Quote Originally Posted by mad rhetorik
I don't really "get" the hype behind Pain of Salvation. I listened to Remedy Lane a few weeks ago and thought it was pretty awful. To me they sound like a second-rate Faith No More mixed with the worst aspects of Dream Theater. Daniel Gildenlow tries to do way too many things with his voice, not to mention he also has a penchant for being overly melodramatic, a la James Labrie. Mike Patton can pull off just about every vocal style better than Gildenlow can, and with a sense of humor to boot.

As for the eclectic aspects of their sound, PoS (terrible, yet somehow fitting acronym) can't make it flow very well with the music, which is a shame since the band is clearly talented--they need to tighten up and improve their songwriting, and tone down the cheesiness a bit. Until then, I'll spend my time listening to Faith No More or Mr. Bungle. They did this sort of music first, and better.

Don't know Faith No More or Mr. Bungle. But if you're telling me that they're up the same alley, then I should give 'em a listen.

Gildenlow is nothing like LaBrie, IMO. Sounds much more like Joe Puerta from Ambrosia.