Graham Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Not that Isis, this Isis, and specifically their bassist Jeff Caxide http://youtu.be/DWLNYjE9_Vw Great feel, groove and tone and I particularly love the use of delay from about 5:40ish This is a cracker too from the following album http://youtu.be/hzy1rEyHtbE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truckstop Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Love ISIS. Grinning Mouths is my favourite one of theirs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Cloud Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Good stuff - but an awkward name in this climate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor J Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I do love them but I may leave the old t-shirt at home for a while, had a few people come up to the stage to take photos of it during the last gig I played wearing it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted February 2, 2016 Author Share Posted February 2, 2016 [quote name='Doctor J' timestamp='1454449613' post='2969941'] I do love them but I may leave the old t-shirt at home for a while, had a few people come up to the stage to take photos of it during the last gig I played wearing it [/quote] The name thing is a bugger, but sod it, I love this band Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMcKay Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Aye - a bit unfortunate. I often think back to the poor bugger that named the Aids slimming biscuit just as AIDS hit in the 80's. I'll wager he never recovered from that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMcKay Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Also saw ASDA selling ISIS brand TVs before Christmas. Rock bottom price natch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 The first few albums were superb, but then they went a bit too artsy-fartsy-soundscapey-mallarkey for my liking. The bass sound on Celestial was utterly superb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 (edited) Hm. DIsappointed with this thread. I seriously thought it was about something more serious than music. [url="http://s1170.photobucket.com/user/basstractor1/media/Isis_zps33ewclck.jpg.html"][/url] BTW, reportedly this Danish brand recently decided to change their name. My guess thus is Daesh. "[b][i]Daesh - - DA Eshcream[/i][/b]!" But anyway, Isis were very nice indeed. Thanks for posting this! Shamefully I must admit I'd almost forgotten them, and I do tend to like Ipecac-related music. Edited February 2, 2016 by BassTractor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share Posted February 3, 2016 [quote name='Skybone' timestamp='1454452006' post='2969968'] The first few albums were superb, but then they went a bit too artsy-fartsy-soundscapey-mallarkey for my liking. The bass sound on Celestial was utterly superb. [/quote] Yeah, I never really got on with Wavering Radiant; I really liked In The Absence Of Truth though and the first three records are just gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 I saw them at ATP a few years ago - the one curated by Melvins and Mike Patton. It was the first time I'd heard them. An amazing experience. I find I have to be in the right mood to listen to them though. Sometimes they do little for me, at other times it's like listening to Planets mating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefbaker Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Saw them with Jesu about 10-12 years back. Great band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 [quote name='DavidMcKay' timestamp='1454451162' post='2969958'] Aye - a bit unfortunate. I often think back to the poor bugger that named the Aids slimming biscuit just as AIDS hit in the 80's. I'll wager he never recovered from that. [/quote] Especially unfortunate to be promoting a slimming product while images of people wasting away due to AIDS-releated diseases abounded I think it was around that time that Lucuzade dropped the "Lucozade, aids recovery" line! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 You do realise that MI5 are probably watching this thread 😊. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger2611 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 [quote name='ras52' timestamp='1454504550' post='2970291'] Especially unfortunate to be promoting a slimming product while images of people wasting away due to AIDS-releated diseases abounded I think it was around that time that Lucuzade dropped the "Lucozade, aids recovery" line! [/quote] I run a training course on occasions, not done it for a couple of years, did it yesterday and I come to the Lost Profits Opportunity slide...I thought I really ought to reword that one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMcKay Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 [quote name='Roger2611' timestamp='1454525050' post='2970544'] I run a training course on occasions, not done it for a couple of years, did it yesterday and I come to the Lost Profits Opportunity slide...I thought I really ought to reword that one! [/quote] Reminded me of the juxtaposition of fresh cucumbers at Tesco under the sign Perfect For Valentines! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oZZma Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 On 02/02/2016 at 23:26, Skybone said: The first few albums were superb, but then they went a bit too artsy-fartsy-soundscapey-mallarkey for my liking. The bass sound on Celestial was utterly superb. The first EPs are sooooo much better than any album after Celestial, IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Not sure why anyone should be worried about the word 'Isis'. After all it's the name of a goddess in Egyptian myth and another name for The Thames. 'ISIS', on the other hand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 (edited) 28 minutes ago, oZZma said: The first EPs are sooooo much better than any album after Celestial, IMO I put it down to being "victims of their own success". They and Neurosis were the leaders of the genre (Neurosis pre-dated them by a long shot, and still far better than any other), but then spawned a whole load of "copyists", which frankly became very boring, very quickly. Up to Panopticon, they were good, but after that, they seemed to run out of anything new to say for me. Great musicians. Played some to a prog-rock loving relative, who loved the music, but hated the vocals. "Just think of them as a Punk Rock Prog Rock, where the voice is another instrument" says I. He got them after that. Edited February 9, 2019 by Skybone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thodrik Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 I only became a fan in the six months before the split. I stupidly did not go to the Isis Aereogramme tour when they played Glasgow which is one of the few gigs I really regret not going to. In the Absence of Truth is my personal favourite album even though I will accept that it is generally seen as one of the weaker albums, even by members of the band. Yes it is in the arty-farty period, but I absolutely love the drum sound on that the album. Oceanic and Panopticon are classics. Celestial is great. Wavering Radiant is a bit tame but has a couple of great tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubit Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 (edited) We had a quiz at work and one of the teams called themselves quizlamic state. We all thought it was brilliant, but the manager gave them a warning as the place was supposed to be equal to all and taking the pee out of terrorist groups is not allowed apparently 😔 Edited February 9, 2019 by ubit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oZZma Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 58 minutes ago, Skybone said: I put it down to being "victims of their own success". They and Neurosis were the leaders of the genre (Neurosis pre-dated them by a long shot, and still far better than any other), but then spawned a whole load of "copyists", which frankly became very boring, very quickly. Sadly, any genre that gets a huge hype for a period will generate a bandwagon of dull, insignificant copyists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 4 hours ago, Barking Spiders said: Not sure why anyone should be worried about the word 'Isis'. After all it's the name of a goddess in Egyptian myth and another name for The Thames. 'ISIS', on the other hand! Unfortunately, they tended to write it ISIS, when they got back together for a show last year, they went out under the name Celestial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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