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Bob Williams' post-Siege band. Sludgy, noisy stuff with the occasional (or not-so-occasional) burst of squealing saxophone. Do you feel cheated when I write about this sort of eclectic stuff? You should! I'm not motivated enough to dissect it musically so I end up writing something vague in the hopes that since it's not pure heavy metal, people will avoid it anyway.
Speaking of feeling cheated, I feel cheated by Nightstick a bit. They have that Padoinka the Clown character who appears in the album layouts and is credited with "interpretive dance"--in all seriousness, I like the comedic air he lends to the proceedings. So it finally dawns on me that I may be able to find live footage on Youtube and see what the clown actually does at the live shows. I found some footage--only maybe it's of a bad gig, because the only thing I interpreted from his dancing was that he was tired. Padoinka essentially did nothing but sway timidly near the drumkit during the whole show (which included various feats of musical instrument abuse and destruction by the other members). Kind of a bummer.
I see this more as a quirky oddity of musical experimentation. Keep in mind I actually do like some of the catchy stuff they did on the Death to Music album, like the new version of "Dahmer's Room" and what is undoubtedly a Marine Corps favorite, "Jarhead."
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