The Starting Line Band • Page 107

I think they're a very "of their time" band if that makes sense; there's nothing that stands out about them, but I thought that record was really catchy. That remix for "Pace Yourself" that Patrick Stump did is god awful though.

Kicking out a member for stealing from the band and spending it gambling is hilariously on brand for a band from Vegas.

 

I’ve never heard of that before but that really is hilariously on brand lol

 

According to their Wiki, the guy trying to weasel his way into TSL by bashing Tom quit The Higher because their guitar player was claiming he wrote all the songs and later was found to be stealing from the band to gamble. I laughed.

 

Jfc lol

 

I picture some dude in skinny jeans mumbling to video poker about “don’t you people know who I am” and the server being completely lost.

 

It’s a recent thing. I have a playlist of the set list I saw in June of this year and it was there in July and maybe even early August.

 

Last tracked on September 4th

 

Tom sounded great on those live albums. The whole band sounded great.

 

is there some sort of documentary or oral history of the making of this album that i need to view? would be cool to know more about the behind the scenes

 

https://pca.st/episode/34952cd3-9ab7-43af-acda-775acc92954f

this was an awesome listen. And talked a little about this

EDIT: search Chris Demakes a podcast. Kenny was on there a couple months back.

 

I've always liked Tom's drumming, but it's precisely because the things he does are a little odd. It's a double-edged sword. He's not the most technical and does things his own way so I can see how proficient drummers would view him as "not very good". BUT the way he plays serves the songs so well which is the important thing.

I'm not a great drummer, but I can play all of TSL's stuff. So it's not technically difficult....but at the same time, he's been one of the most influential drummers to me from a songwriting perspective.

 

brilliant, thank you