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It probably is one of those regional things again, last time Panic played Municipal they sold it out out, I doubt Skrillex will. Like Laggy said though he will sell more in his part of the world, though that is a judgement on them.
Post by Laggy.RETURNS on Jul 25, 2011 22:42:49 GMT -5
In all honesty I don't think Skrillex is as good as all his hardcore fans make him out to be, but I really don't think he's as bad as all the hater's make him out to be.
I think alot of the contempt for him is because he didn't work his way up. He went straight from producing some cool electronic tracks to opening for Deadmau5 and playing high profile festival spots. I guess it goes to show it's more who you know than what you know. It really shows in his 'live' shows too. He needs to work on that. When it comes to his electronic music he's a studio producer not a live musician. He should either stick to the studio and just let other DJ's mix his music, or develop a real live show.
But to his credit he really is an excellent producer. He makes really fun dirty electro beats with some pretty awesome brutal dubstep drops. I enjoy it. And apparently, so do alot of other people because this guy is the next huge name on the electronic music scene, and he's selling out theatre sized venues whether you guys like it or not.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
I remember seeing Skrillex at camp bisco because he was right before Lotus. It was fascinating:
I stood on the side of the tent watching an insanely overflowing crowd filled with more glow-material than you've ever seen. It blew my minds. These kids were all reacting the same way I would if I saw Thom Yorke and David Bowie perform sorcery magic to raise Jimi Hendrix from the grave and then they all had a good old fashioned shred fest. There was about a 30 second window when I got there where I was like, "this is skrillex? This isn't that terrible..." while he was sampling a reggae song with a very reserved beat behind it. And then there was the DROPPPPPPPP which turned the song into the most convoluted structure of obnoxious wub noises, plus some noises that sounded like screeching cats put through a blender. His music is designed to just be the most disorienting thing in the world, rhythmically, which would be cool if it had some substance to it. But its just obnoxious noises.
When he ended, I braved the crowd to get a good spot for lotus and was getting relentlessly pushed against by 15 year old kids. They were just bum rushing away from the stage, i saw several kids get knocked over and then remain unassisted. I was getting shoulder check by flat-brimmed douches nonstop. It was like the fucking apocalypse. I have some anxiety issues and almost started having a panic attack from the lack of air, luckily I broke through the crowd in time.
So that was my experience with Skrillex and his fans. Please, A/C, if you have a shred of humanity... just don't do it. It's not worth it.
I remember seeing Skrillex at camp bisco because he was right before Lotus. It was fascinating:
I stood on the side of the tent watching an insanely overflowing crowd filled with more glow-material than you've ever seen. It blew my minds. These kids were all reacting the same way I would if I saw Thom Yorke and David Bowie perform sorcery magic to raise Jimi Hendrix from the grave and then they all had a good old fashioned shred fest. There was about a 30 second window when I got there where I was like, "this is skrillex? This isn't that terrible..." while he was sampling a reggae song with a very reserved beat behind it. And then there was the DROPPPPPPPP which turned the song into the most convoluted structure of obnoxious wub noises, plus some noises that sounded like screeching cats put through a blender. His music is designed to just be the most disorienting thing in the world, rhythmically, which would be cool if it had some substance to it. But its just obnoxious noises.
When he ended, I braved the crowd to get a good spot for lotus and was getting relentlessly pushed against by 15 year old kids. They were just bum rushing away from the stage, i saw several kids get knocked over and then remain unassisted. I was getting shoulder check by flat-brimmed douches nonstop. It was like the fucking apocalypse. I have some anxiety issues and almost started having a panic attack from the lack of air, luckily I broke through the crowd in time.
So that was my experience with Skrillex and his fans. Please, A/C, if you have a shred of humanity... just don't do it. It's not worth it.
shit, well I guess if anyone wasn't terrified of Skrillex playing before they will be now.
There is a rumor that someone threw an open container of hummas at him while he was playing at Bisco. I wasn't close enough to confirm this, and it is usually my firm belief that no matter how bad an artist is, doing things like booing and throwing shit at them is 3rd grade level, I think I may give the thrower a mulligan on this one, because seriously, fuck that dude.
