[Precipitated]

Hey I'm 16 from Detroit and totally agree with your discription of the new music that seems to be hitting the mainstream. I'm in to the White Stripes and really like their most recent album. The Strokes, the Vines yeah of course, I like all that. Interpol is by far my favorite band right now and I'm going to their show in Ann Arbor on September 25.

[Ihatemusic]

Please take this to the Off-Topic.

[tercat]

There's an "Introduce Yourself" thread--I think it's pinned in the Non-Interpol general section.

[Kaziu]

Arthur Dent, on Sep 8 2005, 02:15 PM, said:

I'm curious to know who else listens to Interpol besides myself.  How old are you, what other kinds of music do you like, where are you from, what do you do for fun, what turned you on about Interpol, etc.  I have a feeling that this band has a somewhat eclectic audience. 

I'll start off.  I'm 26, from Oklahoma, and I have been a fan of Interpol for about a year now, maybe longer.

I was really turned off by the whole post-post-post-post-post-grunge crapfest that modern rock had become recently.  Bands like Nickelback, Puddle of Mudd and Staind just made me cringe and wish Kurt Cobain had never sung a note--and I was a flannel-wearing grunge kid, back in the day.  Then bands like Linkin Park came in and polluted the airwaves further with horrible, but for some reason squeaky clean, teen angst weenie metal.  Hate.

Then I started noticing a few bands that didn't fit the overarching horribleness.  I began to identify (and enjoy) two trends.  The first trend was a garage rock revival, exemplified by bands like the Strokes, the Hives, the Von Bondies and the White Stripes.  The second, and in my opinion more interesting trend, was a kind of 21st century post-punk or new wave aesthetic that echoed but did not imitate a certain range of musical expression heard most widely in the late '70s and '80s in bands like Joy Division, the Cure, the Police and Duran Duran.  I began to really dig the new bands coming out that evoked that style, bands like the Killers, Hot Hot Heat, Franz Ferdinand and Interpol. I'd been too young to really get into bands like Joy Division, though "Love Will Tear Us Apart" is a fantastic song, which I first heard thanks to my older brother who was always trying to expand my musical vocabulary.  He also introduced me to The Cure and The Police.

Now, I know Interpol doesn't like to be identified with bands like Joy Division, and Interpol does indeed have a sound that is distinctly their own, but like it or not, we live in a society that likes to categorize things, and Interpol has been categorized as '80s inspired post-punk. 

Anyway, to make a long story short (too late), the first Interpol song I heard was "PDA," and I just dug the hell out of it.  I have a Launchcast radio station (a Yahoo thing where you create an Internet radio station that plays music based on your ratings of songs, artists and albums).  I rated Interpol highly and started hearing more of their songs, and eventually bought both albums.

In short, Interpol is great.  The lyrics go from hauntingly beautiful to extremely puzzling, and none of the songs are about how horrible it is to be a teenager, which in itself gives Interpol a ton of gold stars in my book.

Anyway, that's me.  Who else is here?

you have too much time on your hands dude Essays on here mean diddly squat!!!

[Kaziu]

queenbee, on Sep 8 2005, 05:28 PM, said:

I didn't read your whole post I couldn't be arsed. This is all a bit A/S/L isn't it?

Anyway I'm 21 from Sheffield, a Northern city in England. No it isn't near London. I just finished Uni and have nothing better to do than come on forums. I love Interpol for their mood and song-craftmanship if that is indeed a word.

I'm quite into 80s stuff at the moment, The Smiths, Echo and The Bunnymen, The Cure et al. I like tracing music back, and at the moment the 80s have grabbed me.

I wasnt spending my time on message boards when i was 21,get out and enjoy yourself.Too much Cure is bad for u.

[Kaziu]

queenbee, on Sep 8 2005, 05:39 PM, said:

No money, mates are away. Yes I do listen to too much depressing music actually. Ahhh well.

Fair enough,Sheffield is rather dull.Hows Jarvis these days?

[Kaziu]

queenbee, on Sep 8 2005, 05:56 PM, said:

Haha, actually my mate served him some meat in Somerfield a few months ago. But he was too nervous to speak to him. So yeh, err, fine I think.

Respect to Jarvis though, he's a legend.

Yep,deffo always liked him.

[tercat]

Heh! I never think the Cure is that depressing... maybe cathartic. If you want depressing... there is more depressing music out there.

To find out more about members, you can also read their profiles. Sometimes people actually fill them out. :)

[Kaziu]

tercat, on Sep 8 2005, 06:01 PM, said:

Heh!  I never think the Cure is that depressing... maybe cathartic.  If you want depressing... there is more depressing music out there.

To find out more about members, you can also read their profiles.  Sometimes people actually fill them out.  :)

faith, is not depressing!Do me a favour.

[tercat]

Kaziu, on Sep 8 2005, 06:07 PM, said:

faith, is not depressing!Do me a favour.

It doesn't depress me, no. I see it as cathartic. There is more depressing music than The Cure. And all of their music is not like Faith.

[Kaziu]

tercat, on Sep 8 2005, 06:08 PM, said:

It doesn't depress me, no.  I see it as cathartic.  There is more depressing music than The Cure.  And all of their music is not like Faith.

Listen, dont get me wrong,i like Cure.....I just prefer more upbeat tunes like Primary,Charlotte Sometimes and The WALK thats all.