, and they are the ones who acutally made the music.

One band I really enjoy is the Mars Volta, who I'm sure you've all heard of. Lots of people critcize them, but you don't see me getting all.. "OH MAN. TMV IS THE BEST BAND EVER, YOU CRITCIZE DEM YOU A FAG! JUST LEAVE AND STOP SAYING YOUR OPINION BECAUSE IT'S AN OPINION, AND OPINIONS ARE OPINIONS, OPINIONS." See being a fan would involve acknowledging when something a band releases is below their level. TMV has done work that isn't to their level (Scabdates) and they certainly have some areas they could improve on (Omar's repetition in guitar lines).

I've been a fan of Trophy Scars since I heard Hospital Music in 2004. I've been following them for two years, maybe you guys have been following them longer.. but they've been one of my favorite bands. While I thought Goodnight Alchemy wasn't as good as Hospital I thought it was still a great EP with a few issues. Alphabet. Alphabets has turned that around where it's a good EP but has more issues than goodness in my opinion.

Since I have an opinion that differs from the forums. I've been expressing it to the band in hopes that they realize.. "hey you know what, maybe getting my old friend who is a rapper to be featured on here wasn't the best move".

# 2 I don't know which member sent me a myspace message but it had a line in it.. i think it went "i think kids on there are a little too nice to us anyways" in reference to the message board. obviously trophy scars likes you guys because you buy their records and give them support, but you are all really into the band so they comments you say are pretty much expected. i'm sure trophy scars enjoys reading reviews that challenge their music rather than gush about it, as most artists are.

# 3 When I think of Trophy Scars. I think of Post-Hardcore. Which coincidentially is what they think of themselves according to myspace. So..

Anyways, I'm thankful for the great material the band has put out, and I'm just really trying to help them steer back to the better ideas I felt they had in the past.