Good,bad,andrush Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 I think this guy is like the Zappa of metal, usually funny and definitely fun to listen to. What do you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adace1 Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Huge fan. The man is a musical genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandDesigner Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Huge fan. Saw him in October in Pennsylvania and it was stupidly good. Wish he'd have brought the DTP shows to the US though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadoood Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 I watched an instructional vid of him through guitar world magazine, and the guy knows his shit...unique style of playing. Check out his cover of Natural Science... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 I have a few albums by this boy, Ocean Machine, Terria, Accelerated Evolution, Synchestra, Ziltoid, Deconstruction, City, Alien and The New Black. And of course the Vai album he featured on back in 1993... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adace1 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Bumping this thread because of this. One of the most spectacular performances by any artist ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG126BydKHI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 QUOTE (adace1 @ Apr 22 2012, 11:48 PM) Bumping this thread because of this. One of the most spectacular performances by any artist ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG126BydKHI Notice the KISS t-shirt on the roadie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gompers Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I like a good amount of his stuff. Synchestra is pure genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I must try this guys music again. Could not get into it last time I listened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 (edited) Devin's cool. I was a bigger fan of SYL than his solo albums, and I miss the skullet, but he's still pretty great. Edited April 23, 2012 by Storm Shadow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 That was pretty good, he played most of the "hits", sang very well, good vibe, nice performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ Apr 23 2012, 09:28 AM) I must try this guys music again. Could not get into it last time I listened. If you're going to get some solo stuff go for Ocean Machine and Terria first. Then later go for Synchestra and Accelerated Evolution, those are actually under the Devin Townsend band moniker, it's all the same though. After that try Ziltoid. And then if you feel dangerous try some Strapping Young Lad as well, City or Alien or both. Or maybe try an earlier solo album Infinity. There's a lot more of course including ambient stuff and his latest stuff but this is enough to be going on with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchetaxe&saw Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 QUOTE (treeduck @ Apr 23 2012, 05:10 PM) QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ Apr 23 2012, 09:28 AM) I must try this guys music again. Could not get into it last time I listened. If you're going to get some solo stuff go for Ocean Machine and Terria first. Then later go for Synchestra and Accelerated Evolution, those are actually under the Devin Townsend band moniker, it's all the same though. After that try Ziltoid. And then if you feel dangerous try some Strapping Young Lad as well, City or Alien or both. Or maybe try an earlier solo album Infinity. There's a lot more of course including ambient stuff and his latest stuff but this is enough to be going on with. The last time I tried Strapping Young Lad I couldn't sit down for a month! OH! Thank you, thank you. I'm here all week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ Apr 23 2012, 01:25 PM) QUOTE (treeduck @ Apr 23 2012, 05:10 PM) QUOTE (Hatchetaxe&saw @ Apr 23 2012, 09:28 AM) I must try this guys music again. Could not get into it last time I listened. If you're going to get some solo stuff go for Ocean Machine and Terria first. Then later go for Synchestra and Accelerated Evolution, those are actually under the Devin Townsend band moniker, it's all the same though. After that try Ziltoid. And then if you feel dangerous try some Strapping Young Lad as well, City or Alien or both. Or maybe try an earlier solo album Infinity. There's a lot more of course including ambient stuff and his latest stuff but this is enough to be going on with. The last time I tried Strapping Young Lad I couldn't sit down for a month! OH! Thank you, thank you. I'm here all week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good,bad,andrush Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Zillion is great fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gompers Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 QUOTE (Good,bad,andrush @ Apr 23 2012, 05:10 PM) Zillion is great fun ? I have heard of Ziltoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good,bad,andrush Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 QUOTE (Gompers @ Apr 24 2012, 05:55 AM) QUOTE (Good @ bad,andrush,Apr 23 2012, 05:10 PM) Zillion is great fun ? I have heard of Ziltoid. iPad error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gompers Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 QUOTE (Gompers @ Apr 24 2012, 05:55 AM) QUOTE (Good @ bad,andrush,Apr 23 2012, 05:10 PM) Zillion is great fun ? I have heard of Ziltoid. Ziltoid is fab! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronrusso Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 townsend is a genius, just behind rush as a personal favourite, got to meet him a few months ago aswell, such a nice, humble guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The K Man Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Devin is most definitely awesome, and being someone who has called him the modern day Zappa for years, I agree with the comment in the OP! Terria and Addicted are my favorites, but Ocean Machine, Ki, Deconstruction, Ghost and Infinity are all incredible as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFireYYZ Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Just getting in to Devin Townsend. I've had Ghost for a couple of months and I like it but I finally decided to get a couple more albums. I got Addicted and Ki. Addicted is excellent - I listened to it last night and again today. Its catchy as hell. I'm listening to Ki right now and its very good as well. I listened to the samples (which I shouldn't do since I didn't like the CA samples) from Epicloud and it sounds like its going to be an incredible album. I also loved Anneke Van Giersbergen's voice on Addicted, especially on Hyperdrive, so I'm going to have to listen to The Gathering now as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Territorial_Game Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Finally gave Devin a real listen after not enjoying him live a few years ago. Really like Epicloud and Deconstruction! Where should I go next? Maybe some Strapping Young Lad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFireYYZ Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 (edited) If you liked Epicloud, you'd probably like Addicted (for individual songs, check out Supercrush!, Numbered!, and Bend It Like Bender!). Ocean Machine is also a good album to go with next. I'm not too familiar with Strapping Young Lad yet, but I have heard Alien. Deconstruction has been compared to them so I'd imagine that you'd like them as well. In the last few months, Devin has become one of my favorite musicians. Saw him live a couple months ago and he was excellent. His back catalog is huge and I still need to fill in a few gaps but I like just about everything I've heard from him. Edited December 31, 2012 by ColdFireYYZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queslington Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I had a chance to see him not too long ago, but I passed because I had only hearf OF him and I knew some of the stuff was really heavy. I'm more of a 'sit and listen closely' kind of guy and I didn't know what kind of crowd he draws. Mistake on my part, this guy is very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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