Booche Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 Isnt this page Canadian? All you 795 members can lick my member.......... They kick ass. Suck my coke fizz. Signed, Surly Booche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 I agree Booche: Sloan kicks ass! I love power-pop and Sloan is one of the better true power-pop bands out there performing today. Sloan's videos perfectly suit their songs and " Money City Maniacs " is one of the best Canadian pop-rock tunes of the 90s. They are good guys too and are true Canadian rockers who aren't full of themselves - therefore direct opposites of: Matthew Good, Raine Maida, Jeff Martin, Edwin, Diana Krall, Nelly Furtado etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwa. Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 Hey! Surly only looks out for one guy, Surly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 Sorry Surly. Sloan never did much for me. A lot of people trip over "Twice Removed", but I didn't find that album all that exciting. Additionally I saw Sloan live twice (three times?), and they were boring. If you want Canadian content: I thought the Tea Party had much better shows and albums (well- before they became a pretentious self-parody) Finger Eleven is the shiznit. I Mother Earth WAS the shiznit. Remorseful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Musicface Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 Sloan ROCK! "Twice Removed", "One Chord To Another" and "4 Nights At The Palais Royale" are all faves of mine. I didn't get the last album, but I definitely crank it up when the single "The Other Man" comes on the radio. Good stuff Surly! Peace, Mr. M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phunky Cauldron Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Low Roller: Additionally I saw Sloan live twice (three times?), and they were boring. Hey LR, I'm with ya on that one. I've seen them 4 or 5 times and they really were boring. It could have had something to do with the crowd, but not at every show. They were really nice guys on stage, unlike some other canadian prima-donna's, but nice doesn't mean entertaining. By the way, LR, what's the site that I can get those radiohead/beck tix off of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 Radiohead tickets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Not Bob Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 I still love Sloan, although the one time I saw them live was a downer ... it was on their "Farewell" tour supporting Twice Removed and they just didn't seem to get it together on stage (although unlike the girl I went with, I was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and chalk it up to an off night). I love their studio work, though, as well as their double live CD. I saw the Tea Party 5 times before they got a recording contract and not at all since then Rob Not Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave-O Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 Twice Removed gets my vote for "Definitive Canadian Album" everytime (and Chart magazine once proclaimed it to be the best Canadian release of all-time)... sugary sweet harmonies and choruses that would make the Beatles proud! Not a great live band though... I've seen them 8 or 9 times throughout the years and chalked it up as "an off night" almost everytime... The best performance I saw was ruined by a bottle throwing incident at AJ's Hanger in Kingston in 94. Anyone remember that? I also saw them in a tiny club in Kingston in 98, as a warm-up show the day before they played a Much I+I. Not a great performance, but a hilarious show - their first live date in nearly 2 years (or something like that)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted April 21, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 I am betting Low Roller is that Trevor Turner guy. Just another reason to kick his ass.......... Who wants to see a fight at Frontier Town? We are going to dance boy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratski Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 sloan are okay- i liked their first ep i believe called peppermint but i could be wrong, saw them live in 94 and it was okay but that was it. i talked to one of them and he said that they had gotten signed to geffen after playing live 11 times, and i believe geffen had them pegged as the next nirvana which of course never happened. what i really credit them for was the push that happened because of them to make halifax the seattle of the east- bands like erics trip- know elevator touring ontario as we speak, thrush hermit, buck 65 and al tuck were all on the sloan owned murder ecords record label which gave some nice publicity to some bands that i otherwise would not have heard of as i was living in north bay at the time. there is so much good music in this country that will never see the light of day and that no one cares about unless its on much music which is said because i often see live music that kills anything on the radio and muchmusic but no one will buy it because its under th eradar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 Bring it Booche!! If I don't knock your head off, then my name isn't Trevor Turner!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyD Posted April 21, 2003 Report Share Posted April 21, 2003 I totally agree - Sloan shows are boring. Although the older albums rock, at shows it often just seems like they are going through the motions. Too bad - I would like to see them have a killer live show, and I feel they would be a lot more popular if they did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gentlemonkey Posted April 22, 2003 Report Share Posted April 22, 2003 really big sloan fan for a long time.. i second, (third? fourth?) the twice removed setiments.. great record. smeared was ok, one chord to another- thru- bridges between us, all great.. however new record is ok at best. single is definitley the best tune on it, and its just ok. saw the cd release at barrymores, and the show was pretty awful. both gotta love chris murphy's stage antics though. i enjoyed a deli sandwich with andrew when nero played freshfest in 2000... nice dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B & Z Posted April 22, 2003 Report Share Posted April 22, 2003 Saw Sloan at an EdgeFest in Ottawa a few years back with Foo Fighers, Green Day, Tea Party. Green Day asked, "Anybody here play guitar?". There was a great wail. "You, how long you been playing? Ten years? No good" They picked a guy out of the audience who could barely play, gave him the instrument and got him to bang out a G in time. Then they proceded to finish the song, sounding just fine. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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