Jasn: Gomez and King's X you say? Great examples...as long as you're with me in that their older stuff is awesome and their newer stuff has gotten worse. Actually, I think all Gomez albums have high points and weak points, and I think they were faily consistent up to and including In Our Gun, but I am not a big fan of Split the Difference. There's a few good tunes, but so much of it is sooo weak. You can really tell that they're changing their sound and song structure, trying to appeal to more ears...selling out, as it were. That's too bad, considering they HAVE always had a pretty huge fanbase, but just not outside of the UK. I wish they could keep their integrity and just keep making the same kind of music that their old fans would love. Unless, of course, their own tastes are changing and their new stuff just isn't as good because that's the style that they're into now, and it has nothing to do with $ or pressure from their label/management... I saw them live at Red's in Edmonton in October, and it was a great show (!), but their new material stuck out like a sore thumb, and was consistently the low point for me. Anyways, you win some, you lose some, and I guess I should be more positive. I still have to give them credit for being awesome for at least 4 albums, and rocking out for me in the Canadian prairies Thanks Gomez!

As for King's X, I totally loved their self-titled album when I was a young chap! I listened to that album hundreds of times. I was hoping that they had other ones that were as good, but was disappointed every single time. I thought Dogman pretty much sucked, and Ear Candy had a great powerful sound but the tunes were weak, and Faith Hope Love had the same cool sound as s/t but was still much weaker in the song department. After that, I gave up trying to find King's X albums, and resgined to the fact that only s/t would be the one I would get any pleasure from. I still listen to it once in a while, and it still rocks. They too came around touring, actually to my city of Regina back in October, but I couldn't convince myself that it was worth going. I suppose I regret it a bit, as I'll never have that chance again, but oh well...

Anyways, I'd love to hear some discourse from you. I loooooove talking tunes!