If you like the 80s synthpop-meets-prog-metal vibe, you should check out Voyager from Perth, Australia. They're a little more metal and a bit less synthpop than Kyros, they've been at this for over 20 years, and got 9th place in the Eurovision Song Contest last year! That'd be a dream tour for me - I want to see Shelby from Kyros and Danny from Voyager have a keytar battle! :D

for what it's worth, their later albums are much more musically advanced, and these two tracks that just popped up of you hearing their first album are two of the most basic of that album musically (better suggestions for someone into prog would be 'Dead Goon', 'Stubb (A Dub)', 'My Ass is on Fire' or even 'Travolta'), so don't be let down or put off by what just sounds like goofy ska and funk. 'Disco Volante' may have been one of the most important albums of the 90s and was LEAPS forward (and sideways) and highly influential. 'California' was their most pop, but certainly the best, with some stunning arrangements and production. each album is very distinct. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THAN THAT: Trey Spruance, who was the main guitar player, is genuinely a genius and his later project, Secret Chiefs 3, is absolutely reaching the peaks of music. SC3 is much closer to "prog" sensibilities, though not with any intent. Trey does some fascinating rhythmic composition for the Ishraqiyun stuff, not working with traditional time signatures by with rhythmic ratios decided by whatever ancient musical esoterism he got himself into. his tessellation work is fascinating, but not much has been officially released. hear the track 'Perichoresis' for an example. not just basic polyrhythm but a system of rotations of geometric forms, with a seemingly simple basis but very difficult to grasp. In a way Secret Chiefs is more straightforward with most tracks being of a single style and highly disciplined, but it's also an evolution and maturation of the stuff he was writing on the later Mr. B albums and really is very special music. a couple of tracks that may appeal to prog fans would be 'Vajra', 'Scorched Earth Saturnalia', the amazing arrangement of Bernard Hermann's 'Radar'... but honestly, hoping that any prog fan recognises the value of ALBUMS, just listen to 'Book of Horizons', then go back to 'Book M', then maybe the Traditionalists album, then everything else because it's all great. I'm not suggesting an SC3 reaction video (I don't intentionally find these reaction channels, just saw this and clicked), I'm just suggesting an incredible musical world to explore. unfortunately most talk around Mr. Bungle follows onto Mike Patton, but Trey is another level of brilliance (and Trevor Dunn, the bass player, does some wonderful music. definitely hear his latest Trio-Convulsant album and for proggles hear the latest albums from Ahleuchatistas and Titan to Tachyons, both of which feature Trevor on bass). watch out for Trey, though, seriously. his classical works for the Kronos Quartet will also hopefully get some proper release one day.

“Questions reduced to silence” - this is what literally happens in the music as well. This is one of my absolute favorite Meshuggah songs. It is actually one main musical idea (which can be heard in the end), cloaked with pure hardcore punk wall of sound. And as the song develops, the musical idea slowly shows itself. It is very “beautiful” as an analogy to the song’s lyrics.

I found a clip of the pitch bending on the snare that I was thinking of. kzbin.infoUgkxxD0Q6fvLIzGh8HRIqIvU95jQgxdoDl-6?feature=shared

Thanks for doing a Steve Smith video. I'd love to see more reactions to him as a drummer. He was off my radar as well until he released the Drumset Technique and History of the US Beat video. I highly recommend it if you find it and have the time. It clocks in at 4.5 hours. Also, I think I've seen the pitch bending before from Bonham. I think he did it in the Song Remains the Same video drum solo.

nice breakdown

Excellent reaction vid. Have you got any plans to check out Gojira?

Love this interview! 👌

Hi Super Dave. I have a question. Would you possibly consider reacting to a video of mine if I sent you the link? If so, what is the best way for me to go about doing so? Also, some of my songs are collaborations with A.I. Would you consider reacting to that type of video? I figured I would ask.

Excellent group.

I hear a John Zorn influenced arrangement.

great interview! Going to check out your tim bowness next!

You should watch the video for it.

Mr bungle is highly acclaimed, a fantastic listen of all albums

Sean is as talented as Les. Listen to his canon of work. His band Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger is amazing. He's also done quite a few movie scores.

I heard a reviewer of their work describe Cardiacs thusly: "they are attacking you with music and you thank them for it". That gets as close to it as I can imagine. Be well. JT

Cardiacs were a big influence on Blur and, to a lesser extent visa versa. It shows on some of Blurs spikier and punkier numbers. Check Heaven Born And Ever Bright and Sing To God albums.

I don't know if Thank You Scientist are directly inspired by Cardiacs, but they have a similar tendency to interrupt themselves with a perfectly formed new idea every few moments. Cardiacs fans should certainly give them a go.

I was a teenager and so stoned 🎉🎉🎉

Don’t ever, EVER compare the red hot silly peckers to Mr Bungle or even put them in the same sentence. Anthony Kiedis isn’t fit to be Mike Patton’s toilet paper.

Your beer’s gonna get warm. One thing I can’t fuckin stand is warm beer, makes me fuckin puke!

5:37 is when it gets SO good

Met Jordan a few times at meet and greets with DT. He’s as nice a person as he is a tremendously creative artist.

Yo Mr. Bungle and all... good take .... enjoyed it but I did notice the Rothery photo in the back ground very nice!!!!!

Suggestions - "Loosefish Scapegrace" from "Songs for Ships and Irons" album, "The Whole World Window" from the "Rude Bootleg" album, "The Breakfast Line" from the "ALMATWWW" album...........

Hearing these 'songs' now is even better than the first time

Can you do humilitive by meshuggah next? It’s from their none ep

Seen them live in 1999 on their California tour. My mind was blown.

The red hot chili peppers wish. Gross. A.K. is a drug addled narcissist who has admitted he knowingly has had sex with 14yr olds as an adult. Please don't insult Mr Patton by comparing the two. But if you thought that was interesting,

The lyrics of this song are one of the best descriptions of ADHD I've ever heard. I doubt it's intentional, but it's so relatable.

Politely suggesting transfixion. Concatenation, the mouth licking what youve bled or elastic would all be neat to see too.

That pause hurt

My all time favorite band. Hands down!

Greatest idea for a book and a very satisfying follow through!

Ok kinda random, but you should check out the rapper “JPEGMAFIA”. My recommendations are “Jihad Joe” (off of his newest album) and “Baby I’m Bleeding” Edit: btw I wanna clarify that even though I’m recommending you under a Mr. Bungle reaction it’s not because they’re similar or anything, I’d just like to see you react to him. Both are pretty experimental, but that’s about one of the only similarities lol

This book absolutely rules! It has an insane amount of information and photos. Stage banter and all. I thought I knew everything about the band. Wrong. I really learned a lot!

Mr Bungle (mentioned in these comments), particularly Patton, were fans of Cardiacs, (and vice-versa). Smith & Patton got to meet up when Patton was touring the UK, (my friend, who was produced several times by Smith, said he saw a picture of them both on Smith's wall). Despite being around since the early 80's, Cardiacs never broke, perhaps the music was too esoteric and weird for radio play? Also, their persona (at least in the early years) was way too odd for the mainstream, (if you see pictures of them in old uniforms and horrible make up it's because they were acting as a soldier/ ghost, although Smith would say they were only trying to look their best). The band did get some press notice, a centre page spread in some tatty UK tabloid, but only because Tim claimed that he and Sarah, (who played Sax and was his wife), were actually brother & sister who had an incestuous relationship. I was lucky enough to see Cardiacs in 2007 and it seemed the band where about to break big but he had a stroke/heart attack coming back from a My Bloody Valentine gig. Random Fun fact: Their manager also managed Napalm Death.

Simply put, if there was no David Gilmour there would be no Pink Floyd

Great player

Incredible live. And it sounds exactly like studio

Dude, their goal was to piss Warner Bros off

Marten be praised!

Can't wait to finally get to see PRR when they play London in December 😊♥️

Mike Patton is by far my favorite artist. First of all, you cannot ignore his 6 octave range. Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, Tomahawk, Peeping Tom, Dillinger Escape Plan, Fantomas, Dead Cross, Lovage, Crudo and more. Incredible. Check out The Directors Cut by Fantomas. It's movie theme songs remade using a lot of vocal... just check it out along with all the others.

Yes, it hurts like hell to say goodbye to your loved ones. Please, always have a veterinarian come to your home for moments like this, Jon, and everyone else. We want them to pass away in a comfortable, familiar environment. Smell is so important.

Travels In Nihilon

Just because there wasn't any profanity in this song, there is plenty on the rest of the album that make up for the lack in this song!

Nice Interview. I found out about the Album through Notes Reviews, went and listened to it a few times and then bought it. The 80s vibes whas the thing that pushed me over the edge and made me go buy it. Prog-Metal has gone very not Proggy and very same-y over the years. Mannequin has a lot of similarities to Hakes Affinity, which is my favorite of theirs despite also being critised over the synth-y approach. 80s sounds i really enjoy, that's why Jethro Tulls - Under Wraps is one of their greatest for me and i hope i see more bands go for that approach. Again, great interview @Bleeding Edge.

British Steel was a huge, loss-making, state-owned British company in the late 70's, then Britain's biggest steel producer. The song was a satire where out-of touch parents were deciding on their son's future in one of many slowly-failing, British companies at that time,

Wow, this is the first time I've heard the studio cut. I've been watching KZbin posts of live shows and love this tune. I saw them debut it in Los Angeles. Have not heard the new album. Looking forward. They are all educated musicians from prestiges schools. I think they lean to the avant garde with some elements of metal. Dan their bass player creates instruments. He created an instrument from the low strings of the piano he plays like a slide guitar. He calls it the sledgehammer dulsimer.