Deerhoof

[Isolation]

deerhoof is the shiz-whizzle, i regret not getting more into the local scene than i did when i lived out in san fran...

[joeysimms]

On that milkman song it sounds as tho it's stitched together from 4 or 5 different classic rock song parts. Like, that was the 'formula'.

[XXGABEXX]

I enjoyed the Deerhoof stuff I heard (and saw), but while listening to them I keep thinking of one word: college.

[black ark]

so, how do we petition Tape-Op to do an article on their (or whoever engineers the albums) approach to recording?

tape op always welcomes submissions from readers. maybe one of the T'Oppers in frisco could talk to them after a show about an interview?

-paul m.

[twitchmonitor]

Funny story: Once I was dating a speed freak. We were working on a website at the time, and we arranged to interview Deerhoof (i'm in sf). Unfortunately, I was tied up in the studio that night, so I sent her to do it. She brought back the tape and as I transcribed it my jaw just dropped. She was completely wasted, and was a blathering idiot....asking them inane questions and getting laughed at by the band. Laughed at a lot. One memorable exchange was:

Her: Would you guys call yourselves experimental?
them (greg?): (somewhat offended/angry) Didn't you just watch our show? Does it fucking LOOK like we're experimenting up there? We know exactly what we're doing, and I've got the sweat the prove it (?!).....

I was unable to doctor the interview to make her look less like an idiot and make them seem less badgering, so I just shit canned it. And her.

[ampguy]

i would like to meet deerhoof.

That is insane. I love the tambourine taped to the kick. The guitarists just stand there, the singer can't sing, and the drummer is writhing like he's in hell.
If I start driving now, I can be there by the weekend...

Their recent albums have been very, very good. Do yourself a favor...

indeed, 'Apple-O' and 'Milk Man' both sound pretty darned polished and the performances are vastly improved over the earlier stuff without losing the best parts of their sound.
and the singer/bassist is getting much better!

so, how do we petition Tape-Op to do an article on their (or whoever engineers the albums) approach to recording?

[Rick Hunter]

i would like to meet deerhoof.

That is insane. I love the tambourine taped to the kick. The guitarists just stand there, the singer can't sing, and the drummer is writhing like he's in hell.
If I start driving now, I can be there by the weekend...

Their recent albums have been very, very good. Do yourself a favor...

indeed, 'Apple-O' and 'Milk Man' both sound pretty darned polished and the performances are vastly improved over the earlier stuff without losing the best parts of their sound.
and the singer/bassist is getting much better!

so, how do we petition Tape-Op to do an article on their (or whoever engineers the albums) approach to recording?

Ampguy, if you could do the interview I would crap my pants. It would be like Elvis doing an interview for the beatles. Well, you get what I mean.

[ampguy]

well, somebody hook me up. i'll even play lead guitar for some of their local shows if they're up for that. [no cameras or recording devices]

i would like to meet deerhoof.

That is insane. I love the tambourine taped to the kick. The guitarists just stand there, the singer can't sing, and the drummer is writhing like he's in hell.
If I start driving now, I can be there by the weekend...

Their recent albums have been very, very good. Do yourself a favor...

indeed, 'Apple-O' and 'Milk Man' both sound pretty darned polished and the performances are vastly improved over the earlier stuff without losing the best parts of their sound.
and the singer/bassist is getting much better!

so, how do we petition Tape-Op to do an article on their (or whoever engineers the albums) approach to recording?

Ampguy, if you could do the interview I would crap my pants. It would be like Elvis doing an interview for the beatles. Well, you get what I mean.

[RefD]

Funny story: Once I was dating a speed freak. We were working on a website at the time, and we arranged to interview Deerhoof (i'm in sf). Unfortunately, I was tied up in the studio that night, so I sent her to do it. She brought back the tape and as I transcribed it my jaw just dropped. She was completely wasted, and was a blathering idiot....asking them inane questions and getting laughed at by the band. Laughed at a lot. One memorable exchange was:

Her: Would you guys call yourselves experimental?
them (greg?): (somewhat offended/angry) Didn't you just watch our show? Does it fucking LOOK like we're experimenting up there? We know exactly what we're doing, and I've got the sweat the prove it (?!).....

I was unable to doctor the interview to make her look less like an idiot and make them seem less badgering, so I just shit canned it. And her.

sounds like a job for Trogdor!

[twitchmonitor]

Funny story: Once I was dating a speed freak. We were working on a website at the time, and we arranged to interview Deerhoof (i'm in sf). Unfortunately, I was tied up in the studio that night, so I sent her to do it. She brought back the tape and as I transcribed it my jaw just dropped. She was completely wasted, and was a blathering idiot....asking them inane questions and getting laughed at by the band. Laughed at a lot. One memorable exchange was:

Her: Would you guys call yourselves experimental?
them (greg?): (somewhat offended/angry) Didn't you just watch our show? Does it fucking LOOK like we're experimenting up there? We know exactly what we're doing, and I've got the sweat the prove it (?!).....

I was unable to doctor the interview to make her look less like an idiot and make them seem less badgering, so I just shit canned it. And her.

sounds like a job for Trogdor!

I turned up these 2 definitions of trogdor that seem appropriate...I assume this is what you meant, no?

(2) Any foolish and absurd individual who is highly destructive and hot-tempered.

(3) Someone who wants to be taken seriously, but comes across as ludicrous and irritating.

[RefD]

Funny story: Once I was dating a speed freak. We were working on a website at the time, and we arranged to interview Deerhoof (i'm in sf). Unfortunately, I was tied up in the studio that night, so I sent her to do it. She brought back the tape and as I transcribed it my jaw just dropped. She was completely wasted, and was a blathering idiot....asking them inane questions and getting laughed at by the band. Laughed at a lot. One memorable exchange was:

Her: Would you guys call yourselves experimental?
them (greg?): (somewhat offended/angry) Didn't you just watch our show? Does it fucking LOOK like we're experimenting up there? We know exactly what we're doing, and I've got the sweat the prove it (?!).....

I was unable to doctor the interview to make her look less like an idiot and make them seem less badgering, so I just shit canned it. And her.

sounds like a job for Trogdor!

I turned up these 2 definitions of trogdor that seem appropriate...I assume this is what you meant, no?

(2) Any foolish and absurd individual who is highly destructive and hot-tempered.

(3) Someone who wants to be taken seriously, but comes across as ludicrous and irritating.

you were right with the first one.
was her name Trogdor?

[twitchmonitor]

you were right with the first one.
was her name Trogdor?

No. Her name was Evil.

But that might have been just another lie of hers. Her real name might have been Trogdor for all I know.

[awolski]

Oh, Comets on Fire. They were pretty great when I saw them but I didnt really care for their album.

All right, Comets on Fire! Incessant guitar soloing and running the vocals through an Echoplex so they are completely unintelligible are both really great ideas. I wish more hard rock bands did these things.

[brokenchairs]

I like the first song on milk man when the guitar comes in and does that little downward scale. It sounds a lot like the McGyver theme. And that is a great thing.