Thrice Band • Page 208

My Thrice story is that when i was in 7th grade i would wear my Juliana Theory t shirt to school every day. This shirt had a silhouette of a dude rocking out with his guitar. A cool 9th grader named Chris always had cool band shirts and he approached me and said “hey man, that’s a sick shirt. Juliana Theory are incredible”. He happened to be wearing a Thrice shirt. I took note.... later that day my mom gave me a ride to Gray Whale our local cd/music store. I bought Illusions of Safety... and my love of Thrice was born.

That summer Artist In The Ambulance came out, that fall i saw them with Thursday and Coheed and Cambria. They’ve been a top 3 band for me ever since.

 

I first heard Thrice when my friend let me listen to his ipod in 9th grade back in 2004/2005. I saw Thrice on there and had heard that they were a good band. I clicked with TAITA after listening to just a few songs and ended up buying it and Illusion of Safety within the next couple weeks. Then Vheissu came out when I was in 10th grade. I bought it right away and at first I was shocked by the change in direction, but after a few more listens I was 110% sold.

 

Oh, I should’ve clarified. That was in 2008. I got seriously into Underoath the next year and have been a casual fan of heavy music ever since. Haha.

 

I played Image of the Invisible on drums on Rock Band. I thought “that song was good. I wonder if they have other good songs.”

they did

 

I read "they did" with the Ron Howard narration voice

 

I'm not the biggest fan of Season 5, but the Ron Howard narration still aims to please.

 

I didn't read the post that way and I'm very disappointed in myself. I just corrected my mistake.

 

It's blowing my mind how many of you first heard Thrice through TAITA, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised. I probably wouldn't have heard of them until TAITA had I not lived in the same county as Kensboom, Teppow and Wreckin' Bridges.

I keep wondering how I would've responded to the band if my first exposure was TAITA. Keep in mind, the first song I ever heard from them was "Phoenix Ignition" so odds are I would've liked them. However, it's probable I would've first heard "All That's Left," and I never once enjoyed that song – even as a multiyear Thrice fan by that point. I've talked at length how their first official singles, minus 'Honey' and 'Grey,' are songs I tend to like least in their catalog. However, I can still listen to their other first singles without skipping. "All That's Left" is the only one I will always skip.

I don't mean to rain on anyone's parade who first discovered the band through that song (or anyone who likes/liked that song). I'm just thinking out loud as to whether I'd be here today if "All That's Left" was the first note I ever heard from the greatest band alive.

 

I mean I was 12 which is right around when I started discovering music outside of what my parents/neighborhood kids showed me.

 

Yea i was 10 when illusion was released

 

But wow I’ve been listening to Thrice for over a decade

 

I hated this dumb band because "Stare At The Sun" was lame to me and my friend was like yo but check out Blood Clots & Black Holes, Under A Killing Moon, and Paper Tigers. 14 years later and I listen to a ton of metal because Thrice helped bridge that gap into the world of heavier stuff.

 

I had heard a couple songs from TAITA that I bought on iTunes individually (lol), but it wasn't until I walked into a mall music store on vacation in Florida a year or so later, saw Live at the House of Blues CD/DVD on sale for $10 I think, and just bought it on a whim to play back at the hotel. I still can remember hearing Lion and the Wolf into Firebreather for the first time. Incredible.

Edit: Definitely the first song I heard was Image of the Invisible on Madden.

 

yeah its mind blowing that people got into thrice through their commercial breakthrough album. just cant fathom it.

 

this is dumb even for you.

 

are we supposed to clap for you or

 

I don't read Mike J posts that span longer than three lines

 

Weird, I'm being picked on again despite not saying anything disrespectful towards anyone else. Can't an old-school Thrice fan ponder the 'What if I discovered Thrice via All That's Left?' question without being attacked? Lots of people miss out on great bands by judging one song and immediately writing them off.

I come here to bond with my fellow Thriceans because I don't know too many in real life. I knew a ton at one point, but they dropped off once they didn't like Vheissu (at the time of its release) and the new direction the band's sound was headed.

If I regularly mocked others or replied to other users' posts with snarky comment after snarky comment, I'd understand this treatment. However, no matter what I say, I'm bashed for something. This is not a blanket statement, of course. Some of you are super cool towards me, and I truly appreciate it. Plus, you're the ones who convinced me to come back after I took a two week sabbatical.

Still, I shouldn't have to duck for cover over an innocuous post.

 

Mike J, what's your least favorite Thrice song from each album?

 

Disclaimer: Even so-so Thrice songs have redeeming qualities, parts, moments, aspects, components, etc. After all, they're the best band alive. Thus, even the songs I'm about to list have some/many redeeming qualities. However, I just find myself skipping them the most. That said, I do like some of them in sequence. But, the question related to "least favorite..."

Identity Crisis - "Ultra Blue" (...if I had to pick one; I have a sentimental attachment to that record so I embrace its faults.)
Illusion - "See You in the Shallows"
Artist - "All That's Left"
Vheissu - "Like Moths to Flame" (I know it has some awesome riffs as well as one of their best outros; the chorus is just dreadful, though. I would've put either of the B-sides on an otherwise perfect record.)
Fire - "The Flame Deluge"
Water - "King Upon the Main"
Air - "Broken Lungs"
Earth - "Come All You Weary"
Beggars - "Doublespeak"
M/m - "Treading Paper"
TBEITBN - "Wake Up"

*Ducks for cover again*

 

Come all you weary???????

 

There are a couple alarming choice there

 

"Like Moths To Flame" (I think the chorus is wonderful) and "Broken Lungs" (one of the best songs on Air) are the only real ones I have contention with. The rest are all fair choices imo.

 

Do you prefer "Like Moths to Flame" to "Weight of Glory" or "Flags of Dawn"?

Man, I tried and tried to fall in love with "Broken Lungs." It just never clicked.