Pendulum declare DNB is dead

In the meantime, check ‘Granite’ out now and judge for yourself.

But whatever you do, just don’t tell Pendulum what you think!

And hold your breath for the Dillinja remix coming soon.....

I'm still not sure why we care what Pendulum have to say.

dnb's "major players" have told me to stop posting here and getting caught up in shit that a small minority constantly dish out...since they don't bother with it or post either, we should be above it... and i'm inclined to agree. i've asked XO to remove our accounts, except for our manager jho's one (pendulumhq) so that he can keep anyone who still wants to know updated, although most of our fans now have probably never even heard of DOA.

to everyone in the scene i pissed off with that "stale pig shit" comment - you took it the wrong way (or i wrote it the wrong way). it was aimed at some people on DOA that claimed "we killed drum and bass" - and i was trying to say that ANY genre (not just dnb) that can be toppled by one artist alone...probably deserves to die. for example, even miles davis couldn't have toppled jazz.

do i personally think dnb is dead? fuck no. its sounding better than it has for the last 3 years, and i'm loving the resurgeance of the old-school sound used in an innovative way (like that new track by mistabishi).

my only real problem with dnb (which i also tried to point out with my other post but fucked it up)... is the insular thinking that sometimes pollutes every electronic scene. when people don't look outside their given genre / scene for musical inspiration, things tend to get boring and tired very quickly. the music goes in circles, repeating itself...the amount of fans never changes, new people aren't attracted to the scene to give it fresh input and shit gets stale very quickly. all the drum n bass i have really liked since i got into it sounded like it took inspiration from different places...

jazz'n'bass, trance'n'bass, the hardcore/gabba inspired kick sound from messiah, kemal & rob's detroit techno influences in general, the disco sound founded by sonic n silver / j majik, all the reggae / ragga / dub influences...that was when drum n bass inspired ME. they borrowed from other places and combined it to bring something totally new to the table - just like zeppelin did with blues and rock, albeit to a lesser audience.

what DON'T i want to hear? dnb inspired by dnb...techstep inspired by techstep...jumpup inspired by jumpup...edits inspired by edits...pendulum-clones, and so forth.

why? because to me, its uninspired, boring, and you soon find yourself locked into a genre that has limited potential and shelf life - even more so if people are too scared to branch out into new sounds because of what some fuckwits on internet forums like this might say. both of those are what i've spent my time trying to avoid and overcome, since about a year before the hold your colour album (incidentally, thats also what the album's title meant).

so yeah...hopefully i've cleared things up - i can't say i didn't mean to offend, because to be honest theres been certain times (including that one) that if i was locked in a room with some of the people on DOA that have talked shit about us constantly for the length of our career, i would beat them to fucking death out of sheer vented energy alone. i'll always love dnb, but fuck these internet commentators who will never amount to anything themselves...i'm not gonna waste any more of my life bothering to read what they have to say.

to those people who've hounded us on here: from the bottom of my heart - fuck you.

to the rest of the scene: all the love / respect in the world.

to all our fans / supporters (we must have some on here, since granite is the #1 selling download on DOA): see you in 2008...its gonna be a year to remember ...and by the way, if DOA is your main source of news / info on us, pendulum.com will finally be launched this week i think, and we'll keep you updated from there)

adios
rob & the rest of pendulum

what DON'T i want to hear? dnb inspired by dnb...techstep inspired by techstep...jumpup inspired by jumpup...edits inspired by edits...pendulum-clones, and so forth.

It doesn't mean they have sold out or are shit, it just means they are making a new style of music that may be dnb influenced but does not resonate with the jungle massiv.
Ops

They have created a massive amount of exposure to the scene only to see it fall flat on its face when left to stand on its on two feet.

P.P.S Are you one of the Pendulum boys?

i dont think so, i think they have learnt not to respond to posts on forums innit

They have created a massive amount of exposure to the scene only to see it fall flat on its face when left to stand on its on two feet.

FFS they look like they should be called "heart lies bleeding" or some other faggoty emo band name

(from pendulum.com)
"an electronic Led Zeppelin, a crunked up Soundgarden, Tool meets Timbaland, combined with the synthetic aggression and sonic purity of the original Pendulum sound."


yep, the best marketing money can buy
 

P.S I wasn't aware the scene fell "flat on it's face"...? Why is the drum & bass scene nothing without Pendulum? Drum & bass was around long before Pendulum were on the scene, I'm not too sure why you think it's collapsing as soon as they take their music in a different direction.

lol

that quote I lifted from the pendulum.com 'about us' page has been removed and replaced.

I don't understand why everyone's on the 'I hate Pendulum Campaign'?

I don't understand why everyone's on the 'I hate Pendulum Campaign'?

I just realised what that picture reminded me of...

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I wasn't aware the scene fell "flat on it's face"...? Why is the drum & bass scene nothing without Pendulum? Drum & bass was around long before Pendulum were on the scene, I'm not too sure why you think it's collapsing as soon as they take their music in a different direction. Sheesh, Pendulum is not the be all and end all of drum & bass

I couldn't agree with you more, Pendulum definitely aren't the be all and end all of drum and bass, but they're not claiming to be! they just want a chance to put out their music regardless of who likes it. Surely they deserve a chance to do that without constant ridicule? 

I couldn't agree with you more, Pendulum definitely aren't the be all and end all of drum and bass, but they're not claiming to be! they just want a chance to put out their music regardless of who likes it. Surely they deserve a chance to do that without constant ridicule? 

I went over the top with the"flat on its face" line. the scene hasn't collapsed, I guess if anything it may have grown stronger I'm not sure.

I'm still trying to work out what Jayar is doing in the background.

Everything in the public arena is open to, and can be, subject to constant or occasional ridicule/criticism.

Pendulum just need to harden the fuck up and deal with it!

I guess your right its just depressing to see them coping soo much flak! Tracks like vault and spiral are what got me interested in D&B.

They have created a massive amount of exposure to the scene only to see it fall flat on its face when left to stand on its on two feet.

  And you're all getting caught up in it!! Funny reading, but this whole thread seems slightly contradictory. Like Grif said, let em make what they wanna make. If you don't like it, don't like it. Comments like "comparing themselves to Led Zep, Miles Davis, etc is ghey" simply pushes the snowball a little bit further. If you want it to die, let it be and stop bringing it up.

 

:worst:  And you're all getting caught up in it!! Funny reading, but this whole thread seems slightly contradictory. Like Grif said, let em make what they wanna make. If you don't like it, don't like it. Comments like "comparing themselves to Led Zep, Miles Davis, etc is ghey" simply pushes the snowball a little bit further. If you want it to die, let it be and stop bringing it up.

 :lexy:

  And you're all getting caught up in it!! Funny reading, but this whole thread seems slightly contradictory. Like Grif said, let em make what they wanna make. If you don't like it, don't like it. Comments like "comparing themselves to Led Zep, Miles Davis, etc is ghey" simply pushes the snowball a little bit further. If you want it to die, let it be and stop bringing it up.

 

Look, it's quite simple. ANYONE who chooses to look like this:

Or even this:


Should be banned from making music...

i would like this comment stricken from the record.

Come on man.

U2 are the very definition of what I'm talking about. As soon as they started dressing like that, they started making shit music.

dnb certainly isn't dead. though el hornet tried his hardest to murder it at enchanted. that's for sure.

fuck he was shit.

haha really? how bad?

yeah was a pretty woeful effort.

give it a 3 outta 10.

That's 3 more points then I give your use of capitals you dumb fuck!

yeah was a pretty woeful effort.

give it a 3 outta 10.

Thats a bit harsh! They weren't great but definately deserve more than 3!

Thats a bit harsh! They weren't great but definately deserve more than 3!

Yeah but you think Lee plays bad tunes, so your opinion doesn't count.

WHATEVER CHRIS! You, my friend, were dancing like a mad man!  PFF WHATEVER!

  @ Noddy 

Surely you didn't actually enjoy that mind numbing crap????

Surely you didn't actually enjoy that mind numbing crap????

???

quick JJJ now!

haha really? how bad?

Are you Karim under an alias?

Dunno who Karim is.

Dunno who Karim is.

there are things DJs need to do and thats get the crowd involved not look like a limp banana thats had too much gear.

there are things DJs need to do and thats get the crowd involved not look like a limp banana thats had too much gear.

Dunno who Karim is.

Dunno who Karim is.

Although El Hornet had a big crowd he didn't llok like he was enjoying it at all.

Although El Hornet had a big crowd he didn't llok like he was enjoying it at all.

Bit of an oxymoron dont you think?...too much gear, you would be flying around those decks..

Bit of an oxymoron dont you think?...too much gear, you would be flying around those decks..

"trainwreck the halls playing subfocus and tc, fa la la la la, la la la la"

"trainwreck the halls playing subfocus and tc, fa la la la la, la la la la"

"trainwreck the halls playing subfocus

"trainwreck the halls playing subfocus

http://www.beatportal.com/blogs/post/pendulum-strike-back/

Pendulum have always been an act to drive debate and controversy within the drum & bass community.

Since ‘Hold Your Colour’ and their collaboration with Freestylers, many have seen this Australian dance act as being either too commercial or regarded as saviours of the scene.

This week, Pendulum release their new single ‘Granite’, a track from their forthcoming album that looks to drive the band more towards a live sound.

The track takes the act from their previous album, ‘Hold Your Colour’, and builds on their live elements.

Heavily present within this track are heavy guitars, full vocals and big drums; a hybrid between metal and drum & bass, which will appeal to some and not to others.

Many within the drum & bass community decided to label the act as a sell out.

This criticism was based on the act’s ability to sell records, hold sold out tours and leave behind their former indie label in order to move on to a bigger one.

Should this be considered selling out, or just the result of an act that produces great music that sells well?

After a lot of criticism on drum & bass forum, Dogs on Acid, Pendulum decided to respond with this comment:

“Okay, I’ve had just about enough of this.

“I don’t mind when people aren’t particularly fond of our tracks - with every tune we make I go through different stages of loving it and hating it, so I can empathise with pretty much every comment made so far.

“The only comments I don’t get are the ones saying we’ve ‘sold out’.

“I define ‘selling out’ as not only making music for profit, but also making ANYTHING you don’t really want to make for ANY reason (including fame, pleasing fans, staying true to a genre, or un-necessarily repeating yourself out of fear of progression).

“The only way I think I could have really ‘sold myself out’ is if I had made any more tracks that sounded like vault / another planet / still grey etc.

“Those tunes are cool for what they are, but I’ve moved on in both my musical taste / influences, and my ambitions for this group…

“If you want to blame anyone for our change in direction, blame Led Zeppelin, The Shadows, The Surf Coasters, Dead Kennedys, Dick Dale, Howlin’ Wolf, Weather Report, Tool, In Flames, Herb Alpert, Underoath and all the other stuff I’ve been listening to instead of drum and bass.

“We have fended the vultures off this project so much that it would probably fill a novel if I tried to explain it all.

“All I’ll say is, I wanted to make every single thing we’ve ever put out.

“Saying we ‘sold out’ is talking out your ass.

“I never wanted to make straight up dnb — it was never on the cards.

“Oh, and by the way - I’m not sure if drum and bass is dead or dying (I’ve been in the studio / on tour too long to tell).

“However, if your genre was flimsy enough to be knocked over by ONE SINGLE RECORDING ARTIST who happened to - god forbid - sell some fucking records for the first time in about 5/6 years, then I’m glad it was us that got to drive the final stake through its stale pig shit heart - and good riddance.

“Wake me up when your genre is making something that people outside the scene think is worth listening to again.’

The whole response can be seen by visiting the Dogs on Acid forum website: http://www.dogsonacid.com/showthread.php?s=40052ea33245a080435f0616602c37aa&threadid=536978&perpage=20&pagenumber=8

In the meantime, check ‘Granite’ out now and judge for yourself.

But whatever you do, just don’t tell Pendulum what you think!

And hold your breath for the Dillinja remix coming soon.....

http://www.beatportal.com/blogs/post/pendulum-strike-back/

Pendulum have always been an act to drive debate and controversy within the drum & bass community.

Since ‘Hold Your Colour’ and their collaboration with Freestylers, many have seen this Australian dance act as being either too commercial or regarded as saviours of the scene.

This week, Pendulum release their new single ‘Granite’, a track from their forthcoming album that looks to drive the band more towards a live sound.

The track takes the act from their previous album, ‘Hold Your Colour’, and builds on their live elements.

Heavily present within this track are heavy guitars, full vocals and big drums; a hybrid between metal and drum & bass, which will appeal to some and not to others.

Many within the drum & bass community decided to label the act as a sell out.

This criticism was based on the act’s ability to sell records, hold sold out tours and leave behind their former indie label in order to move on to a bigger one.

Should this be considered selling out, or just the result of an act that produces great music that sells well?

After a lot of criticism on drum & bass forum, Dogs on Acid, Pendulum decided to respond with this comment:

“Okay, I’ve had just about enough of this.

“I don’t mind when people aren’t particularly fond of our tracks - with every tune we make I go through different stages of loving it and hating it, so I can empathise with pretty much every comment made so far.

“The only comments I don’t get are the ones saying we’ve ‘sold out’.

“I define ‘selling out’ as not only making music for profit, but also making ANYTHING you don’t really want to make for ANY reason (including fame, pleasing fans, staying true to a genre, or un-necessarily repeating yourself out of fear of progression).

“The only way I think I could have really ‘sold myself out’ is if I had made any more tracks that sounded like vault / another planet / still grey etc.

“Those tunes are cool for what they are, but I’ve moved on in both my musical taste / influences, and my ambitions for this group…

“If you want to blame anyone for our change in direction, blame Led Zeppelin, The Shadows, The Surf Coasters, Dead Kennedys, Dick Dale, Howlin’ Wolf, Weather Report, Tool, In Flames, Herb Alpert, Underoath and all the other stuff I’ve been listening to instead of drum and bass.

“We have fended the vultures off this project so much that it would probably fill a novel if I tried to explain it all.

“All I’ll say is, I wanted to make every single thing we’ve ever put out.

“Saying we ‘sold out’ is talking out your ass.

“I never wanted to make straight up dnb — it was never on the cards.

“Oh, and by the way - I’m not sure if drum and bass is dead or dying (I’ve been in the studio / on tour too long to tell).

“However, if your genre was flimsy enough to be knocked over by ONE SINGLE RECORDING ARTIST who happened to - god forbid - sell some fucking records for the first time in about 5/6 years, then I’m glad it was us that got to drive the final stake through its stale pig shit heart - and good riddance.

“Wake me up when your genre is making something that people outside the scene think is worth listening to again.’

The whole response can be seen by visiting the Dogs on Acid forum website: http://www.dogsonacid.com/showthread.php?s=40052ea33245a080435f0616602c37aa&threadid=536978&perpage=20&pagenumber=8

In the meantime, check ‘Granite’ out now and judge for yourself.

But whatever you do, just don’t tell Pendulum what you think!

And hold your breath for the Dillinja remix coming soon.....

“Wake me up when your genre is making something that people outside the scene think is worth listening to again.’

Got to admit besides maybe bukem and Roni they are the only other group to do this with any real success, actually they would have to be the most succesful at doing this would they not?

but where i think he was goin is those two guys are the only other dnb acts to reach a wider audience than the scene itself
givin it the ability to get a bigger fanbase

And I still love the girly shit.

Got to admit besides maybe bukem and Roni they are the only other group to do this with any real success, actually they would have to be the most succesful at doing this would they not?

but where i think he was goin is those two guys are the only other dnb acts to reach a wider audience than the scene itself
givin it the ability to get a bigger fanbase

And I still love the girly shit.

Pendulum now create Pendulum fans, not dnb fans. IMO anyway.

 Thats great for them but I think it's time for the dnb scene to let go of them and stop expecting them to be some sort of saviour.

 And I still love the girly shit.

Since when did good dnb have anything to do with having people that don't like dnb listening to it though.

 Who gives a fuck what they think?

Since when did good dnb have anything to do with having people that don't like dnb listening to it though.

 Who gives a fuck what they think?

Since when did good dnb have anything to do with having people that don't like dnb listening to it though.

 Who gives a fuck what they think?

but the voodoo people rmx is a good track

not a tall poppy my arse :)

everyones so fuckn serious on here about themselves and "the scene" or what ever the fuck.
so u dance when u go to shows?
or is that to mainstream?
cos its all fuckn cheese i cant be seen groovin too?

get over yaselves

fuck i cant help but stomp if its a fat track doesnt matter the time a day, the company im in and my blood alc level
ill get just as into it as ever, cos i fuckn love the music. no doubt i prolly look like a dick to people who arnt but that means about as much to me the fart i just dropped
lol

but the voodoo people rmx is a good track

Oh no, I better start liking Pendulum so I can be cool like you guys.

 :roll:

end of the day, i don't like the music they make, simple. they don't earn my respect, as i feel they haven't produced anything outstanding or worthy of the praise they get. girl in the fire is about the only track i can listen to that doesn't make me want to mute instantly.

To compound the problem, the majority of them think pendulum is IT - that is d&b - and don't delve further at all, quite happily plonking around in clown boots forever to whatever shit is served up to them, none the wiser.

end of the day, i don't like the music they make, simple. they don't earn my respect, as i feel they haven't produced anything outstanding or worthy of the praise they get. girl in the fire is about the only track i can listen to that doesn't make me want to mute instantly.

lol that was the trademark
1 sentance immature comeback for total ownage.

when theres nothing to else to say cos ya got fuckn schooled


almost got a semi
lol

Case in point.

Did you even read my post? Or just see that I mentioned liking Pendulum and instantly right it off because its not what TRUE DnB fans like?

 :banghead:

its hard to read stuff from way back there in the dnb purist section :)

:lol:

That track is one of the shittest tracks ever made*edit*in my opinion says lexy*kthx*. They massacred Voodoo People.

I've been around for a while... it's not "tall poppy syndrome" or jealously or because they're not "underground"... it's because they're SHIT. Plain and simple.

I've not liked Pendulum since day one, I've always thought they were fucking crap. It's got absolutely nothing to do with their success at all.

well you lexy are an exception - if your opinion has never changed, and u hate them thats cool, i still lthink your ok, and yes i know u  :E

but my comments come from reading the DOA board mainly - seems a fair bit of TPS goin on there

P.s lexy :dance: DUNDNUNDUNDUNDAAAA______ DUNDUNDUNDUNDUDNAAAA The voodoo, who-do-what-you-don't-dare-do people.
Voodoo! - yeah!! :E

i dunno about the 50 from 500 figure, considering the size of the dancefloor for pendulum at ef at the show grounds (couple thousand surely) i'd say there would be maybe 50 from that who have actually got into the local scene. i've been going out for only 5 years and over the past 6 months have scaled back how many shows i got to. for all the success pendulum have had it's been disappointing to see how little the scene has grown here. there new tunes granite and whatever that other new one is called really are shit, the 2nd one especially, my god, by not making dnb (or electronic music for that matter) they have just made absolute shit FACT!

its like taking maddona's latest rubbish,but she gets my respect cos she has single handed made pop what it is today.

shes makin a comeback man
lol

yeah way bad example in retrospect
but its all i had at the time

AAAAAAHAHAHA

Not even, n00b.

Yes, I read your entire post. Would you like me to comment on it paragraph by paragraph?

You're saying I'm an elitist because I don't like Pendulum. I don't agree. I personally couldn't give a FUCK if you like Pendulum or not. I DON'T. I NEVER HAVE. It's got nothing to do with me being elitist or hating on them because they're "successful" or whatever... it's the simple fact that I have never liked their music. I also dislike country music... am I an elitist for that too?

Like I have mentioned previously in this thread, Pendulum are not the be all and end all of drum and bass. It was around long before Pendulum and I'm sure it'll be around long after they've faded away. There are heaps of other awesome drum and bass producers out there that should be getting mega loads of attention, yet everyone hails Pendulum as the fucking pinnacle of drum and bass.

I'm not even entirely sure why Pendulum lovers get so fucking uptight when people DON'T like Pendulum. Like you have said, it's a personal choice/taste. Calling people elitists for disliking Pendulum but then taking offense when other people think you're an idiot for liking Pendulum is fucking stupid.

You're so full of shit, I can smell you from here.

:lol:

Sorry Lexy, you know I have nothing but love for you, and I completely agree with you, but this does feel like sweet revenge for all those times you called me an elitist for pointing out my distaste for some of the music you listen to. That said, even the worst of your RNB collection trumps Pendulum, as at least there is some attempted soul there.

Dunno who Karim is.

Only the king of all that is triz. Along side him on his throne the one and only......  Paul Glazby.....

That explains why I've never heard of him. Why is there two dudes on the throne??

Do you go round calling people idiots because they like a certain type of beer or wine or food over another,

I do.  :lookaround:

But it's VB for christ sakes! It's not a matter of "taste"! Nobody should like it! It's shit!

Or celery :shudders:. Nobody likes celery, except for evil doers. Are you a terrorist? Huh? ARE YOU???

(http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/03_02/celery1603_600x410.jpg)

Ceeeeeleryyyyy
Ceeeeeleryyyyy!

Yes, I read your entire post. Would you like me to comment on it paragraph by paragraph?

You're saying I'm an elitist because I don't like Pendulum. I don't agree. I personally couldn't give a FUCK if you like Pendulum or not. I DON'T. I NEVER HAVE. It's got nothing to do with me being elitist or hating on them because they're "successful" or whatever... it's the simple fact that I have never liked their music. I also dislike country music... am I an elitist for that too?

Like I have mentioned previously in this thread, Pendulum are not the be all and end all of drum and bass. It was around long before Pendulum and I'm sure it'll be around long after they've faded away. There are heaps of other awesome drum and bass producers out there that should be getting mega loads of attention, yet everyone hails Pendulum as the fucking pinnacle of drum and bass.

I'm not even entirely sure why Pendulum lovers get so fucking uptight when people DON'T like Pendulum. Like you have said, it's a personal choice/taste. Calling people elitists for disliking Pendulum but then taking offense when other people think you're an idiot for liking Pendulum is fucking stupid.

No thats not what I said at all. You completely missed the point.. by a fucking long shot.

Honestly, I've met you a few times and I think you're rad.

But on this you are so wrong it is not even funny.

For starters, did I ever call you elitist, did I single you out? NO.

You chose to read my post and take it as if it was aimed directly at you.

My disagreement is with people who think that their favourite style of music is so much better than what other people like and because other people like something different they're all idiots with no clue.

Let people have their fun, who gives a fuck if they like Pendulum, more power to them.

If an artist has 20-100 supporters in SA they're not going to come over here and automatically pull a crowd which will pay for them to come here.

You cannot tell me because 20-100 people support a show the music is superior to any other genre because its a better vibe. You like it? AWESOME. Good for you. Doesnt make me an idiot for liking something else.

P.S Celery is awesome.

(http://i4.tinypic.com/6pit4dj.jpg)

(from pendulum.com)
"an electronic Led Zeppelin, a crunked up Soundgarden, Tool meets Timbaland, combined with the synthetic aggression and sonic purity of the original Pendulum sound."

mmmkay
and youre trying to wind me up about liking dubstep :lol:

sorry for having an objective opinion


maybe i should act like a little kid and scream when i got nothing constructive to backup my stance

look up the word "subjective" and work out the difference between the two words :)

Heres one about the d&b that you like :E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9Cx03tjf4s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9Cx03tjf4s)

I for one don't really like much of Pendulum's stuff at all

  :lol:

 Yeah threads kinda going in circle.

 Maybe it needs to be binned. Mods?

:rofl:

gold.

do you even know what i like??

do you even know what i like??

especially polish people!

i can't wait until they combine the two!

also word on the street is the spice girls are back.

Imported vodka?

A mass stoning of Polish people in a Stadium. You know that might just work.

i'd still like to see them live

i'd still like to see them live

so would i. :)

i don't know too many that wouldn't want to see what they had to offer.


just don't want to ever see them try and mix again personally.

Can we rename this thread "DNB declare Pendulum is dead"?

Tarantular just played on 'Underbelly' on channel 9....they even let it drop properly too! sign of the times!!  :lol:

saw that and i immediately thought that it didn't go very well with the scene just sort of sounded like an afterthought, i reckon whoever made it just wanted an excuse to play pendulum

yeh i thought they would've let it drop with the start of some action of sumthing......and it was edited as well....once i download it im gonna listen to it again but i reckon the edit was pretty dodge

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Pendulum suck.

yeh i thought they would've let it drop with the start of some action of sumthing......

that would have been a whole lot better, or just left it with the intro and then dropped it when shit hit the fan!

technotronic... * pomp op tha jam *

i'd still like to see them live

think they're playing an eclipse show on tuesday 15th april

whats with the tuesday action?

maybe it will be somewhere like the Ent Centre mid week ?? Im a little interested to see this.

doubt if this will be held in a club.

i'd still like to see them live

erika: http://www.adelaidemassive.com/index.php?topic=1150.0

;)

  :lol:

 Drum and bass is so conformist

ballsac waxed.

bunch of fnk fags I say

except 'fags' probably cause less pain to the ears

Depends what they do to you  :brow:

even a big queen screeching at me like a bitch and grabbing my ears trying to force me to blow him is likely to leave my ears in better shape than listening to a mega-mash up of granite, slam and blood sugar.

Oh and what happened to that Golide video? Did it get taken down? Would of liked to have seen that.

The day that that kid starts selling more coppies of a single than granite, slam and blood sugar is the day that i will start respecting his opinion!

I'm gonna avoid joining up in fear that if I read it I may end up smashing my computer.

I wonder if Pendulum even approves of this site. I mean they are uploading bootlegs and copies of tracks?

True. It seems every member has bought the Etched Granite Super Special Edition anyway.

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Can I get banned from AM for calling some one a name(idiot or say dick head)?

Don't do it. I'm pissed off I even bothered to sign up. Just reading some of the posts I'm not sure whether to laugh, cry or have full on mental breakdown.

DOA is the crappest!

pretty sure the aren't talking about doa

Come to think of it I did call the 'Super Administrator' an idiot as well for saying that Goldie is a little kid and he wont listen to him until he sells more records.

im not denying DOA has its share of retards, but they are not talking about DOA they are talking about the pendulumlive.com forums

:E

This is why people like you, who have no idea, about the history of our music scene, are not wanted in playing drum and bass.

So you carry on playing your pop shit, with music you know nothing about. You might as well wear ear muffs because you def arent hearing what we are all saying. You are the kind of person who plays anything to get a dancefloor moving, you just admitted that.

thats a bit extreme... you dont need to be a die hard junglist to appreciate drum and bass, and not every dj can play the main stage of every phat rave. some djs enjoy more than one style of music and sometimes listen to a lot of stuff which is different to what they might play to pay the bills. if pendulum allows him to shift from playing commercial house and exposing people to drum and bass then this is a good thing imo. you might convert a few people into pendufans, but then again you might get some other people who want to find more than what pendulum have to offer.

:yup:

ATM, I loved how he said it

Oh no you didn't say that!  :E

BTW - Vault was fucking huge when it came out. Lots of producers starting following the same trend after that.

Calibre has sold more copies of vinyl than Pendulum ever will.

i fucking love spiral

And yes Spiral is a fucking awesome track. Really the only Pendulum track I personally like.

ahh i see you have deleted your post...

 :brow:

carry on then

:hehe:

I despise everything thats now being assumed about me - thats being misinterpreted, misrepresented, just because im upset at thier recent behaviour.

everything will be whats meant to be, right.

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All I'm saying is give Dizzle Pizzle a chance.

I’ve been listening to some old rollers from Back when Hold Your Colour was released.

I didnt say "Fuck off if you are playing pendulum tunes" did I now, so dont twist it. I said fuck off, after a full stop, at the very end of very long paragraphs. Its a fuck off to everyone who thinks that they know whats going on, when they dont.

I also don't blame him for the state of underground drum and bass today. As far as I can see, the underground  drum and bass scene is healthy, and thriving and doing incredibly well globally.

that's when i started not to like them very much tbh.

absolutely loved their stuff before that.

ah well. i really don't care anymore. there's plenty of good music out there to talk about instead. :)

maybe instead of expressing your hatred for what they have become, don't buy their album and support other shit which you feel is worthy of your devotion! maybe then they'll get the picture. Or they'll have a big enough fan base and wont have to annoy you D&B purists with the constant reminder that they got bored with the scene and decided to do something about it!

hold your colour is awesome. i just listened to it in the car we had here last week. i am a fan of that album.

what do i do now?

Trumpormonkey I know your only 12 so when did you first listen to Pendulum’s older stuff, if that was when you already had a hate for them then theirs not much hope for you to experience what it was like for the scene let alone the Australian scene when a DnB act from Australia went to the top. Vault, Spiral, Another Planet, Still Grey, Back to you are all worthy tracks in my opinion and there maybe more.

Being at nine years old when Peundulum were at the top and only having a year of experience with Drum & Bass, back then I didn't even know there was a scene in Australia, I didn't know there were so many people intrested in Adelaide, heck I don't think I even knew Pendulum were Australian back then.

lol at 9 I was listening to Vanilla Ice

Cause pretty much everyone on here has come up with bugger all reasons to have them assassinated in such a way.

I remember my first times at Traffic El Hornet had that place packed, and he was dropping some dope DnB.

shouldn't it be give dizzle pizzle a chizzle?

didn't I start out by saying I was a party DJ?

. As much as I'm not a huge fan of pendulum I'm still quite happy if it gets dropped somewhere like the Grand or wherever if I happen to be there.

video for propane nightmares is up on their myspace.

not bad either.

http://www.myspace.com/officialpendulum

I just have to add if I had a dollar for every musical act in the world that produced some awesome shit over one or several albums, then later released tunes that weren't as good as their original sounds, I'd be rich!

video for propane nightmares is up on their myspace.

not bad either.

http://www.myspace.com/officialpendulum

I just checked this out was blown away! unfortunately not in a good way. I haven't checked out their myspace page before and I was shocked. That film clip and their page are flat out embarrassing. It is sooo pop rock/emo style it's pathetic. What the fuck are they thinking? I mean a new look sure but come on!

now half of the song is some guy singing and his voice sounds like he should be in an emo/metal band and some guitar strums

I'm curious, if Pendulum isn't DnB, has anyone heard of a live dub / DnB band called; "The Bird" from the East Coast.
(Album: Birdville Sessions)
Are they Drum and Bass?

Their music has never been inspiring, nor groundbreaking.

Thats harsh, so spiral never did it for ya???

Their music has never been inspiring, nor groundbreaking.

Yes it was. Their early stuff was perhaps some of the most groundbreaking DnB ever made. Without a doubt the most groundbreaking of the 2000's.

A completely new sound when nobody else was doing anything remotely fresh.

Their music has never been inspiring, nor groundbreaking.

Yes it was. Their early stuff was perhaps some of the most groundbreaking DnB ever made. Without a doubt the most groundbreaking of the 2000's.

A completely new sound when nobody else was doing anything remotely fresh.

Thats harsh, so spiral never did it for ya???

do you like seeing your name rob?

like a budgie with a mirror.

Yes it was. Their early stuff was perhaps some of the most groundbreaking DnB ever made. Without a doubt the most groundbreaking of the 2000's.

A completely new sound when nobody else was doing anything remotely fresh.

Clownstep??.. no, no. Pendulum declare Clownrock is alive. 

led zep would be proud.

i heard some people are going to be out the front of the gig protesting, is it true?

How was it different to 'Morning Light'

but so was Mo Fire

Clownrock

do you like seeing your name rob?

like a budgie with a mirror.

And a pink shirt.





 

rumour has it they hired out Rock band on 360 and locked themselves away for a week for intense training.

dedication imo

rumour has it they hired out Rock band on 360 and locked themselves away for a week for intense training.

dedication imo

did anyone check pendulum killling drum and bass last night? almost like they had a vendetta.

I think let em think its dead - who cares what they think - dnb was around  before they making tunes

did anyone check pendulum killling drum and bass last night?

yeah, but have a look at the rest of the pap in that list.

only half good tune there is by kanye west.

only half good tune there is by kanye west.

I heard that American Boy song on the radio a while ago in someones car. I heard it 5 times in that many hours. Worst song I have heard in a long time, it was so bad in fact, that it actually made my ears bleed.

that's what i was getting at. you know you haven't really moved that far forward when that's the best song there.

yeah, but have a look at the rest of the pap in that list.

yeah, but have a look at the rest of the pap in that list. 

Each to their own but I'd much rather Propane Nightmares, in which there is at least some hint of musical skill at a very basic level. Compared to American Boy; Propane Nightmares looks more like Scarified by Racer X. IMO that is.

Are you saying Pendulum have more musical skill than Kanye West?

Seriously?

Are you saying Pendulum have more musical skill than Kanye West?

Seriously?

How about I change my statement. They are both as shit as each other.

yeah, but have a look at the rest of the pap in that list.

only half good tune there is by kanye west.